05:30 am Woke up, brush teeth, packed other last minute stuff.
06:30 am Esther's family was kind enough to come and fetch us to the airport. Good Job!
07:00 am We reached the airport and went to the terminal canteen to eat breakfast. The prices are very cheap if you work there! So get a friend who has one or get Esther's Dad!
08:00 am Boarded the plane, ready to go! Food was ok. Service was bad.
A little peek at the inside of Cathay Pacific Airlines11:32ish am We finally reached our destination. No time difference so a + point there. Went to a place stated on this mini map given to us by the travel agency only to find out that it was the wrong place and then went to find the right guy. The guy at the rendezvous point was really polite. Told us to wait at the blue chairs until the rest came. Total of 5 groups were boarding the bus to various hotels.
Got me luggage from ze luggage pick up place.12:00+ish pm We reached out accommodation. Not too shabby. Place was small but clean at least and the bell boys were HAWT according to the wifey.
Our safe haven for the next 4 days12:30+ish pm We headed out to Nu Ren Jie 女人街 or at least tried to because we got lost after about 30 mins of walking. Wifey says it's been 3 years since she last came to HK. Hehe. Anyway we decided to head to the nearest MTR, the equivalent to our MRT in Singapore. We bought an Airport Express Octopus card if I remembered correctly which lets you travel for 3 days non stop and have 1 ride to the Airport for only 220 HK dollars! Collect back deposit of 50 dollars at the airport at the end of the trip. We took a train down to Mong Kok 旺角 station which was directly next to Nu Ren Jie. This place is a shopping heaven for the ladies. Lots of shoes, clothes, bags, you name it they have it at pretty reasonable prices and nice designs.
Wifey hopes to be Ambassador of MTR one dayAfter much walking we decided to head down to Jian Sha Zhui 尖沙咀 to see the Avenue of Stars. Wifey said it is a must to go otherwise people will call you a Sua Ku. This place has these concrete slabs on the floor where famous people come to have their hands imprinted in it and sign their names on it. We had quite a few, decided to choose one of the more famous people for sampling.
Famous Dude who got his hands dirty
Night scenery at the Avenue of Stars
There is a Morton's at HK too! Wonder if they sing Happy Birthday to you in Cantonese on your Birthday!After enjoying the scenic night view and the sticky sea breeze, we decided to head to Nu Ren Jie 女人街 again to eat some stuff. We randomly came across this restaurant that served it's famous spicy and sour soup with 5 different types of noodles and you get to choose 1 main ingredient and top up more by forking out cash of course. You then get to choose the spiciness from Big, to Middle, to Small. I just doing a direct translation of the menu for the spiciness. Lol. The soup was superb with a generous serving of bean sprouts and preserved vegetables and I chose Pork Cutlet for my main which was really good. Wifey had beef and stomach. We both chose Small spicy. Test test first. The taste was just heavenly with the right amount of spiciness for me but not enough for the Wifey. Can be spicier she says. This is a must eat for all! Located along Soy Street in Nu Ren Jie.
***** A five star rating! I will definitely go back here to eat if I ever go to HK againStay tuned for Day 2 as it gets more exciting!
2 comments:
oh dear, then i must be a Sua Ku!!
You're right about Cathay, not as great as people say they are, afterh having spent the last 16.5hrs in their planes.
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