While In Hongkong - Culture Shock

New places, will always come with new story. Starts from the habits of the native people and the culture. Some might be totally different with ours and very unique also. From my short trip to Hongkong and Macau few days ago, I found out some habits and culture that was totally different with mine, there are :

HKIA praying room

• Before we went to this place, we already knew that the challenge for us is to find a place to pray. That is also why we manage to not only stay nearby a mosque, but also to arrange the places we visits so we can stop by at the nearby mosque. All the day trip went well, until we are about to go back to KL and at the airport. My husband almost pray at the emergency exit, but then we find a different kind of sign in front of us. So the picture next to us is the praying room at HKIA. Since it is a praying room, so every religion is welcome here. The room supplied everything we need to pray, Qur'an and Shalah utilities, Bible, and other books that I don't know what it is. This praying room is at Terminal 2, just next to the Pacific Coffee and nearby Disneyland Store. So relief that HK have this place :)

• It is never written that we have to stand at the right side at the escalators or stairs or ways in HK. But that's the practice there, so just left your left side empty. People are always rushing there, they will take the left side to walk faster.

• I found an umbrella dispensers machine at the MTR Station. At the machine, we can find the excellence of buying the umbrella. And what is the most surprising thing for me is that the umbrella is under a warranty. The price for each umbrella is HKD 78. Should really grab one :)  

Cute Umbrella Machine

• Not to forget, Hongkong's street is so small. Actually I kinda like it, very easy to cross the street. Eventhough the streets are small, but the bus using the street are the big buses. Also, since they are using tram as one of they transportation mode, the streets are full with the tram's tracks. Just pay full attention to the traffic light because if you're not, it will be very dangerous. 

• Macau's currency is MOP, but we can use HKD to do transaction in this country. Don't care whether we are at the small shop or at the big department store. Even we can pay our transportation using HKD in this country. They treated the HKD just like they treated their MOP. Only it doesn't work the way around. In Hongkong, no one will receive the MOP to transact. So better finish the MOP before leaving Macau.

Also read here for more stories about Hongkong :

1. Masjid and Halal Food Tour

2. Hongkong Transportation Mode

3. Disneyland Hongkong