Hong Kong - bye, bye big trip!!! (Megan)

Over the past four days, we have been in Hong Kong for Chinese New Year. This is like our new year celebrations, but it is the lunar new year. In Hong Kong there are loads of massive skyscrapers. There is a point where you can go up to the top of a mountain and see a huge chunk of Hong Kong. We got on a bus to take us up to the top, called the peak. As we sat on the top of the bus, I couldn't see the road, so I kept on thinking the bus was going to fall off the road. When we got to the top, we walked up to a viewing point.

There was some binoculars at the top, so when we looked through them we could see for miles. There was even a building that we zoomed in on, and we could see all the detail on it. The city was coated in an amazing coat of mist; it was so pretty. When we had finished looking at the view, we headed back to take the tram. It was a very steep hill to go down, and we were worried that the brakes would break. The views were breathtaking.

When we got to the bottom, there was a MASSIVE queue to get on a tram up to the peak. We visited a few shops on the way home. Whilst we were in Hong Kong, we kept on visiting our friend Avinash, so that night we went to an Italian restaurant with him. The next morning, we went on a walk to a place called Victoria Park.

There was loads of exercise machines, so Emma and I spent ages on them. There were quite a few statues in the park. Emma kept posing. :).

Once we had finished our walk, we met Avinash and and got on the star ferry to go to the mainland.

This is where the new year parade was going to be performed.

We headed over to get some dinner, and then went to wait for the parade to start. We got a very good spot. About 5 minutes before the parade started, some little floats came round. We kept on seeing the number eight. It is supposed to be a lucky number for the Chinese. There were lots of bright floats with loud music. They were very pretty. There were also dancers, musicians, people on stilts, and people juggling fire.

This year is the year of the horse. Once the parade had finished, we headed back to the hotel. As you may already know this was our last blog. I hope you have really enjoyed reading them. I am really sad to leave, but am really excited to be seeing everyone again. We have had an amazing time, and we've done lots of things that I will remember for the rest of my life.