Hong Kong Day 1
19th July 2006
Day 1
My first ever McD breakfast set. So far, I’ve never got a chance to taste any McMuffin and I guess you know the reason behind it. Hee.
Its time to take off from Changi after I had my first time at McD's breakfast set.
That was a pretty smooth flight with CX in the air.
However, Cathay Pacific doesn’t serve appetizing food. I only eat up the Haagen Daz ice cream. Sigh.
Touched down at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Based on the tour guide’s words, HKIA is the world’s best airport.
Guess where’s the second best?
Surprisingly, it’s our KLIA.
And the third place goes to Changi Airport.
So we stepped down into the hot and humid weather of Lantau Island.
We passed by Tsing Ma Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. It is the largest in terms of the span. That is due to the 2 storey architecture of that suspension bridge. Thats the reason it beats the famous Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco.
Now back to the hotel at Nathan Road, a fully packed bustling road in the Kowloon district.
Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and New Territories.
I'll start with Kowloon as the hotel I'm staying is located there.
Kowloon is a place for shopping and eating. Their shops are scattered around unsystematically. You will come across Esprit or Roxy or cheapo Giordano outlets erecting in the middle of a stretch of dilapidated shop houses. Unlike Malaysia and Singapore, most of the clothing outlets are located inside the shopping complex itself.
The brands here are mediocre which is affordable. They have a lot of Esprit, G2000 and Giordano outlets scattered around the district. Those are cheap. DKNY, Ralph Lauren and FCUK there are quite affordable as well. That's after huge discounts.
One thing I don't like about Kowloon is their tuna-packed streets along rows of dilapidated run-down buildings with hundreds of neon signboards hanging on top of your head. To make it worse, the water from the aircon will just drip down everywhere like nobody's business. Ish.
First place to go to is the famous ladies' market. That's in Mongkok. Basically, it is similar to the Petaling Street of Malaysia and Geylang of Singapore. Nothing to scream about. As a tourist, I've gotta have a look at that place even though I'm not interested at all. The same happened last time when I just walked straight through Petaling Street. As for Geylang, I'm not into the mamas and chicks' extra service. I might hire one male striper when I feel bored though. If there is.
That's a typical scenery in Kowloon. Stretches of run-down 4-or-5-storey-buildings lacking of paint. Most of the flats there are seriously naked with paint fading away. That's partially due to the fact that the government does not subsidise in repainting or upgrades of flats. In contrary, most of the HDB flats in Singapore are pretty well painted with upgrades of the building by the government every now and then.
Here comes the night and we were at the Victoria Peak. A breath taking view of Hong Kong indeed.
J was warming up his asset while getting ready to shoot. Hee.
That is the national flower of Hong Kong. I think.
Next entry will be on the Disneyland.
Day 1
My first ever McD breakfast set. So far, I’ve never got a chance to taste any McMuffin and I guess you know the reason behind it. Hee.
Its time to take off from Changi after I had my first time at McD's breakfast set.
That was a pretty smooth flight with CX in the air.
However, Cathay Pacific doesn’t serve appetizing food. I only eat up the Haagen Daz ice cream. Sigh.
Touched down at the Hong Kong International Airport.
Based on the tour guide’s words, HKIA is the world’s best airport.
Guess where’s the second best?
Surprisingly, it’s our KLIA.
And the third place goes to Changi Airport.
So we stepped down into the hot and humid weather of Lantau Island.
We passed by Tsing Ma Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. It is the largest in terms of the span. That is due to the 2 storey architecture of that suspension bridge. Thats the reason it beats the famous Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco.
Now back to the hotel at Nathan Road, a fully packed bustling road in the Kowloon district.
Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and New Territories.
I'll start with Kowloon as the hotel I'm staying is located there.
Kowloon is a place for shopping and eating. Their shops are scattered around unsystematically. You will come across Esprit or Roxy or cheapo Giordano outlets erecting in the middle of a stretch of dilapidated shop houses. Unlike Malaysia and Singapore, most of the clothing outlets are located inside the shopping complex itself.
The brands here are mediocre which is affordable. They have a lot of Esprit, G2000 and Giordano outlets scattered around the district. Those are cheap. DKNY, Ralph Lauren and FCUK there are quite affordable as well. That's after huge discounts.
One thing I don't like about Kowloon is their tuna-packed streets along rows of dilapidated run-down buildings with hundreds of neon signboards hanging on top of your head. To make it worse, the water from the aircon will just drip down everywhere like nobody's business. Ish.
First place to go to is the famous ladies' market. That's in Mongkok. Basically, it is similar to the Petaling Street of Malaysia and Geylang of Singapore. Nothing to scream about. As a tourist, I've gotta have a look at that place even though I'm not interested at all. The same happened last time when I just walked straight through Petaling Street. As for Geylang, I'm not into the mamas and chicks' extra service. I might hire one male striper when I feel bored though. If there is.
That's a typical scenery in Kowloon. Stretches of run-down 4-or-5-storey-buildings lacking of paint. Most of the flats there are seriously naked with paint fading away. That's partially due to the fact that the government does not subsidise in repainting or upgrades of flats. In contrary, most of the HDB flats in Singapore are pretty well painted with upgrades of the building by the government every now and then.
Here comes the night and we were at the Victoria Peak. A breath taking view of Hong Kong indeed.
J was warming up his asset while getting ready to shoot. Hee.
That is the national flower of Hong Kong. I think.
Next entry will be on the Disneyland.
posted by sarah y at 12:24 AM
2 Comments:
Quite an informative guide. Will be visiting HK for the 1st time this coming mid August. Still shopping for a hotel (which by the way is freakingly expensive), plan to spend 2 nights in HK island and 1 night in Tsim Sha Shui. Will be travelling alone, so recommendations on public transport would be welcome.
Why not stay at one hotel? tsim sha shui and HK island is not that far by train. It is very convenient to travel everywhere. You can opt to purchase their single trip MTR ticket or if you travel alot then you might consider to go for the 1 or 3 day concession pass for a fixed amount with unlimited rides. Something like that.
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