Hong Kong Trip - Till I See You Again

After dinner nearby the hotel, we went to the Ladies' Market. Ladies' Market, unlike the counterpart, is very hype and crowded. A lot of shops with a lot of lighted signboards, a lot of sales people with microphones, a lot of crowds, a lot of people jamming and dancing.

Dance performances by some uncles and aunties

The shops along Electronic Street

The streets are bigger than Temple Street and the goods sold are more to fashion. However, you need to bargain hard here. All the sellers will quote you a ridiculous price. What you need to do is just to wave your hand and pretend to walk away, the sellers will reduce the price instantly. If you are interested, start bargaining from 50% before increasing it.

The next morning we spent by having dim sum nearby the hotel because we had no time to go anywhere anymore. After that we went straight to the airport for our flight back to Kuala Lumpur. From Kuala Lumpur, we all dispersed to our own residency.

I thank Universe for the wonderful journey

Love is in the air,

Little Feet

China & Hong Kong Trip - end

Hong Kong Trip - The Peak and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

From Citygate Outlet Mall, we took the MTR back to Hong Kong. Initially we intended to to take the tram to the Peak but we were told that we needed to walk to Central MTR Station to the lower terminus.

The officer then told us to catch a bus instead. The bus station is just on top of MTR Station. We just walked up and taa daa we were at the bus station.

We took the bus and the bus journey took us about 20 minutes before we reached the bus station below The Peak Galleria. We crossed to the building called Peak Tower and went to level P101 for our visit to Madame Tussauds wax museum.

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Hong Kong is the first branch in Asia. It was opened since 2000 and displayed about 100 wax figures of celebrities and famous people. After the renovation and expansion in 2006, the museum is divided into 8 zones, namely Hong Kong Glamours, Royal Families, Historical and National Heroes, TV Studio, World Premiere, The Champions, Authentic History, Music Icons, and  Fantasy Kingdom.

Aaron Kwok once upon a time

There is heart beat on Andy Lau

The first president of Indonesia

The most infamous guy in the universe

Playing in TV studio

Learning wing chun from Ip Man

The Beatles

And of course, welfie with Beckham

Caught by the HULK

Astro Boy and Astro Man 

I wore similar dress as Kitty! Only I left my ribbon at home.

And of course, Doraemon

Having tea with Hong Kong's pig character

Being hit by monkey king before going out

I have been to three Madamme Tussauds museums and to be honest, all of them are the same. I felt wow-ed for my first visit in Bangkok and just nothing for my second and third visit in Sydney and Hong Kong. I do not like it in Hong Kong because the place is small and the crowds are terrible. We could not even get the right angles for the photos because of the narrow alleys and many many people waiting for their turn too.

So, I'd rather spend my HKD 210 (~SGD 28) entrance ticket for good food or shopping!

After finishing our tour inside, we walked out to the veranda of The Peak Tower to see the view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. I think there is no need to up to The Peak Terrace and pay the money when you are able to get the view just by sitting at the veranda or sipping your cup of coffee at Pacific Coffee.

The view of Hong Kong from the Peak Tower

Love is in the air,
Little Feet

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Hong Kong Trip - Visiting Big Buddha at Lantau Island

We planned to visit the Big Buddha on Sunday morning. The temple where the Big Buddha is located is called Tian Tan and located at Lantau Island by the side of Po Lin Monastery. There is a 34-meter high bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha overlooking the monastery from the top of Muk Yue Shan. To reach the peak, all the tourists shall climb 268 steps of staircase.

The Big Buddha is sitting on three-storey pedestal. The pedestal is actually an exhibition house of various Buddhist's item.

The Big Buddha is smiling

Around the Big Buddha, there are six status of 'Offerings from Six Devas' which show the devas (gods) offering flower, incense, lamp, ointment, fruit, and music to the Buddha. The six offerings symbolise six perfections of generosity, morality, zeal, meditation, and wisdom. Only when one obtain all the traits, he is able to reach the enlightenment.

Lantau Island is located at the west of Hong Kong. To reach there, we took MTR from Yau Ma Tei to Tung Chung and then transferred to the cable car. There are two of the cable car that the tourists can take for going into Lantau Island, namely standard cabin and crystal cabin. Crystal cabin offers a glass bottom so that you can thrill yourselves along the 30-minutes journey.

We took standard cabin which cost us HKD 155 (~SGD 27) and we had purchased the ticket online. Therefore, we did not need to queue at the counter to collect the tickets. We arrived quite early so we did not see any queue, but when we went out at mid-day, the queue was already snake long.

Inside the cable car 

The view of the strait 

Almost reaching

When we arrived at the terminus, we were greeted by a souvenir shop of Ngongping360. A family of monkey is the mascot of this place.

Monkey Boy and me

In front of the terminus, we could already see the Big Buddha from afar. However, from the cable car terminus to the Big Buddha, we still needed to walk a distance passing through Ngongping Village.

Posing in front of the terminus

The start of Ngongping Village

Let's start the walk through the restaurants and shops

Getting nearer

And nearer

We were then moved to a huge porch leading to Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan. We started to climb the stairs. After climbing ups and downs in Zhangjiajie and Guilin, this was nothing.

Start to climb

Mom and dad with the Big Buddha

The view of Po Lin Monastery from the top

When we walked down, we found a beautiful spot to take pictures!

My beloved mom and I

We did not spend much time in Ngongping360. About mid-day we rushed back to the Tung Chung to visit Citygate Outlet Mall before going on with our next itinerary.

The view is better when we headed back

Love is in the air,

Little Feet

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Hong Kong Trip - First Day in Hong Kong

We went to Sun Tung Lok Restaurant at Miramar Shopping Centre to have our first meal in Hong Kong. This is a two-michelin-star restaurant and we would like to taste the good meal there.

We arrived in the restaurant at about 2:00 pm. The dimsum selection for lunch was not too extensive. But we would like to try the dimsum. We were so hungry we did not take photo at all.

We ordered:
1. Siew mai - this is the best I have ever eaten so far
2. Har gao - the skin tastes nice with texture, the filling is full of tasty prawns
3. Char siew bao - the bun is soft, the pork filling is sooo nice
4. Bao with pork and pickles - I didn't get any bite
5. Fried yam ball - just so-so
6. Beef chee cheong fun - not as good as the one we had in Guangzhouo
7. Pork chee cheong fun - this tastes better than the beef version because of the pork

After that, we walked from Miramar to visit The Avenue of Stars.

Walking

The Avenue of Stars is located at Tsim Sha Shui Promenade and was opened since end April 2004. The existence of this place is to tribute the Hong Kong artists in TV industry and to promote the tourism in Hong Kong. This place really succeeded to be one of the majour tourist attraction in Hong Kong.

The first statue that greeted us when we arrived

Me and mom <3

The view of Hong Kong

We walked along the promenade and saw the palm prints of the singers, actors, and actresses. I only knew some because I was not so into Chinese artists.

Another statue

Matching the hand

In the middle of the promenade, there is a statue of Bruce Lee to pay a tribute to him. He was the biggest star in Hong Kong's film industry.

Bruce Lee's Statue and Fake Bruce Lee

My favourite photo!

And there is this statue too! He is the first cartoon character made in Hong Kong.

Bye Avenue of Stars!

We then went back to the hotel, checked ourselves into the room, rested our butts for a while, and got back out to visit Temple Street Night Market. Temple Street Night Market sells all kind of merchandises, clothes, jades, antiques, etc. There are fortune tellers and restaurants too. This night market is known as Men's Street, as compared the counterpart, Ladies' Market.

Temple Street Night Market

Love is in the air,
Little Feet

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