Study Trip to Hong Kong; Day One
Woke up at 0500 to wash up then got onto my uncle's cab at 0600 to head down to Jelapang to fetch Nee at 0615. We reached the airport at around 0645 and stood around, waited for check-in. Had a short breakfast with Nee, Adela's mom, Adela and my mom at the staff canteen.
Boarded the plane at about 0900 and Nee was like uber excited so she kept asking if we were flying yet. Cute.
We arrived in Hong Kong at about 1300 and roamed around the airport for customs checking and baggage collection.
Took a 40-minute ride on the coach to our hotel, Metropark Hotel, Kowloon. Stood around till 1500 and collected our room keys. The room's pretty spacious for a triple-sharing room, I must say.
Went down to the lobby at 1600 to meet up with the rest and took the coach to Stanley Market. There wasn't much to shop there so we three hungry souls had Delifrance in attempt to keep our stomachs quiet.
Another short ride on the coach followed, which brought us to Repulse Bay. We walked past a temple-looking place before hitting the shore. Seeing that the skies were turning dark, we quickly snapped pictures and headed down to the beach, embracing the feeling of the chilly wind against our faces.
Next up was The Peak. We took the coach up and spend a short while up there. Pity that the beautiful night scene of Hong Kong was masked by thick fog or it'll have been perfect. Ah well, I got a snap of the lamp though, which I thought looked pretty much like a painting.
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Next, we took the tram down to Central. The experience on the tram with friends was sweet. But the whole pushing and noise created by the PRCs simply killed the ambience. I have to say I'm not some stereotype nor do I have a thing against the PRCs but they really left us a very bad impression while we were in Hong Kong. And I mean ALL FOUR DAYS.
Bad experiences aside, dinner at Central was not exactly very smart, given that Central works somewhat like Singapore's Central Business District. So with a tight budget and no cheap+good food around, we settled for noodles at a small restaurant which cost us HK$58 each. Not exactly the best I've tasted, but at least it kept me filled for the night.
Took the MTR from Central station to Tsim Sha Tsui station and walked back to the hotel. Uber long walk. Learnt later that we should have alighted at Mong Kok station instead. Well, walking's good exercise...no? We reached the hotel at approx. 2330
So that was pretty much Day One. Fell asleep at around 0200 with sore legs.
Day Two: Disneyland!!!!!!!!!
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