Wednesday 5th August 2009Hi Guys,
Welcome to our first blog from our journey to the Bright Green Youth Conference in Denmark.
When we arrived in Hong Kong after leaving from Perth we disembarked the plane and were immediately taken aback by the sheer size of the airport.
When we left the airport the humidity really kicked in and there was hot rain.
We caught two buses to the Po Lin Monastery for a vegetarian lunch and we were off to visit the “BIG BUDDA”. We were almost blown away because the wind was extremely strong.
When we were up the top it was a magnificent view and Alex’s hat almost blew away. Then we caught the cable car back to Tung Chung bus station and then caught the train to the Mon Kok, where we shopped.
Then we caught the train back to Hong Kong airport were we stayed until our flight disembarked Hong Kong at 11:15pm.
It seems than plastic bags were also not used as the shop assistants didn’t give us plastic bags when we purchased things in the airport. They also had a three way recycling bin one for paper, one for plastic bottles and another for cans.
It was very interesting to see the difference between rich and poor in Hong Kong. On one side of the street there were tall rich buildings and on the other side there were very poor buildings.
The Public Transport system in Hong Kong was very cheap and efficient. Every where we went there was public transport available to every one. All the public transport was powered by electricity. The only emissions in public transport are the creating of the electricity.
This may be a great step towards reducing climate change and if we can get this going on all around Aus and maybe powering them by solar power we would be giving the environment a big help.
Welcome to our first blog from our journey to the Bright Green Youth Conference in Denmark.
When we arrived in Hong Kong after leaving from Perth we disembarked the plane and were immediately taken aback by the sheer size of the airport.
When we left the airport the humidity really kicked in and there was hot rain.
We caught two buses to the Po Lin Monastery for a vegetarian lunch and we were off to visit the “BIG BUDDA”. We were almost blown away because the wind was extremely strong.
When we were up the top it was a magnificent view and Alex’s hat almost blew away. Then we caught the cable car back to Tung Chung bus station and then caught the train to the Mon Kok, where we shopped.
Then we caught the train back to Hong Kong airport were we stayed until our flight disembarked Hong Kong at 11:15pm.
It seems than plastic bags were also not used as the shop assistants didn’t give us plastic bags when we purchased things in the airport. They also had a three way recycling bin one for paper, one for plastic bottles and another for cans.
It was very interesting to see the difference between rich and poor in Hong Kong. On one side of the street there were tall rich buildings and on the other side there were very poor buildings.
The Public Transport system in Hong Kong was very cheap and efficient. Every where we went there was public transport available to every one. All the public transport was powered by electricity. The only emissions in public transport are the creating of the electricity.
This may be a great step towards reducing climate change and if we can get this going on all around Aus and maybe powering them by solar power we would be giving the environment a big help.
From Alexander Craig, Lewis Whitehurst, Samantha Fielder and Janelle McGann
Edited by Luke McMillan
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Nice Photo!!! :P lol
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