a planned trip to Hong Kong - part 3
my 3rd time to HK and i am still yanking on that country (after 3 weeks)...
1st time to HK was with my sister, jeremy, raymond and my wife (then my girlfriend) plus some frens, i think... 2nd time was after our Korea honeymoon (stopover at HK for 3D2N).
shopping in women's street was the same 10 years ago except for the many other shops at the adjacent street and the predominant used of Mandarin compared to Cantonese when we first came... the place was crowded even at 9pm and it seemed to go on forever... eating, drinking and shopping all the way...
most of the shops were opened early and closed late... we went into a Bossini shop at 10pm and it was still packed... apparently it opened from 9am and closed at 11.30pm... hardworking bunch...
shopping culture was really different from Singapore where we visit shopping centres... most of their outlets/shops were by the roadsides, stretches and stretches of shops down all directions of the roads at kowloon island... really shop till you drop...start with the ferry terminal of kowloon and all the way to women street...
local HK cafe was typical like Singapore HK cafe, except that the portion was for American... full of rice (like 饭桶)... giant size (no need to upsize)... order 3 dishes for 4 persons and you can never go wrong... tried wanton noodles (dry and soup), best wanton ever (succulent meat and prawns!)... tried their roasted goose and other meat, thumbs up! i missed the food actually... looked out for 许留山for their ever famous mango desserts and you can never go wrong...
we were at Macau and visited Venetia and Ruins of St Paul... free food tasting at Ruins and you can forget about dinner after reaching the end of street, buy all local delicacies here... we tried the pork chop burger... bagus!
Lantau island changed the most compared to our 2nd visit, i still remembered taking the bus to visit the Big Buddha... now?! cable car all the way!... Disneyland, Ngong Ping 360 cable car, a shopping centre full of factory outlets, our famous "Food Republic" serving good food like Singapore... Lantau is enuff to keep us occupied for a full day... cable car is a must try for families, air is so fresh and cooling, scenic view.
Kowloon island was much the same, streets and buildings still as old... no greens (you hardly see trees or flowers), air polluted (not like Lantau island)... MTR stations was like Tokyo style, slightly better than last visit as they were renovated... still dimly lit, not like those in Lantau.
taxi was cheap, no surcharge (except for luggages abt HKD5 and toll), no midnight charge, no extra charge for MPV taxis... more than 4 persons for long distance, take cab... else MTR dominated...
we didn't have time for Shenzhen, Zhuhai... must plan on 4th trip...
1st time to HK was with my sister, jeremy, raymond and my wife (then my girlfriend) plus some frens, i think... 2nd time was after our Korea honeymoon (stopover at HK for 3D2N).
shopping in women's street was the same 10 years ago except for the many other shops at the adjacent street and the predominant used of Mandarin compared to Cantonese when we first came... the place was crowded even at 9pm and it seemed to go on forever... eating, drinking and shopping all the way...
most of the shops were opened early and closed late... we went into a Bossini shop at 10pm and it was still packed... apparently it opened from 9am and closed at 11.30pm... hardworking bunch...
shopping culture was really different from Singapore where we visit shopping centres... most of their outlets/shops were by the roadsides, stretches and stretches of shops down all directions of the roads at kowloon island... really shop till you drop...start with the ferry terminal of kowloon and all the way to women street...
local HK cafe was typical like Singapore HK cafe, except that the portion was for American... full of rice (like 饭桶)... giant size (no need to upsize)... order 3 dishes for 4 persons and you can never go wrong... tried wanton noodles (dry and soup), best wanton ever (succulent meat and prawns!)... tried their roasted goose and other meat, thumbs up! i missed the food actually... looked out for 许留山for their ever famous mango desserts and you can never go wrong...
we were at Macau and visited Venetia and Ruins of St Paul... free food tasting at Ruins and you can forget about dinner after reaching the end of street, buy all local delicacies here... we tried the pork chop burger... bagus!
Lantau island changed the most compared to our 2nd visit, i still remembered taking the bus to visit the Big Buddha... now?! cable car all the way!... Disneyland, Ngong Ping 360 cable car, a shopping centre full of factory outlets, our famous "Food Republic" serving good food like Singapore... Lantau is enuff to keep us occupied for a full day... cable car is a must try for families, air is so fresh and cooling, scenic view.
Kowloon island was much the same, streets and buildings still as old... no greens (you hardly see trees or flowers), air polluted (not like Lantau island)... MTR stations was like Tokyo style, slightly better than last visit as they were renovated... still dimly lit, not like those in Lantau.
taxi was cheap, no surcharge (except for luggages abt HKD5 and toll), no midnight charge, no extra charge for MPV taxis... more than 4 persons for long distance, take cab... else MTR dominated...
we didn't have time for Shenzhen, Zhuhai... must plan on 4th trip...
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i shall go see if it's like what u mentioned, and it's going to be my 4th! Ha Ha!
4th one... let's see whether you can enjoy with 2 kids..