#nedkellys

[whiskeygypsysoul]

Jazzy nights 🎶 #hongkong #livemusic #hkig #tsimshatsui #nedkellys (at Tst Ned Kelly's Bar)

[savorsimplicity]

I cannot contain my excitement 😄✌️ #nedkellys #kilians #münchen #Deutschland #traveler #sheisnotlost #theadventuresofmaia

[sdengstrand]

Catch up post

Oi, it's been a while... [scroll down for the condensed version]* Life has been so busy since I last had a chance to post, but thankfully it's been busy in a good way!  Earlier in September (aka September 8th) we had the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's a modern take on a festival harvest with lots of lights, lanterns, a dragon made of incense (casual) and general revelry.  The next day was a public holiday, so Hannah and I headed out to the New Territories to see the Chi Lin Nunnery, which was truly incredible.  Like most of the temples in Hong Kong, it's deceitfully young--this one was built in 1990 in a Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) style, so it looks exactly how you would imagine an old Chinese temple to look.  Beautiful gardens, sloping roof tiles, running fountains and you can even hear nuns and parishioners praying and singing.  The gardens are very, very manicured, you can even see wires on the trees to make them fall in just the right way, but it is beautiful none the less.  Fun fact: the structure itself was constructed without the use of nails, supposedly symbolizing the harmony between man and nature.   The next weekend some friends and I went out to opening day at the Sha Tin Racecourse which was so much fun.  I've never been so separated from horses before and I was surprised by how happy I was to be able to feel them gallop by.  That combined with all the pictures of the Smithtown Hunt going up on my Facebook feed really make me miss high school! The next weekend I went to the Hong Kong History Museum and had an amazing time.  I'm not a big museum person in general, but this one is great: informative enough that I learned something and interactive enough that it kept my attention-- a rare combination!  Spending the day in the museum really highlighted how little I, and I'm sure most people from the West actually know about Chinese history, despite it's vastness.  There was so much information in the museum it was hard to take it all in, and it's funny what each of us took away from it.  For example, I would now consider myself an amateur (re: expert) on ancient pottery, including production, decoration, and distribution, while my housemate is now thoroughly learned on ancient Chinese nomadic peoples and tribes.  To each her own! The next day some girlfriends and I went to a Cat Cafe, which is exactly almost as magical as it sounds.  It is literally a cat themed cafe, with cats roaming around that you can pet at your leisure.  The niche aspect is incredibly satisfying, as is having an adorable cats face drawn on your toast and milk shake, but the actual cats seemed pretty unimpressed, or 'resigned to their fate' as one friend described it.  I suppose a lifetime of being touched by strangers is really only agreeable to a Labrador.   Last night was really good fun, we went to Hong Kong's oldest bar, Ned Kelly's Last Stand, in TST.  It looks like a semi-nautical/Australian/old-west saloon cum jazz bar.  And it's amazing.  Hong Kong really does have something for everyone's interests, and it never stops.  Every night of the week people will be out and bars and clubs across the islands are going to be in full swing.  The city is definitely growing on me!   *[Condensed version: I am still very much alive and very well!  I'm having an incredible time and I really need to update this more!] 

[brumatte]

#nedkellys #hongkong watch and learn

[brumatte]

#nedkellys #hongkong