After a filling breakfast, we were ready for a 6-hours journey to Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong is part of China, the former British colony operates like an "independent" country with its own currency, laws, international dialling code and border controls.
We took the first tube called MRT to the Futian border control to reach Hong Kong. Passing the border was dead easy with our European passport.
We bought an `octopus card`. The reusable contactless card is a super-powered `oyster car` for those who have been to London. You top up the card and use it for public transport, paying for grocery or taming your fast food craving. We took the tube ride, and we were in Hongkong downtown.
The environment was so different and we spotted three major differences with China. We were not the only westerners. Kro would not be a star anymore. Most products we knew were available at London price.
We found our hotel, steps away from MTR Jordan Station. Clean and with a great location, the accommodation offered the smallest room ever - 6 square metre including the bathroom. Hong Kong is one of the most expensive cities in the world and we were paying a reasonable amount for a private bathroom.
As we couldn't stand to be in such confined space, we explored the area including the Kowloon Park and the Temple Street Night Market.
The busy night market was four full blocks of street stalls selling everything from souvenirs to electric gadgets. For foods, restaurants were serving fresh fish, spicy crab and clay pot chicken rice. For entertaining, we could have enjoyed the future tellers or the karaoke sops but we elected our bed after an exhausting day from Guilin.