this post is very very long overdued. hongkong trip was like half a year ago.. i'm so sorry for the un-updated blog for so long. yes i've been lazy. and my co-owner has been unmotivated cos of me. so anyway my travel review for hongkong..
one thing i like most about hongkong is the night buzz. it's like at 12am in the night, the streets still seem to be buzzing with activities and there are many 24hrs eateries still open! indeed spoilt for choice to go for supper.
if you like people watching and being around good looking people, you definitely have to check out Lan Kwai Fong. i think all the best dressed in hongkong all flock to that place. it's like Singapore's clarke quay and dempsey combined but ten times better. it's where all the clubs and pubs are. i felt so self conscious and out of place in my adidas jacket, ugly denim jeans and sports shoes. so yup didn't try the clubs nor did i hang out very long there. but i'm definitely heading back there again the next time i go to hongkong!
For sightseeing places, besides the common attractions like The Peak (don't really advise you to go in april when i went. cos it was super misty up there. i couldnt see a thing :( ) and Repulse Bay, another place you can go would be seeing Hong Kong's longest bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge. personally, if you are not a big fan of large bodies of water or majestic bridges, then save your time and money, don't go there. there's nothing much there except a magnificient view of the bridge. it's pretty inaccessible though, waited pretty long to get a cab. oh a caution of advice: don't take the wrong MTR line! i took the airport express instead of the normal line and thus ended up paying HKD 30 for that trip =/ heart pain!
this is my 2nd time to hk but im still loving it so much! there's just so much to talk about hongkong i've no idea where to start. if i were to blog about everything i love about hongkong, the post will be never-ending. i'm sure there are many travel blogs and forums about hongkong online with the same praises for hongkong's shopping, food and the common attractions. shall talk about some of the highlights during my trip from the experience of a budget student traveller.
taking the afternoon 3.30pm budget flight, i arrive at 7pm in hongkong. headed to Ah Shan Hostel (Room 1406, Sincere Hse, 83 Argyle St Mong Kok, Kowloon Hong Kong) by the Airport Bus A21. had alittle difficulty trying to find the hostel. but we eventually arrive at the minimalistic hostel. albeit being squeesy, the hostel was fully equipped. in our puny room, there were 2 beds, a television, airconditioner, a little fridge, attached toilet. pretty comfortable =) quite a good deal for approx S$28 per night.
after dropping our stuff, we headed out to roam the night streets of Hong Kong. and of course, the first street food we had was the most awesome AH TU MIAN XIAN near our hostel. i declare it the best street food in Hong Kong! and yes, you probably guess it, we visited that shop every day. my daily bowl of mian xian =)
roamed the streets and the various night market. actually, the night market stalls eventually all look similar with many repeated stalls. of all the streets, i guess Fa Yuen street was one of the better ones. Fa Yuen street is also known as the sports street with many sports stalls as well as all kinds of sports footwear. the guys will love this street.
one thing i like most about hongkong is the night buzz. it's like at 12am in the night, the streets still seem to be buzzing with activities and there are many 24hrs eateries still open! indeed spoilt for choice to go for supper.how can one go to hong kong without having the authentic dim sum! yes, had dim sum for breakfast the next day. the scene at the dim sum restaurant was rather similar to those we see on hongkong dramas. the crowd seems rather old though. we were probably the youngest customers around. perhaps cos it was a weekday morning and young adults have to work!
after a fulfilling breakfast, once again roam around hongkong. this time to explore the various malls. all the big popular brands can be found in hongkong; personally not a very brand conscious shopper so the shops didnt quite appeal to me. but i went crazy at H&M!! it's really the best shopping store in hong kong!! H&M rocks socks! the one at tsim sha tsui is new and the biggest in hongkong! go check it out yo! haha i came out of the store with a big hole burnt in the pocket =/
after a fulfilling breakfast, once again roam around hongkong. this time to explore the various malls. all the big popular brands can be found in hongkong; personally not a very brand conscious shopper so the shops didnt quite appeal to me. but i went crazy at H&M!! it's really the best shopping store in hong kong!! H&M rocks socks! the one at tsim sha tsui is new and the biggest in hongkong! go check it out yo! haha i came out of the store with a big hole burnt in the pocket =/
if you like people watching and being around good looking people, you definitely have to check out Lan Kwai Fong. i think all the best dressed in hongkong all flock to that place. it's like Singapore's clarke quay and dempsey combined but ten times better. it's where all the clubs and pubs are. i felt so self conscious and out of place in my adidas jacket, ugly denim jeans and sports shoes. so yup didn't try the clubs nor did i hang out very long there. but i'm definitely heading back there again the next time i go to hongkong!
For sightseeing places, besides the common attractions like The Peak (don't really advise you to go in april when i went. cos it was super misty up there. i couldnt see a thing :( ) and Repulse Bay, another place you can go would be seeing Hong Kong's longest bridge, Tsing Ma Bridge. personally, if you are not a big fan of large bodies of water or majestic bridges, then save your time and money, don't go there. there's nothing much there except a magnificient view of the bridge. it's pretty inaccessible though, waited pretty long to get a cab. oh a caution of advice: don't take the wrong MTR line! i took the airport express instead of the normal line and thus ended up paying HKD 30 for that trip =/ heart pain!
next, if you have an extra day, take a ferry and drop by Macau. Macau to hongkong is like Batam to singapore :) just a ferry ride across. but i'll leave Macau to another post =)
i guess that's about all my memory can do for hong kong now.. so after 4 days of the canto goodness, i took the 20hrs KTM train from Kowloon to Shanghai and that's altogether an experience worthy of another post =)
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