The whole city of Hong Kong for myself...Everybody celebrated Valentines day!!

  Mrs Joy, Nurse Rose and my classmates Andre and Ricky!!

Hong Kong is the worlds financial center and the port for all communication with China by maritime ways. There is some political changes, but the city is till very interesting and I feel lucky that I was there for a few months. The city is one of very few where affordable hotel rooms are many and easily available. Hong Kong is bustling city which is all about shopping and entertainment. Theres cinemas and lots of stores selling clothes electronics and also many restaurants. Hong Kong was one of the first places to have McDonalds be open 24/7 with brealkfast. there was also a store selling Crocs, which I later bought after coming back to Denmark. Croc are custom made sandals that give a very soft way of walking that can be used around the garden and home. The area that has the most cheap hotels is Tsim Tsa Tsui. If you want to know how much money you will have in Hong Kong then use this widget:

Im going to copy a page about Hong Kong prices from Asia jottings, which shows that Hong Kong is very affordable because it is semi communist market economy governed partly from China. Hong Kong, April 2018: Having spent just under 2 weeks in Hong Kong and I can tell you its not by any means a cheap destination, but then what developed nation is? Ranked with the likes of Singapore and Seoul, Hong Kong is in the top league of the worlds most expensive places to live. The wheels of commerce in Hong Kong bow to the highest bidder thus inflating the cost of living for everyone, not least those at the bottom of the economic spectrum. Over the last 12 days I have managed to stretch my travel £s without having to sleep on the local park bench, forage for food in dumpsters or beg with some kind of sob story. Not knowing much about the prices of stuff, I set a budget of £1000 including flights. To see how my Hong Kong expense account shapes up, read on. The first of 3 white beggars over the 12 days! Accommodation: For the cost conscious traveler, Chungking Mansions will likely be the first and only port of call when looking for a low cost single room. When every penny counts bunking down here will save hundreds of £s. The best I could do was a tiny single room at £24 per night multiplied 12 times equals an accommodation bill of £288. IMG_3508 Chungking Mansions for the adventurous! 

"I went to Hong Kong in 2009 and there I called my girlfriend in the Philippines. She didnt answer and I decided to stay there for a while instead. I met a girl from my old school there instead. She is called Pernille. We used to hang out and was making out a few times. The picture is taken in a hotel were we met. Without hair my face looks more round but she definatl still looks like the girl I knew from high school. She decided to visit Hong Kong, because a friend of hers thought she should get involved in my life in case I wanted to go to America where she now stays."

 Mark Sventorp

The person below is another one of my many brothers. He is from my fathers side. Im still trying to figure out if Im more my mother or father. He is from my father and a pakistani indian woman. My father is partly jewish som basically he ended up with a bit of negroid look. He looks like that because the pakistani  woman also has some more indian traits. he looks a lot like me but has a more indian personality even if hes white. I see him quite often and we sometimes go out to bars. He reminds me a lot of a american tal show host called Jimmy Kimmel, who MIGHT perhaps also be related to the woman. In that way they probably are a perfect match for the marriage that is going to happen soon.

My brother half jewish half pakistani.

Pernille herself!!

My brother
his father
and him in
Norway
for the winter.

My brothers mother!!

Jimmy Kimmel related to Pernille who he is getting married to!!



















This is what my brothers apartment looked like when I visited him before the wedding. I decided that there might also be an apartment for me there. Maybe in Kowloon Bay, Tsim Tsa Tsui or Causeway Bay. The apartments there cost around 1500$ and up. There might be some long term hotel rentals for around 500$ or less.







Food: When it comes to food I have one golden rule to follow – skip the tourist stuff and eat local, with locals! 





Tourist food is often fancied up to justify the higher prices and is essentially the same foods found elsewhere anyway. I often ate at porridge and noodle bars at lunch and I would try to find Cafe de Coral at all other times. Its a chain of cheap and cheerful cafes, found everywhere, and serves wonderfully tasty food at a reasonable price and with good portions too. Its good way to stretch the food budget at dinner time, and breakfast. The average daily food bill was around £12 multiplied 12 times equates to a reasonable chow bill of £144. A cheap and cheerful way to stretch the £s. Packed with locals every night. Getting around: Using public transport across Hong Kong is easy and surprisingly good value. The MRT rides range between 40p to about £1.30 the the end of the line. The buses too are exceedingly cheap with a 30 minute journey costing just 90p maximum. The whole public transport system is integrated with Google maps so navigation is a simple as ABC including the Airport Bus, only £3 single trip ticket. Not forgetting the famous Star Ferry, costs just 27p each way and is a great 7 minute ride. Total spend on getting around plus 4 airport transfers came to £21.50 give or take a few pence. Clipboard01 Buses from Nathan Road according to Google Maps Groceries: Good coffee comes at a high price in Hong Kong. One won’t get much change from HK$40-50 for that Americano or Latte. Some chains are getting away with charging around £7 for a large one and clearly folks are happy to pay up. To save on beverage costs I’d find a supermarket and surprisingly a jar of Nescafe comes in at a reasonable £3 while a box of 40 Liptons tea bags costs £1.50 – so really not that much more than UK prices. Milk is in good supply to, so were all set to save big on hot drinks. Toiletries too are similar to UK pricing – toothpaste, deodorant etc. Total groceries spend comes at around £8 across 12 days. I’m more than happy to go without booze (I don’t drink it), night clubbing (finished the 18-30 stage in life), drugs (never), smoking (never) and Disneyland (Nah!) thus a 12 day stay in Hong Kong costed me (Excluding £120 airfare) a grand total of £461.50.

Here are some pictures of my brothers older sister and some of MY friends from Hong Kong!!

When I visited Hong Kong I was amazed by all the people and vibrant city life. Theres a lot going on in all parts of the city. If you want to go to the gym, then theres that, if you want to go shopping you can. Another nice experience is the level of service. McDonalds is open all night and has a breakfast menu. It was probably one of the only places to do that besides America, when I visited back in 2008. The busses connect the city and theres even a metro. The city is divided in Hong Kong and Kowloon island. Kowloon is lies further away from the aiport, and isnt necessary to visit on a holiday. There's so many apartments available, but they range in the 1000$ price range and up. Hong Kong Holiday

Take a look at all the residential housing here: 

One of the reasons I ended up in Asia was because I wanted to become part of the expat community, but I also wanted to learn self defense, since I was exposed to some stalking. Mary whom I met in Hong Kong might have helped me with a broken nose in case I met her ealier. She worked as a lawyer and could have settled or a compensation fo this injury that I recieved in a boxing match. She looks like this: