Hong Kong Trip 17-21 July

Just returned from Hong Kong on Saturday night. Went there for 5 days 4 nights with my army friends Hongye, Hongzhen and Shou Woon. Been a really great trip and had loads of fun there. Visited quite a few places that I didn't visit when I went there 2 years back, namely Disneyland, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and seafood at Lamma Island, in addition to the usual places. We also went to Shenzhen for some cheap shopping.

We stayed at the same hotel which I stayed 2 years back: Metropark Mongkok. Somehow, the room seems a bit smaller this time round, maybe because we shopped quite a lot and filled up the room with shopping bags .. haha. This time round, I bought more stuff than when I was in Taiwan as the clothes here were more suitable for me, not as 'blink' as Taiwanese fashion. Food was great, especially the dim sum, wanton noodles, 'shao la' (roast), iced milk tea, iced yuanyang, eggtarts, the list goes on and on ..

Here are some highlights:

Day 1: Walked around in Kowloon and went to Avenue of Stars in the evening to watch the Symphony of Lights.

@ Avenue of Stars with Bruce Lee

Day 2: Went to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in the day, visited the Golden Bauhinia Square, followed by shopping at Causeway Bay. Went up to the Central Peak at night to visit Madame Tussauds and then dinner at one of the restaurants there.

Golden Bauhinia Square

At Madame Tussauds:

Anita Mui

Double Twins Effect

The Royal Family David BeckhamActing Jay ChouMy supermodel fling .. hahaDinner at the Peak .. our spread

Day 3: Went to Disneyland and took lots of pictures! Other than the very hot weather and running into some very rude and uncivilised mainlanders, the time spent at Disneyland was quite enjoyable.

The Sleeping Beauty castle .. I thought it was smaller than expected

With Minnie

Mickey the Pirate

Pluto and Goofy

Disney Waterworks Parade .. where they spray waterjets at you to cool you downNight Scenery

Day 4: Went to Shenzhen in the day for some shopping. In the evening, we took a ferry to Lamma Island for seafood.

Train to Shenzhen

Outside the seafood restaurant at Lamma Island

Day 5: Basically just did a lot of last minute shopping and in the afternoon we went to the airport and had dim sum there. Walked around the airport a bit before we checked in. After I went through the Hong Kong customs, I realised that the Krispy Kremes shop that Jess was telling me about was located in Hong Kong airport itself!!! Shucks! I was looking all over for it but didn't realise that it was right before me .. Sorry Jess! Haha.

At the dim sum restaurant at the airport

Well I guess no more overseas trips this holidays anymore. Now I need to get out of holiday mood and wake up! School starts in 3 weeks!!! Time really flies man.