Hong Kong visit express

 

This is a late post about my visit express to Hong Kong. Last month I spent a day in the city so I decided to go up a mountain to see Tian Tan Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. It is actually one of the biggest ones that I have seen the closest. It was quite cloudy that day and so I couldn't take amazing pictures of the view from the cable car but it's just fine.

I moved by metro around the city and it was much easier than I expected. Sometimes as tourists we become lazier and just rely on taxis or buses. Underground is a very good and cheap option and, in this case, you can actually go anywhere by yourself without trouble.

Furthermore, currently with protests going on right in the middle of the city, it was said it was not going to be very safe to go to the city centre but it was totally ok to do so. At least in the afternoon on a week day. It is full of shops and restaurants obviously offering asian food and a list of variety from what I tried only dry noodles with beef and some sauteed vegetables.

Hope there is another ocasion to visit and show you more of it.

Safe trips! X

 

 

Visita express a Hong Kong

 

Este es un post tardío de mi visita express a Hong Kong. El mes pasado pasé un día en la ciudad así que decidí subir a la montaña para ver Tian Tan Buddha y el monasterio de Po Lin. Se trata de uno de los budas más grandes que haya visto de tan cerca. Hizo un día bastante nublado y no pude hacer fotos estupendas de las vistas desde el teleférico, pero no están mal.

Por allí me moví con el metro y fue mucho más fàcil de lo que esperaba. A veces cuando vamos como turistas nos volvemos más perezosos y nos fiamos de los taxis y buses. El metro es una muy buena opción y más econòmica que las otras y, en este caso, podías llegar a cualquier lado por ti mismo sin problema.

Además, en estos momentos, con las protestas en marcha en el medio de la ciudad, se decía que no sería seguro andar por ahí pero sí que lo era. Al menos entre semana y por la tarde. El centro está lleno de tiendas y restaurantes que ofrecen lógicamente comida asiàtica con mucha variedad, de la que elegí noodles (fideos gruesos) con ternera y verduras salteadas.

Espero que haya una próxima vez para visitar y compartir más con vosotros.

Que tengáis buenos viajes! Besos

Planning holidays

This month I have to do some homework regarding my holidays for next year. Yes, travelling the world requires planning ahead. Specially when you don’t go backpacking but you have to know how many days you will go where and when but most precisely with who: by yourself, with friends, family or boyfriend/girlfriend...

Well, we are talking about 2015! That looks way too far but when it comes to schedulling trips, making bookings, matching agendas, etc. It is not an easy task!

You know what?

On one hand, when you live abroad all you want to do when in holidays is to spend time with them. The people you always talk on whatsapp and skype to. The ones that are always missing you around. So you want to compensate being away for the small little things and then be able to do so when you’re about. Tea, coffee, picnic, gossips, drinks, night out, dinner, barbacue, throwing a party or celebrating a birthday!

On the other hand, having the chance to travel anywhere is also wonderful so I also want to take advantadge of it. Las Vegas, Florida, Philippines, Norwegian Fiords, Japan, Iceland, Cappadocia, Tuscany, Napa Valley, Chilean Andes...There are so many beautiful and promising places I can’t choose right now! I need your suggestions. Let’s do some Brainstorming!

I must confess that I do feel I live in a bubble sometimes. So you gotta be careful with bubbles! *Touch wood* For now I enjoy every single moment of it like if it was the last one because you never know if there might be a second time for the very same city or only that one time.

 

Today I share with you a few pictures of some of the most memorable moments I had in the last twelve months.

 

Safe trips! XX

Mauritius

Phuket

Dubai

Kuala Lumpur

Perth

Vietnam: My Tho River & Cu Chi Tunnels

Those who know me are well aware that I have been travelling for almost a year now. Well, out of the amount of countries you can visit and cities you can see in the World I will start showing you Vietnam as I had the chance to go there quite recently and I loved it. I stayed in Ho Chi Mihn City (Southern side of the country) and I spent two days there.
On the first day I took a tour that brought me to My Tho Mekong River and the nine little islands that are well protected in the middle of the ocean. A very intense excursion.
On the second day I took a tour to Cu Chi Tunnels, those that were built during war against US military. I have to say the amount of traps and equipment that vietnamese people created at that time are very impressive and probably pioneering in manmade crafts of that kind. The tunnels itself are basically claustrophobic. An experience to tick off the list.
I also had the opportunity to take a few pictures of the buddhas temple of Chua Vinh Trang. Huge and very well kept sculptures  with beautiful plants and flowers all over the place.
I strongly recommend taking a couple of weeks trip to this green asian country. In fact, my desire is to go back and to discover it in its fullness from bottom to top soon.
Safe trips people! XX

Aquellos que me conocéis sabéis de sobres que llevo viajando ya casi un año. Bien, de todos los paises que puede uno visitar y de la ciudades que puede uno ver en el mundo, empiezo por mostraros Vietnam, ya que tuve la oportunidad de ir allí recientemente y me encantó.
Estuve en Ho Chi Mihn City (en la parte sur del país) durante dos días.
El primer día agarré un tour que me llevó al río My Tho Mekong y a las nueve pequeñas islas que tan bien protegidas están en medio del océano en una excursión muy completa.
El segundo día agarré un tour a los túneles Cu Chi, que fueron contruidos durante la guerra contra el ejército de los Estados Unidos. Tengo que decir que la cantidad de trampas y de material que los vietnamitas crearon en su momento son impresionantes y probablemente pioneros en artículos  de ese tipo hechos a mano por el hombre. Los túneles en sí son básicamente claustrofóbicos. Una experiéncia para tachar de la lista.
También tuve la oportunidad de sacar unas cuantas fotos del templo budista de Chua Vinh Trang. Enormes y cuidadas esculturas rodeadas de plantas y flores por todas partes.
Os recomiendo mucho ir durante un par de semanas a este verde país asiático. De hecho, mi deseo es volver y descubrirlo en su totalidad de arriba a abajo pronto.
Buen viaje a todos! Besos

Introducing Gigi around the World

 

Thanks for stopping by and welcome to my new blog! This is just an introductory post so I’ll keep it short and sweet.

I decided to start a blog because I wanted to show you my wanders around the Globe in order to humbly inspire you and get to know your best trip tips as well.

Over the next few months I plan to be writing and sharing posts about the places I visit of this wonderful world where we live, about my Dubai life and my home, Barcelona and its surroundings.

That’s it for now! If you’d like to be kept updated with my posts “Like” this post, subscribe to my blog, follow my Facebook page, Twitter (@Gisela_nicolas) or Instagram @gigiaroundtheworld.

Safe trips to you all ! XX