Hong Kong, the city that wakes up late, where being thin is seen as beautiful, where some girls
have acceptance of themselves issues and where you can travel easily by having an octopus card.
Nicole and I have been planning to go to Hong Kong and Ireland since we have gotten back from our last overseas trip.
Nicole works as cabin crew for Commair.Ltd and therefore she can request rebate flights . We planned to leave Cape Town on the 30th November, But as it was holiday season the flight was fully booked and therefore we had to wait till the 1st of December to catch a flight out,unfortunately that flight was also overbooked therefore we did not fly the 1st of December either.
We instead went to a travel agent and booked the flight for the 2nd of December to Hong Kong and plans changed on the spur of the moment instead of going to Hong Kong & Ireland we just went to Hong Kong for 9 Days.
I will tell you a bit more about our experience and what we got up to on the other side of the world.
We landed in Hong Kong the 4th of December and we had our accommodation sorted as we have friends who now reside in Hong Kong, Bryanna & Kyall. They were so welcoming and showed us around on the first few days. Bryanna even made us detailed maps of the places to see to make it easier for us to get around when we went exploring on our own.
3rd December 2015
We arrived in Hong Kong got settled in at Bryanna & Kyall's flat ,the evening we took a ferry from Park Island to the City Cente and went for supper at a mexican restaurant called Agrave, That evening we just got settled in and were heavy jet lagged, I think Nicole and myself only went to bed at 3 in the morning because of the time difference.
4th December 2015
We had breakfast in the Village on Park Island, Eggs Benidict and Pineapple juice was the perfect way to start the day, we travelled to the women's market and tourist market where we did some shopping , we headed back to the city centre where we had a cocktail on a rooftop bar on one of the piers. The evening Bryanna had booked for us to go on a boat called the aqua luna which takes you around Hong Kong's harbour and show's off their skyline,it was the perfect time of year as all the big corporates had different christmas lights on which made the skyline stand out even more. We got dropped by the Symphony building where we watched the Symphony of lights, which displays the skylines building christmas lights,lighting up according to christmas tunes being played in the background. We had Mc Dees for supper. Before taking our ferry back to Park Island we went to a different rooftop bar and had one last drink and then called it a night.
5th December 2015
We went to a mall 10 minutes away in Tsing Yi and walked around there for a bit before having lunch at a restaurant called so thai, so good and the name says it all it was the most amazing Thai food I have ever tasted , I PIGGED out a little bit I had prawns,ribs and homemade ice tea. The evening we met up with Bryanna & Kyall at Agrave for Kyall's rugby end of year event. It was Awesome , I met some South Africans that used to stay a stone throw away from where I am currently residing in Pinelands. We went back to the flat and Bryanns was generous enough to share her Rooibos tea white wine from South Africa , we sat up talking and snacking before heading off to bed.
6th December 2015
We headed off to Gough Street , this had to be one of my favorite places in Hong Kong ,we had lunch at a restaurant called classified and walked through the antique chinese market. The reason i loved Gough Street so much was because of the art on the walls and antiques that were sold at the market i felt in my element! The evening we went up with a tram to the Peak , where you overlook beautiful Hong Kong and we had supper at a restaurant called Bubba Shrimp , Dedicated to the movie forest Gump, They had a sign to stop the waitress that read Stop Forest, Stop and if you didn't require anything you could change the board to Run Forest Run. We all got drinking glasses from this restaurant as a keep sake.
7th December 2015
Nicole and I ventured out on our own to take a cable car up to Ngong Ping where the world famous big budha is situated , This place was absolutely breathtaking and worth the 500+ steps to get to the big budha. We spent the day there viewing the monasteries & the Budha statues.We had supper at Matsusaki, I had Spicy Beef Tepanyhaki and I'm not actually quiet sure anymore what Nicole ordered. The evening Bryanna and Kyall had barbecued pork and pineapple sausage and ribs for supper we had some wine and went to bed.
8th December 2015
We slept!!! and had a chilled day,Bryanna and Kyall funny enough were heading to South Africa, we spent the day with them at the flat and the evening Nicole and I went to the Womans Market again just to browse around.
9th December 2015
we headed off to a 14 story mall called Time's Square just to see how it looks as it is 14 stories high!!Nothing out of the ordinary it might be 14 stories high but the building is very narrow therefore it is not even the equivalent to Canal Walk,we didnt buy much but we walked around got some supper and caught the next train back from some random train station we had never been at before.We spent the evening realizing as we knew the next two days were going to be insanely busy.
10th December 2015
Rise and shine sunshine!! And we set off to Ocean Park. to get to ocean park it took a half an hour ferry ride to the City Centre and from the City Centre we had to take about a 45min long bus drive to get to Ocean Park. Ocean park is a theme park which is set up next to the ocean which includes many carnival and thrill seeking rides for all ages to enjoy. There were many animals to see and many rides to go on. Hong Kong is efficient with time they would say its 30 minutes to wait when in actual fact it takes 5 minutes to get on a ride. We had butter chicken for lunch and grabbed some supper on our way back to Bryanna and Kyall's flat.
11th December 2015
The last day of the trip and what better way than to have spent it at Hong Kong Disney Land. We set off bright and early to catch a train to Disney Land and spent the entire day there basically made the most of out time by going on almost every single grown up ride available and watching a 4D show. we had waffles in the shape of mickey mouse and even bought the flashing ears to make it a real Disney Experience. I have now been to Disney Land in America, Paris and Hong Kong!! fortunate to say the least? The evening of the 11th we packed and this time around my bag weighed 2kg under the weight limit I was relieved. Off to bed we went.
12th of December
We headed to the mall for the last time ,bought some make up and some breakfast before fetching our bags at the flat before heading to the airport to catch our flight back home.
That is Hong Kong in a Nutshell.
