Hong Kong
16 - 20 December 2010 - Hong Kong
Blog writeup: http://www.jamiesoon.com/blog/?p=103
Arrive airport, already evening.. first 2 days very cold
Grab an airport express travel pass and 3 days subway
Some shops ...
Taking another mtr line
In Hong Kong now, train reminds me of London. Bought some cake
Emerge from the Mongkok station, wow!
Need to look for our hotel, its at Waterloo Road
actually nearer to Yau Ma Teh station
Another photo of me at the lobby.... we staying at YWCA
Nice cosy room
Nice clean toilet
Nice cosy facilities
Dinner time, very cold, eat what
First night in hong kong, having dinner in a nearby shop
quite alot of people, must be good
Bluuhh .. see everybody wearing thick jackets
Ok, sweet sour pork ... not bad
Suppose to order one pot but end of with two pot...
Ok lah...
Lots of shops selling boots like these....
Stop at the nearby night market for look see
Who wants to buy for your little niece...
What are they lining up for...
What's this
Lots of double decker busses here.....
Ok, next morning ....
Road in front of hotel ...
We staying here
Small mini bus
Walking to the subway station now...
Yau Ma Tei station
Nice and modern
Going here first .. to look for breakfast
Heheh
People waiting for the train
Early morning people selling newspaper on the streets
Pop out at Central station, here's JW Marriot hotel
Some nice tall buildings here
Tram... we are walking around looking for a famous restaurant
Lots and lots of taxi here
Where is the food
Wow look at all the chicken ...
The famous restaurant is closed, so we settle for this...
Apparently people here like eating macaroni with char siew ...
Flowers to decorate the street
Some Christmas decorations
Wow, heavy gold jewellery on display ...
Walking underground, to another station... impressive...
Take the bus to Repulse Bay
Woo hoo, on the bus...
Nice view
On the way to Repulse Bay
Oh wow, a beach... with lots of houses on the hill
Probably Jacky Chan has a little house here.
Playground
Got a temple here....
Kwan yin statue facing the sea...
Modern and expensive looking aparments overlooking the sea
Maybe got sharks
Ok, wait for another bus, or can we walk to the next stop ?
Next stop, Stanley Market
People selling flowers
Guy doing some chinese caligraphy
Stanley Market
Saw this thing in house nearby thats selling antiques
Where are we, better walk back...
Take the bus again, running out of coins
Back to central.... lots of big brands here....
Looking for the shop... walking one big round to get back to this place..
Yay its open, must eat here....must eat...
Line up first...
hahah
How to order, all in chinese... ask someone for help...
Ordered goose with char siew fan...
More goose waiting to be eaten...
hhuhuhu
Wow, look at the apartments...
On the train again..
Some shopping mall
Cute
Ok, buying tickets for cabel car.. Ngong Ping 360
Tickets
Get ready for cabel car, 4pm now, nobody... we got a private car...hhehe
Wwooooo
Transparent one...
Heheh
Woaaahhh
Eat some kuih first... black sesame filling
Looks like got a path for trekking here...
Ok... pose for some photos with fish... fake snow lah...
Suppose to go up to the Buddha statue there....
Some touristy stuff
Who wants to buy chopsticks as a gift
Walk up to here.. ok getting late, have to get back to cabel car by 6pm
Grab a hotdog while you're lining up
Long queue, people waiting for cabel car...
Getting cold, good thing we lining up for the transparent cabel car, less people
Wooo, cold !!!!
Back to Nathan street
Looking for food, me again....
Have some soup
Still hungry...
Have some sausage....
Time to get back to bed... tired...
Next morning.....
People doing exercise nearby
Take the MTR again
Looking for food
Lots of people keeping dogs as pets here...
Ok, this is the place
Selling the buns
Nai cha with polo yao....
Look at the parking rates....
Taking the bus up to the Peak
Houses on a hill
Houses on a hill... must belong to all the rich people...
Welcome to.. the Peak... got a shopping mall here...
Oh, Hard Rock Cafe!
Looks like one of my kittens
Ok, buy tickets for the sky terrace
Nice view of Hong Kong...
Muahhaha
Got lots of tourist here
Time for lunch
Finally having some wan tan mee... yummy
No vegetable, yummy soup...
Bruce Lee
Michelle Yeoh
Ok, take the tram back down
Woah.. lots of people lining up .. good thing we took the bus up
Ok, now how to go back
This is the famous Hong Kong building!
Cross the road
Lippo building
Walk walk
Back to central
Christmas tree
Jimmy Choo shoes
Dancing christmas tree
Creative window display...
Visit a temple... you can do some fortune telling here
Back to famous chinese restaurant for dim sum... lobak kou
(radish)... real radish... yummy yummy...
Got mat salleh also....
Siew mai... lots of small prawns inside...
Pork ribs with black beans I think
Sweet sour pork again... ummm.. I can just taste it ...
That's lunch...late lunch...
Ok, time to do some shopping at Causeway Bay
Times Square
Buy something at Bossini
Something at Times Square
Next stop Tsim Sha Shui... 1881 Heritage Hotel...
Nice.. lights... big blue christmas tree
Wow... amazing... view of Hong Kong night scene...
Ferry
Some buildings decorated with Christmas lights
Lots of people come to enjoy the view....
Esprit Outlet ..... something like Factory Outlet.. but its Esprit...
Next day, Mcdonalds...
Decide to go to Macau.. ok lets take the ferry
We are here in Macau... took the No 3 bus from the ferry terminal, missed the stop, so went all the way to another bus terminal on the other side of the island..
Must stop at Ruins of St Pauls
Eat something first...
Macau curry mee
Ok, walk around here.. lots of people...
Church .. mostly Portugese architecture...
Go where... this area all the tourist attractions nearby..
All the places also in Portugese
Buy some famous biscuits
Koi Kei shop...lots of people buy from here...
Try the famous Portugese egg tarts... hmmm...still hot..
Ok, ruins of st pauls... suppose to be a cathedral, but burnt down
I saw this on the internet....
This empty space......
Ok, back to the main raod...
Looking for bus... where is the bus stop...
Round and round, neverending bus ride on mini bus 18...
Tour of the back lanes of Macau town... ended up back in the bus station...
Ok, good thing we made it in time for the 5.00pm ferry...
Ferry ticket...
Time for dinner.... vegetarian
Nice vegetarian fried rice
Suppose to eat seafood...
Still got time, use up the touch and go card... sit bus around town..
Tunnel
Night bus tour...
Breakfast ... looks like this is what Hong Kong people normally eat
Back to the subway... on the way to the airport
Quick stop at Disneyland ... unique design for the mtr train to disney resort
Walt Disney
Welcome to Disneyland Hong Kong
Mickey Mouse fountain
Buy tickets here
Sit the train..
Goofy ... ok that's all ...
Time to go back to airport
Disney souvenirs at airport
Heheh.... my business trip! Excellent service from MAS crew...
Back to Malaysia....
back to Travel Photos Mainpage
|