Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Pros & Cons? 🤔 Major Culture Shock, Food, Souvenir Shopping, City Tram 🚋

Don't worry about Hong Kong. Culture shock that we kind of forgot to talk about here in Hong Kong. Are we in Halifax now? We want to take the Star Ferry over to around Kennedy Town first and just like explore a little bit. Yeah, we're just going to pop over there, see what's what. This is going to be like parallels with Halifax Harbor. Again, because we love to take the ferry over from Dartmouth to Halifax. So let's bounce. Oh, it's pretty old school. I love it. Oh, maybe we should help. You helped them. Wait, is that ours? I really feel like we're in Nova Scotia or something. I know. Because I grew up in Halifax and I would take the ferry, like, if I could easily see the other side of the land where I'm going, and it's like less than 15 minutes, I'm okay. But if it's somewhere where, like, you can't really see the land or it's really far off, or if I mentally know, like, I'm going to be stuck here for, like, hours, absolutely. This is nice. This is enough. We are heading to the tram again and going to Kennedy Town. You're struggling. This tram goes to Kennedy Town. We're passing other trams. This tram system started running in 1904. So it has a history of over 100 years. Yeah. That's crazy. But it's still so well-maintained. Like, a lot of people take it. It's not just, like, tourists. It's just, like, locals in here. Like, we're the only, like, tourists. Like, we're the only ones sitting up front. Like, no one else cares. They're just on their phone and stuff like it's a regular day. Yeah. But we're, like, up here bumbling around. Yeah, saying hello. Yeah. Can you zoom? There's white citrus. Ah, like, oh, there goes the tram. So if you guys have noticed throughout our Hong Kong series, we've been using a certain little camera to get a lot of creative shots where our iPhones fall short. And that is the Insta360 GO Ultra. And they're sponsoring today's video. 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So, if you're interested in the Insta360 GO Ultra, we have a link in the description box where you can find out more about this amazing little camera. Thanks a million Insta360 for sponsoring this video. Alright, Kyuho wants a little bit of coffee to go. Coconut coffee. Okay. We found it here. I want to try one. We can share. I feel like I only sipped coconut. Really? I wish it was a little bit sweeter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For me, it has to be a bit sweet. Not overly sweet, but... It's good though. Are we going this way? Oh, a doggy. Whose dog is that? What do you think? That is really good. I do wish it was a little more sweet just because I'm not a coffee drinker. Yeah. But it's very good. The longest street. Whoa. Gotta check out this view up here on the basketball courts. If anyone was considering if you're in Hong Kong, if it's worth it to go to the basketball courts, to see that view, 100% yes. It is absolutely beautiful. You can see like down the street to the harbor and all these boats going by. It was totally worth it. It's not even that far from the station. No. Five minute walk, I would say. It's like... How is this going to stay alive? I know. Look. It's like plastered to the cement. Yeah. Somehow they managed it. Where's the soil that it's getting nutrients from? You know what I mean? I'm too Canadian for this. I don't know how this works. It's a fast ass splitter. We are going to check out this Hong Kong milk tea place in our area. We're back on... Kowloon? Kowloon. Yeah. I heard this place is good. All right. So we tried to get this milk tea, this Hong Kong style milk tea from this shop that I was really excited about. It's highly rated. It's closed. It's supposed to be open today. And then we went to try to go to the... What was it? The Australian milk company kind of thing. And that was closed. Yeah. So we're like, okay. I guess the milk tea today is just not going to happen for us. Yeah. We were talking about the things that we love and don't love about Hong Kong. But keep in mind this is just our trip of like, what? Five days. This is something I like more than Korea for sure. I think the air quality here is better. And I like the smell of the air because it's by a harbor. And I grew up in like a harbor city. So for me, it's just like personal nostalgia. I think because it's harbor, it is like more wind and blowing. That's why the air quality is a bit... It's nice. Yeah. Better than Korea. Another thing I really like, I love how there's a lot of green parks that elderly people meet up at and do like morning Tai Chi classes together. It's very community-based for the elderly. I think that's so sweet. Yeah. Oh, another thing. I wish there were more seating areas. That's my complaint with Japan too. Yeah. I noticed that we find all these cafes or bakeries, but there are no seating areas. We just have to buy and get out. Yes. No seating areas inside the shops. No seating areas like outside or around shops. Or even if they do have seating areas, it's like really tiny just for like maybe waiting. Yeah. And like it's a standing table. Standing table, yeah. So it's not sitting. And also in the streets or something, it's unless you're in the park, no seating areas. The sidewalks are really narrow. Those were definitely noticed. However, something that I think Hong Kong does better than both Korea and Japan, their trash can game is amazing. Trash cans are so accessible everywhere. That is the biggest pain in my ass in both Korea and Japan. Japan is the worst when it comes to like the lack of trash cans. Yeah. In Korea, you just have to carry the trash. Yeah. Japan, you just have to take a badger hotel. Like you're not going to find anything. Yeah. But here, they're clean, they're plentiful, and no one like abuses them. I find. So I think that is, yeah, it's awesome. And I think a lot of people smoke here. Oh my gosh, yes. I don't know if they smoke more than Koreans. I think so. But the past like what, four or five days, I feel like I'm just like fully charged with nicotine. I feel like I smoked a pack of cigarettes unintentionally since I arrived. Yeah, just walking by. Maybe they smoke because Koreans smoke a lot. Yeah. However, I think in the last 10 years, Korea has passed a lot of laws where you cannot smoke like on a lot of streets and stuff like that. So like if it's a main street, you can't smoke. You're going to get fined. But here, I don't see any signs like that. Oh, yeah. I see a lot of people smoking and walking. So that's like probably why. Yeah, every country has pros and cons. Yeah. Something I really love though is like really how green it is. There's like so many like palm trees, and it just smells so nice, like greenery everywhere. I love like a green city. I like everything is accessible, like Seoul. Yeah. Yeah, that's obviously it's an advantage of a big city. The subway here is very nice. That's also very nice. Convenient, clean, really easy to use. And like the octopus card, you know, is a must. It's just like tea money in Korea. Like you can use it for transport and like convenience store stuff, purchases. It's really good. Also, what I like about Hong Kong is like when you have to transfer, the subway, I don't think you have to go out and find another exit. Yeah, you're right. That's what we always had trouble in Tokyo. Oh, yeah. Yeah, because the subway lines are all like owned by different companies. Yeah, Hong Kong is definitely more expensive than I thought. Yeah. We just had a meal, lunch, and without thinking that's per person, it was like already 25,000 won. It definitely is like pretty pricey. Back to like something that I like about it because I just remembered something. I like that this feels like it's very obvious that this is an international city. You see lots of people like living here clearly like different nationalities and like there's kids from different countries going to school. It's just interesting to see more like cultural variety, I suppose. This is definitely an international business hub in Asia, so it's definitely more, I guess, international than Seoul is in my opinion. Yeah. I think it's easier to be a foreign person living in Hong Kong than it is in Seoul. Yeah. That's just our little random rundown of what we've experienced over the last like five-ish days, I suppose. We're going to go to the red taxi that we bought for ourselves. And he was like, oh, by the way, I like that taxi you bought. And I was like, do you want one? And his response was very enthusiastic, so we're going to get him one of those. And I'd like to get the little tram. Because we had a lot of fun on the tram over here, so. Yeah, just like simple little things and just a magnet. Nothing like big and heavy. Here. That's yours. The ice cream truck. The first night. Oh my god, it's cute. Hey, that's actually low-key cute. Do they have taxi ones too? Oh, I wish. So they didn't exactly have what we're looking for there. We want the Tomica version of these like taxis and trams. Because they do them so detailed. So we're going to check out the... There's a Don Quixote here? Funny enough, they have them here too. So we're going to check those out. And I really hope they have them because my dad really wants that taxi. Yeah, I think we have to cross from here. It's not far. Okay. We are trying to find the taxi and tram. If we can. This place is always so stressful. 6,000 won? That's kind of expensive. A little less than six. Look what I spotted. He's got a basket and everything. I see Tomica, but not the ones that we're looking for. Alright, this really nice person helped us find them. And we couldn't find the tram, but we did find the vintage bus one. It looks like a kid shopped here. We came back again. They always give tea. Hot tea. My question is like, what about in summertime? I wonder the exact same thing. When you're sweating and you come to the restaurant and you're like... Nothing like that to cool you down. But you know what? That was culture shock for me in Korea when I first moved there, but I feel like that has faded away. Now it's cold water. Yeah, it's cold water with a jug they leave at your table. Thank you. I'm sure warm water is better for you. Oh, it definitely is better for your digestion. But I feel like that, without me realizing it until we came here, has fallen out of fashion in Korea. And I don't know when exactly it happened, but it definitely has. It's nice. Look at those ones. Let's hear it. Yeah. Egg custard? It's sweet. Oh my god, maybe it's a dessert one. It's sweet. So maybe I should have other savory ones first. I can smell it. It smells so good. We came to the park and this is like the cat hangout spot right now. They're just chilling. I guess they all get along. I like his eyebrows. Me too. Looks like they're microbladed. Line? Long line? Yeah, we wanted to get some last minute egg tarts before we left, but that line, sadly, no. Not going to happen. Because it's Friday, so I think it's a lot busier. And we came at the same time too. Yeah. But just doing some last minute grabs and souvenirs, and then our flight is at like 4pm. So we have like a little while, but we have to check out at 11. I kind of like this. Starfield. And look at the peak trail. I like that Star Ferry one. We love the subway stations here. Like the tiles and the colors. And these magnets are like actual little mini tiled ones. Jordan, like where we're staying. And also, of course, Tram. And I like the Star Ferry one. I'm going to get one for my dad too, because he was really amazed by like how old it was. Yeah. But you... Look what we found. Because you wanted the big one. Yes. At that other store. I really like this. I like it too, but there's nowhere for it. I see you struggling. Look. Okay, that's pretty cute. How much is that? Does it matter? We're getting it. Alright, we're going to try again to go to Australia Dairy Company, because when we went yesterday, it was closed. Apparently Thursday is the day they're closed. So hopefully... There we go. Never mind. Plan B, because I was not going to wait in that line. I got a bit hungry, so I'm going to eat before heading to the airport. This is not the first time I've seen this on menus, and I would love to know what it actually is. Like obviously the translation is like too literal here. Thank you. It smells strong. Oh, it's so strong. Really? Yeah. This is so much stronger. This is like the equivalent of Vietnamese coffee, but a tea form. It is like the strongest tea I've ever tasted in my whole life. Holy ----. I think I can only have a little bit. I'm going to be sweating. Where's my soup? I didn't know that tea could be this strong. I really did not. Oh my god. Like if you're a tea lover, like strong tea lover, I think you'd really like this. It has a little bitter and sappy taste too. It's like a sweet and bitter. It smells good. I know. You know what? There's no napkins here. Did you ever notice that? Like Korea always has like the little tin thing on the table and you just grab a napkin. I noticed they don't have it. They don't? Do we have to bring them? Maybe. Are we just stupid and we like didn't see that? Thank you. My god, the box is so huge. Whoa. Just try the soup. I'll try the broth though for sure. The broth. Oh, that's so good. Very gentle, right? I mean even if we couldn't go to like Australia Dairy Company, this is like a cute place. Good. Okay. Since the ice melted a bit, it's gotten better. Yeah? Alright, it's kind of annoying though. Alright, we grabbed a taxi and we're heading to the airport. Our flight's at like 4.25, so we still have like ample time. This is our last time taking one of these taxis that we love so much. We bought like one mini one for ourselves, one for my dad. You bought the light. I had fun. But I'm tired. I think I'm ready to go back home. Same, yeah. So there's this culture shock that we kind of forgot to talk about that we like experienced here in Hong Kong. And that is space is limited, right? Especially with restaurants and stuff. You can be seated with complete strangers at the same table. And we just ran into that situation at McDonald's. We were going to take our food up here anyway because it's so crowded at McDonald's, but this guy got up from the table. He was motioning to us like, oh, it's open. We were like, oh, thank you. But like we thought the woman sitting beside him, we thought like they were together. So we were just like standing there waiting for her to get up, but she's like still eating. It was just such a funny moment. We were like, oh, thank you. That's okay. For me as an introvert, that's my absolute nightmare. But like I get it because like the space is limited and stuff. Yeah, gesture was nice, but that was a cultural difference. Yeah, for sure. You never, in a million years, nobody would do that in Korea. It's so funny. Yeah, I think like Koreans really value like their personal space in that regard, especially when eating alone. But like no one here like cares at all. It's so neat. That was one thing that I noticed and I thought, oh, it's interesting. But like my question is like, do you ask first or do they just sit? Good question. I want to know that. Yeah, do you just like sit your bum down or like does the seat take? Like, you know, that kind of thing. Yeah. We found one of our favorite snacks in the whole world that we can't get in Korea. The original Cheetos cheese flavor. Is there room to get two? Oh, no, no, no. I mean, like for one for home. Yeah, this is going to go home. Oh, my God. It does not feel good. Oh, it's really cold. Oh, geez.