My HKG trip: 24 - 28 Oct 2009

Spent 5 days 4 nights at HKG and found it is really similar to Singapore somehow =)

My itinerary

24th Oct, Sat - Arrived at Hong Kong Terminal 1 via CX710, took a Cityflyer bus which took us right to the doorstep of Prudential Hotel in Jordan and only cost us HKD33 per pax. Met Weiyun at the Singapore Changi Airport while having breakfast and realised that she is also going to Hong Kong on board the same flight! We had dinner at 大家乐, and proceeded the to Avenue of Stars for the laser show at 8pm every evening...wasn't awed and the sky was really hazy. Then we were off to the Ladies Night Market and said bye bye to Weiyun.

25th Oct, Sun - Went to a nearby restaurant for "Morning tea" - yum yum and to get a load of the Hong Kong culture. Hot water was provided to rinse the cutlery before using them, not something we would do in Singapore =p We ordered siew mai, char siew bao, steamed carrot cake and har gow...its a pity we din come back to this place for more dim sum. We went to the Wong Tai Sin temple to 拜拜, and shopped at Fa Yuen Street (Can get off at Prince Edward or Mongkok Stn). The clothes, bags and shoes weren't that appealing but we bought some souveniers and children's wear from here. Some of the auntie vendors were really fierce and strictly no bargaining allowed...humph although we bought quite a few pieces from them! Walked to Tsim Sha Tsui and had wanton and braised brisket noodle.

26th Oct, Mon - Off to Macau! Took a ferry from the Hong Kong - Macau Ferry Terminal located just at the Sheun Wan MTR stn (Turbojet - HKD146 per pax one way, economy class), getting there was easy but getting back was hard! We nearly couldn't make it back to Hong Kong in the same day as it was a public holiday and all the economy class tics ran out for the return trip. In the end we took another ferry, First Ferry which dropped off at the ferry terminal near to Tsim Sha Tsui instead...phew! We took a bus no. 3 from the Macau terminal to the Ruins of St Paul, had 猪扒包 and the famous portugese egg tart of course! We took the bus back to the ferry terminal after lunch and hopped on to a complimentary bus service to Venetian Macau Casino for a look see. This place is huge and filled with shops selling a kinds of branded stuff and a canal with gondolas to top it off!

27th Oct, Tues - Lantau Island: Took the MTR to Tung Chung stn and took a cable car ride up to where the Big Buddha was and had a vegetarian meal there. It was really nice =) and had dessert of beancurd and a few local snacks. We went to the Peak in the evening via the tram that took a steep uphill climb.

28th Oct, Wed - Had afternoon tea at the Penninsula Hotel, a real classy experience and totally enjoyed it! Scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam anyone? Set us back by HKD 400 plus for two...Took the flight back to Singapore via CX715 and arrived really late in the evening and we actually took the wrong luggage back home!! Well the bag was exactly the same. Gosh...had to take it back to the airport and got escorted into the baggage area by the police to redeem ours. We got home at 2am in the morning...