We arrived in Hong Kong on the last day of the official celebration of the Chinese New Year. It was the start of the year of the rooster. Our first stop in Hong Kong was an AirBnB in what we would find out was an infamous building called Chung King Mansion. Located in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side, this placed sucked. The room would have made Harry Potter feel claustrophobic. It made our very first impression of Hong Kong interesting to say the least.
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| The year of the Rooster. |
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| Our first Chinese meal. |
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| Literally the entire room. |
After 4 days we moved out to the New Territories and a place to stay a million times better than what we had. We also started our new jobs as English Teachers in a local kindergarten. It is a new challenge for sure! So far, I thoroughly enjoy it.
We are living in the New Territories now. Much closer to the Chinese border than downtown Hong Kong. There are some advantages. 1.) The air is clean and it seems the quality of life is a bit better. 2.) It's significantly cheaper but the salaries for English teachers aren't lower. 3.) It is only about 50 minutes by train to Hong Kong Island. This has still given us some time to explore the area and see some of Hong Kong.
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| Our home in Fanling. |
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| Sunday funday in Central. All the domestic workers come and camp on the streets. |
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| Chicken feet. |
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| Dim Sum for lunch. |
