jan 7 - near midnight
touch down singapore..back from a 5 day holiday in hongkong..
jan 3
our first day in hongkong was spent wandering around the vacinity of the hotel we were in - harbour plaza, resort city..but as the hotel is located in the new territories, there was nowhere much for us to wander to except for the sole shopping centre..
jan 4
second day was the guided tour of the city..repulse bay (where most of hongkong's wealthy lived)..aberdeen (where the jumbo floating restaurant and the fishing village were) and then the ngong ping skyrail up to the giant buddha on lantau island..we ended the day with dinner at hang heung's kitchen at the new world centre and walking along the avenue of stars..sadly, we missed out on the symphony of lights (supposedly the world's largest permanent light and sound show)..
jan 5
moved to the metropark hotel in kowloon in the morning..after checking in, we took a tram down to causeway bay to one of the biggest shopping centres in hongkong, times square..but as most of the shops were designer labels, we did not spend too much time in there..thereafter we took the peak tram up to the peak..the rest of the day was spent roaming the streets of the soho region..and we also took a ride on the world's longest covered escalator (which is basically just as the name suggests - a very long escalator!)..
jan 6 and 7
we spent our last two days in hongkong free and easy..walking down the various streets (famous and not-so-famous)..entering shopping centres and shops (famous and not-so-famous) and basically just doing the things that tourists do! on the second last day, we had dimsum lunch at chao's inn (as per jingxian's recommendation) and it was really really good (cheap as well)!
the past 5 days were really nice..taking a holiday with the family after such a long time (though they can be terribly annoying at times!)..and the weather was really really lovely as well - bright sunshine and cool air..what a wonderful combination! :) while i was initially sceptical about the trip..in the end, i was kind of sad to leave..back to life..back to the humidity..back to reality..
touch down singapore..back from a 5 day holiday in hongkong..
jan 3
our first day in hongkong was spent wandering around the vacinity of the hotel we were in - harbour plaza, resort city..but as the hotel is located in the new territories, there was nowhere much for us to wander to except for the sole shopping centre..
jan 4
second day was the guided tour of the city..repulse bay (where most of hongkong's wealthy lived)..aberdeen (where the jumbo floating restaurant and the fishing village were) and then the ngong ping skyrail up to the giant buddha on lantau island..we ended the day with dinner at hang heung's kitchen at the new world centre and walking along the avenue of stars..sadly, we missed out on the symphony of lights (supposedly the world's largest permanent light and sound show)..
jan 5
moved to the metropark hotel in kowloon in the morning..after checking in, we took a tram down to causeway bay to one of the biggest shopping centres in hongkong, times square..but as most of the shops were designer labels, we did not spend too much time in there..thereafter we took the peak tram up to the peak..the rest of the day was spent roaming the streets of the soho region..and we also took a ride on the world's longest covered escalator (which is basically just as the name suggests - a very long escalator!)..
jan 6 and 7
we spent our last two days in hongkong free and easy..walking down the various streets (famous and not-so-famous)..entering shopping centres and shops (famous and not-so-famous) and basically just doing the things that tourists do! on the second last day, we had dimsum lunch at chao's inn (as per jingxian's recommendation) and it was really really good (cheap as well)!
the past 5 days were really nice..taking a holiday with the family after such a long time (though they can be terribly annoying at times!)..and the weather was really really lovely as well - bright sunshine and cool air..what a wonderful combination! :) while i was initially sceptical about the trip..in the end, i was kind of sad to leave..back to life..back to the humidity..back to reality..
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