Yesterday, my classmates drove to Shenzhen, a city in mainland China. They visited the 5th largest harbor in the world with Vincent Wu from West Chester Holdings.
Unfortunately, due to a slight (or not so slight) issue with my passport, I was not able to enter the mainland. While this was a bit disappointing, I was given the opportunity to explore Hong Kong with Ashley and Roger, the Hong Kong native helping us with the passport problem.
We went up to Hong Kong University, which has an interesting mix of old and modern buildings. In terms of student population, HKU is about the size of UC's undergraduate enrollment. The campus is pretty compact, but it is literally situated on a mountain. Killer leg workout...
So at HKU, we visited an art collection, and it was pretty cool to actually see the real objects from the Qing, Xia, and Shang dynasties, instead of just viewing pictures in a history book. The weird thing about the campus was that for a Tuesday morning, it was pretty much empty. The bookstore was even closed!
We then ventured into SoHo, where we rode up the world's longest escalator and had lunch at a small cafe. The shrimp and spinach cream soup was amazing, and the Pad Thai was great, too! After refilling our stomachs, Ashley and I wanted to check out the small street vendors. It was great having Rober along for the ride because he was able to tell us what the Chinese symbols meant and he was pretty upfront if he thought the goods were of cheap quality. Ashley got a couple fun trinkets, and I picked up some post cards. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped in the Swatch store and found the most adorable watches. while we didn't walk out with a watch, we were given a catalog so we would remember to stop back.
All in all, it was great to have a bit more relaxed free time in Hong Kong to just explore the not-so-touristy areas, and I'm so glad Ashley and I had tour guide Roger along with us.
And yes, of course selfies were a huge part of the day... Roger was laughing at us.
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