Come With Me for a Campus Tour!

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology is like no place I have ever seen. It is situated in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, and is practically vertical. In fact, over 30 "lifts" (elevators) are required to move its 6000 students to and from classes. And that doesn't include the escalators. There are at least 15 of those, too.

Want to see where I will be spending my time over the next four months?

Here is the campus, as seen from the water. I think this is an official HKUST photo...they display it everywhere. I mean, no kidding.

I live in Hall IV (yes, the residence names are highly creative) which is the building located just above the track.

You can't tell in the photograph, but my residence building is actually shaped like an "S". So, from my dorm room (which is on the fifth floor) this is what I see if I look down the hallway:

Other than that, though, my dorm room looks...well, pretty much like a dorm room.

Actually, it looks worse than your average dorm room - I brought hardly anything with me and I sleep in a sleeping bag, because I need to bring it to Europe after my exchange is over.

But, in an effort to really give you a glimpse into my life in Hong Kong, I will show it to you anyways.

Here it is...

What else can I show you? Oh, here is a photo of my residence, shot from the ground...

And here are some other photos I took around campus. It is truly one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. For example, this pond is right outside my residence building, and the forest you see in the background is what my rooms backs onto.

This is the view from the first floor of the library. And there are four floors. AND this was on a cloudy day. So you can imagine the kind of paradise we live in over here.





This is the view from my floor's common room - a space for students with couches, a kitchen and...oh, yes, plasma TVs. We also have a patio on our floor that overlooks the water.

In order to get to anything on campus, I have to take two or three elevators, and two bridges. This is the view from one of the bridges. Inside that building, there are classrooms, study rooms, the library and one of the six or seven places to eat. I love the palm trees!

I have one more photo to show you, and it is specifically for my friends from Ivey. We all spent a lot of time in Ivey's study rooms over the past couple years. We practically lived in them for 48 Hour Reports. They came in so handy, with those chairs, tables and white boards.


Well, HKUST has study rooms, too. Except they are outside, and they look like this:





On a sunny day, you can study AND get a tan!


That's it for now. Tomorrow, I am going to post some photos of my first time venturing into the city (it is about a 40 minute subway ride into the heart of Hong Kong). I will also be writing about my first sightseeing experience...