Saturday, August 12, 2006
whee i'm back from hong kong! (: haha yayy. reached home at almost 1 am in the morning. >< haha it was fun! (: and the weather was great, although one part was flooded due to heavy rain, but we weren't in that part during the flood so it was okay. (: lol we were thoroughly freaked out, cos the news kept reported about typhoons in taiwan or taipei or whatever. heh.
okay anyway.
on the first day, we were delayed for quite a while at the airport because the stupid person in charge was highly inefficient and kept us waiting for ages. :/ so by the time we reached the hotel, we were super hungry. luckily our hotel was strategically located in a large shopping area with loads of food and shops! yayy! haha so we went to eat wanton mee at the famous wanton mee shop. then we went for dessert at hui lau shan. it's this place where all the desserts are concocted from fruits! (:
then we went to snoopy's world! it was oh-so-cute! haha. there were snoopy figurines all over the park, and there was woodstock and the rest of the peanuts gang too! (: haha and the whole place was so totally colourful! haha it was really really cute! (:
then at night we went to ladies' street to shop! haha. it's this gigantic night market. lol. then we got lost on the way back. haha. the streets there are totally confusing. i think it's probably cos the buildings were too close together, and all the buildings looked the same. somehow the streets in that area looked very ratty. yeah. and the aircon condensers kept on dripping water, so as you walked along the streets, you'd probably get quite wet.
second day, we went to lantau island to see the big buddha. omg it took us such a long time to get there. cos it was on another island, and then as if it weren't bad enough, it was on top of a hill! yeah so we took a taxi and the taxi went round and round up the winding road. haha as usual i felt like puking. haha. but it was quite cool. we went to see poh lin monastery too.
then we took the disney train to hong kong disneyland! haha the train is super cute. the windows were in the shape of mickey heads. (: and the handrails were mickey shaped too! and there were little glass cases of disney characters all over the train! haha. and disney station was really cool too. it was really disney-like. hee. disneyland itself was cool too. haha the fountain rocked!
then after that we went to causeway bay for dim sum lunch. i luv dim sum! haha. and then after lunch we went shopping! [again] haha. shopping is so fun! haha i felt like a shopping queen for this trip. lol. i bought soooo many things omg.
then we went to bauhinia square. it's this really nice historic square. something to do with the return of hk to china. or something like that. (: but it was really quite far from the mtr station, so we had to walk a long distance! omg. after that my legs hurt like shit. haha. [now it still hurts. lol. must have beem aggravated by hours of shopping on end]
after bauhinia square, we went to victoria peak! omg that rocked. it was really high up, and everything was misty cos it was evening already. ohh yeah we took the peak tram up. and there was this really cool shopping mall at the peak (: hee.
then at night, we went street shopping again. haha.
third day: we went to tsim sha tsui. and then we went to the avenue of stars. haha. the air there was super fresh [contrast to the heavily polluted air in the rest of hk] and the view was really nice too, cos the avenue was like this promenade along the waterfront. and along the avenue, there were many handprints made by hk celebrities. haha.
then after that it was shopping time all the way till lunch, which was dim sum again. (: *beams* it was the famous dim sum restaurant okay. (: haha. the food rocked.
then after that it was departure time already. haha.
oh i forgot to mention that i watched over the hedge and the shaggy dog on board the plane! haha yayy. so productive right.
whee. i'll post some photos another day.
reply to tags:
chinhwee: haha hello! erm i didn't know that wenzhou had typhoons too? but anyway thanks! haha.
valencia: lol. why does mr lui, of all people, rock? haha. yeah i really ate a lot there okay. haha
joyce: yoz! no i didn't have xiaolongbao there.... awww. hee i bought your prezzie already! (: hee.
