MEET AVANTIKA.
Avantika studied abroad in Hong Kong during the summer of 2017.
IF NOTHING ELSE, DON’T FORGET TO PACK: An umbrella! It gets so wet.
ON SECOND THOUGHT, YOU CAN LEAVE AT HOME: Your hoodie. Trust me when I say it gets hot.
WHERE TO LIVE: I think campus is a good place to live in.
BEST PLACES TO EAT: I’m a vegetarian so local foods were not my thing. I mostly went to Tsim Sha Tsui / Central / Wan Chai.
FAVORITE CULTURAL ACTIVITY: Fortune telling at local temples!
BEST PERSONAL HIDE
OUT: Temple street night market. Do go to ‘Manakamana Nepali Restaurant’ and sample their excellent momos! It’s addictive.
FAVORITE PLACE TO STUDY: In my room.
MUST-TRY LOCAL DISH: Dim sums!
BEST PHOTO OP: Go up Victoria peak.
BIGGEST FAIL: Reached the metro station a minute after the last train for the day.
BEST PURCHASE: All my souvenirs! You can’t stop shopping in Hong Kong.
MOST INTERESTING CLASS: Astronomy.
BEST PART OF THE PROGRAM: All of it!
MOST MEMORABLE TRIP: Hiking up the dragon’s back trail.
BEST LOCAL EVENT/HOLIDAY: Hong Kong SAR Day!
FAVORITE LOCAL WORD/SLANG: Meimei. It means sister, and that’s how I got discounts from most woman shopkeepers!
IF I COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN… If I could do it again, I would go on so many more hikes!