Days in Hong Kong
One of the benefits of being an International Educator is that you seem to travel to more countries for PD than you do when you’re in your own country (traveling outside of NZ is often so expensive that PD in another country is unrealistic).
So back in September, the opportunity to watch fellow educators who have been teaching the Writer’s Workshop model for literacy was too good to pass up – and of course the fact that it was in Hong Kong doubled the “too-good-to-pass-up” opportunity!! Whilst observing how Writer’s Workshop flows when you’ve been doing it for a while was exceptional – so too was the opportunity to sight-see around Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a beautiful city, contrasting between ancient and new. It hasn’t lost any of it’s ancient charm but has also appeared to have embraced modernism seemlessly into it’s surroundings.
A particular highlight was the light show that occurs every night down at the harbour amidst it’s own background music. With the flip camera in hand I was able to capture a 2-minute memory of what it looked and sounded like.
We managed to fit in the Stanley Markets, the famous Jade Market, took the enormously steep Peak cable car ride, rode on the world’s longest outdoor escalator (then walked back down the steps to the bottom again!) as well as a trek through the local markets to Times Square.
I loved the time I spent in Hong Kong and could quite easily go back. In fact, I wouldn’t mind living there at all. The haze was a bit disappointing, but for the most part, pollution wasn’t that noticeable. It’s quite expensive to live in Hong Kong I hear too.
You can find more photos of Hong Kong on my Photoblog.
