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everyone thinks of the famous line when it comes to hong kong
“买东西，吃东西！”
i agree with the eating..but hong kong has alot more to offer other than the supposedly good shopping...
i say "supposedly" because 1)i am not a shopaholic, and 2)it really wasn't as great as i thought it would be.
perhaps good bargains at the 'pasar malam' (more like pasar pagi cos it closes before sundown...)
but even though it was the shopping festival while i was there, i was kinda disappointed by the 'supposedly' good shopping.
in all honesty, i think you can get most things in singapore...and at about the same, if not cheaper price.
but hey, i am probably the worst person to ask about shopping, so if shopping in on your itinerary, then ask someone who has been to hong kong to 买东西 more than to 看东西.
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let's talk about food first.
many such stalls along the streets, selling huge variety of snacks
food was number ONE priority on my itinerary
i had a list of stuff i wanna try:
1)YUM CHA!
2)烧腊- 烧鹅，烧肉，叉烧, 烧乳猪
3)芝麻糊，姜汁撞奶(recommended by a HK colleague)
4)许留山 mango desserts!
5)粥品， 炸两
6)红豆冰
7)猪扒炬饭
8)猪扒包,葡式蛋挞 (in macau)
9)云吞面
10)臭豆腐
i think these are the top 10..
but i probaby missed a few out.
ate everything i wanted to try, and some other stuff which wasn't on my list.
the yummiest fruit cakes i've eaten
economical food stalls - plain porridge, fishballs (鱼蛋), 猪肠粉 and 油条
for breakfast - chicken fillet macaroni soup *drooooool*
famous in Macau - crab porridge
walk along 大三八 street and u get free samples of bah kwa
despite nursing a sore throat and a nagging flu, i ate everything.
probably why i am still feeling kinda sick even though it's been 3 weeks...*cough cough*
the only complain i have about HK food:too salty.
probably cos i am too used to eating more plain food...
but other than that, food should be on the top priority for hong kong tourists
i'll go back there just to savour the food again...
other than food hunting, mum and i went 'scenery' hunting.
HK actually has many under-mentioned scenic spots.
outlying islands like Cheung Chau has beautiful shorelines
i hope Kappa doesn't sue us for using its logo...
unspoken scenic spots
fishing villages like Tai O
ahh..the simple life...
suburban areas with modern buildings against a natural mountaineous background
taken from Ocean Park - great feng shui for the "HDB" in the background
great feng shui again for the Sha Tin HDB - hardly the same for sg HDB
and of course, the famous HK skyline viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui and up from the Peak
from the Peak
HK island by day
HK island by night
too bad for the foggy weather...
and hong kong actually has alot of trekking trails, as well as nature reserves.
心经简林 - Wisdom Path on Lantau Island
The Giant Buddha - shrouded by fog
perhaps the city is too packed with skyscrapers..
but out of the city, it is lush with greenery.
can u tell this is HK?
有山有水，好美！
if only sg has more mountains...
even in the city itself, greenery is not absent
九龙城寨公园 - can almost see the buildings in the background
i wished i had more time to walk around.
there was so much to see...
Snoopy's World!
金像奖 statue along Avenue of Stars
Goldfish Street - pretty fishies
i thought 6 days in HK is too much...
but at the end, we still missed out on a few places we wanted to go.
what else do i have to say?
oh, yes..shopping.
the famous 女人街, which actually din have much to offer
my mum and i spent a total of less than 4hours shopping
*muahahahhaha*
i can hear all the sighs of exasperation from avid shoppers :P
but really, when u spend the whole day walking around (or queueing around when we went to Ocean Park)
shopping is the last thing on your mind.
our most fruitful trip was on the last day, 2 hours before our airport transfer
we went to Fa Yuen Street and bought 2 bags, some Jap glass pendants as gifts and socks (yes..socks..cos they're cheap).
Fa Yuen Street - that's all the shopping we did:D
we did walk around the shopping malls in Tsim Sha Tsui (more like walking through on the way to the Avenue of Stars)...
and despite the sale going on, things were pretty much the same prices as Singapore.
so, no point buying stuff back from hong kong if i can get them in sg
and last but not least,
Ocean Park...
Ocean Park is 30 yrs old this year...
i was traumatised by my trip to Ocean Park
perhaps cos it was summer hols, the place was PACKED!
we spent the whole day either queueing up, or trying to force our way through the crowds.
and ppl there probably doesn't know the meaning of 'excuse me', and probably aren't in the habit of saying 'sorry'
getting bumped into, shoved aside and pushed forward is common while walking in the crowd, but not a single one of them will say 'sorry'
-_-
there was too many ppl, too little space..
the famous aquarium "Atoll Reef" - pic blurred cos too many ppl are shoving me around
people mountain people sea! (人山人海） - taken from the top of the Ferris wheel, which we queued for ONE HOUR
the cable car ride was almost worth the 45mins queue
china's gifts to HK - 乐乐 and 迎迎
and even though we walked the least that day, my mum and i were thoroughly exhausted at the end... from standing so much while queueing!
worse than climbing up that steep hill to reach 万佛峙
dun be fooled by this gentle start...it was almost 50deg incline further up...阿弥陀佛！
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i think this pretty much sum up my HK trip...
was gonna do a day-by-day account..
but the photos are taking too long...
besides, some things need to be seen, not described...
and i am definitely gonna make my way back to HK
for more food...
and more trekking...
even in macau, nature and modern buildings go hand-in-hand
will talk about macau next time...
because my neckache is back :(
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