Our Tour to Hong Kong Part 2

After a thrilling day in Disneyland, the students go to The Salvation Army Tin Ka Ping School（救世軍田家炳學校）in ShaTin for cultural exchange on the following day. It is quite different between the campus of Hsia-Yun and that of Hong Kong schools. Hsia-yun has only 3 floors, but it extends horizontally as we even have a track. As for Hong Kong schools, they extend vertically with 6 floors usually. Students of both schools perform their talents. Hsia-yun students perform singing Atayal traditional songs, playing with flute and dancing, which they have practiced these items for so long. They really have done a good show, everyone enjoys their performance! 

Hsia-yun students is performing their talents-flute! Wonderful!

After it, they participate in a treasure hunt on the campus, students of both schools introduce themselves and cooperate to find the clues and get the treasure- ice lolly! It is a really a great treasure in the summer time! It is also a precious chance for Hsia-yun students to communicate with Hong Kong students to know each other and compare the difference between their learning environment, so as to know more about the world. 

Hsia-yun students cooperate with Hong Kong students so as to find the treasure.

Next, we went to Victoria Peak. Nevertheless, the weather turns bad as there are two typhoons approaching, we cannot take a look at the beautiful views of both sides of the Victoria Harbor from the Peak.

On the third day, the Hsia-yun students go to Hong Kong Baptist University, where Holly and I are studying in Hong Kong. Students perform their singing again to our professor. Afterward, we visit the learning common, Dr. & Mrs. Hung Hin Shiu Museum of Chinese Medicine（孔憲紹博士伉儷中醫藥博物館）, and the dormitory. They also have lunch on the campus too. We are surprised to hear some of the students aim HKBU as their university in the future. Setting an aim and strive for it is a good for a student, especially in Hsia-yun, where the competition is not as acute as students in the city. After that, we go to Space Museum and Science Museum. As museums in Hong Kong are free to visit on Wednesdays, students may not enjoy every part of it, still, I believe they all have a great time there.

Principal and a Hsia-yun student is playing the game in the museum.

The last day of the tour, as time is limited, we sloppy visit to Sam Tung Uk Museum（三棟屋博物館）and go to the airport. However, as the weather is bad, our flight delays for around 3 hours, and we arrive home so late.

The bad weather disturbs many of our outdoor itineraries, but still, the children enjoy the tour in Hong Kong so much. It is precious chance for Hsia-yun students to study aboard. Although Hong Kong is small, it is an international city, there are a lot Hsia-yun students can learn from. On the contrary, as a Hong Kong student, Hsia-yun, which located in the rural-urban area, also brings me a different view of learning, far more than in Hong Kong. Cultural exchange tour is important for students to be independent and get better insight. Although the tour is short and not perfect, I believe everyone learns and grows up in the tour.