Country 1 - Hong Kong

2-4 August 2018

To explain what kind of journey this blog is about to embark on I need to take you back to January 2017 in a small lakeside town of Bregenz, Austria. It is here my lovely boyfriend got down on one knee in the snow, in front of a Christmas Tree and asked me to marry him.

We returned home to Australia and everyone started asking if we’d picked a date yet. I thought surely people aren’t that organised just days after getting engaged. Little did I know my now finance was doing a little internal planning of his own.

Within 2 months we’d set a date and picked the venue for our big day so we decided to put that all on the back burner and let the real fun begin – Honeymoon planning. At first we talked about a 3 month trip around the world. Some of my friends were currently on lengthy trips like this and I thought ‘What the hell that sounds awesome!’. Three months turned into six and then six turned into twelve. At this point I tried to put the brakes on because who travels for 12 months?

Well when the final outline of the trip was done it was official – we were taking approx 18 months off and going around the world visiting about 60 countries. When we started telling our friends and family we heard it all. Some of the best reactions were ‘You’re crazy!, how you can afford that?, that’s awesome, so lucky, will you survive? & can I come with you?’

Packing up our belongings was a mammoth effort.  July 31^st rolled around and we said goodbye to jobs that have allowed us to travel the world and plan this epic trip. Then August 2^nd was here and we were packed and ready for our 4am pick up.

Day 1 of this epic honeymoon we splurged and booked ourselves business class tickets to Hong Kong. The direct service from Adelaide was a plus and I’m pretty sure hubby was snoring before the first glass of champagne could be poured. We have been so fortunate to travel at the front of the plane on recent trips and this one was just as good. The food & service put Cathay Pacific towards to the top of my airline picks.

After a very comfortable 8.5hr flight we are welcomed with a very warm and humid 34 degrees. But we didn’t care about the weather as we were off to Disneyland. We spent the next full day at the park and felt like kids again. Starwars laser rollercoaster, 3D Iron Man simulation, a high speed mine rollercoaster that propelled you forwards and backwards as well as an interactive journey through Mystic Manor were some of our highlights. Nine hours & 11000 steps later we retreated to our hotel for a cool shower and some well earned air conditioning.

And just like that the next morning we are packing our bags again and are off to the next adventure. We thought Disneyland was the best way to kick off our honeymoon but now it's time for a little culture and new experiences. This is not the last you’ll hear of Hong Kong from me, we’ve got 2 more visits on our busy schedule. 

See you again soon HKG!

**Travellers tip – if you are planning to visit Hong Kong Disney, take a taxi from the airport to your Disney hotel. We took 3 trains and a bus and in the heat and opted for a taxi on the way out.

**Travellers tip – Use the free hotel shuttle to get to the park 30 mins before general opening time. This allows you to get better line access for when the park does open to get your fast passes. Food is expensive in the Disney hotels so eat at the park as much as you can.