Thursday, March 31, 2016

Hong Kong

Its my first time in Hong Kong last December and it was great trip. The weather, the food  and the shopping is fantastic. its a four days and 3 nights trip with family and friends we stayed 2 nights in the city and then stayed at Disney Hotel on our last night. We left Manila at around 8 am via Philippine Airlines and arrive in HK around 10am. Immigration,baggage claim and everything we got to the hotel by 12 noon. We stayed at Hotel Benito in Tsim Tsa Tsui great location as it is  about a 2 minute walk to the MTR Station. I believe check in is at 2 pm so they did't let us check in to the room yet so what we did is to eat lunch and roam around and familiarized our self with the area went back arund 3 pm in the hotel and check in freshen up then its time to explore the city.

First order of business what else but shopping went mall hopping from nathan rd to canton road we started around 4 and finish off around 9 pm had our dinner at Cafe De Coral at Harbour City. Even though our hotel is just a walking distance we decided to just take a taxi because of all our shopping bags and the kids are also tired.

 
    Arrival at Hong Kong Airport



                             
                               Hotel Benito Area

                           


   Godiva Chocolates










   Around Hong Kong

Day 2
We left the hotel early and had our brakfast at a kfc nearby at about 9 am we decided to hop on a taxi and go to Victoria Peak and Madam Tussauds. So we got 2 taxis we instruct them to follow each other but because of the language barrier they got lost in translation and of course they didn't follow each other one went to the right way while ours took us to Nong Ping Cable Car its abut 40 mins taxi drive and abut 200 HKD fare and another 100 to get us back to Victoria Peak such a waste of time and shopping money. So finally we were able to get to The Peak there's a long line of people wanting to get up and we can't fall in line with the kids so they have a combo of The peak and The Madame Tussauds and you don't have to fall in line anymore there's like a quick access if you purchae that combo I believe it cost aroun 250HKD. We had our lunch there then after lunch went up to The Peak for a Fantastic Vew of Hong Kong. Cause of the long line of people at the tram going down we got down around 3 pm then took a bus to the harbour since we want to experience the ferry going back to Tsim Tsa Tsui. We did some more walking and shopping its Christmas season so there are lots of Xmas Exhibition and Pop up store in the streets. We had our dinner at Ichiran Ramen theres a long queue when we got there so we waited a little while but its worth the wait the best ramen ever. We got back at our hotel past 10 pm as we walk our way back and do some more shopping along the way.












   Madame Tussaud and Victoria Peak








    Victoria Harbour at Night

Day 3

Breakfast at Mcdonald check out then waited for our minivan to Disneyland. We stayed at Disney Hotel the one with maze at the back.after check in we rode the shuttle to the theme park. It is indeed The Happiest Place on Earth I was teary eyed seeing my childhood idols seeing the princesses in the flesh and the castle everything was just magical. We spend the entire day till the park closes with the obligatory fireworks at around 10 pm.




 
Disneyland Hotel







































Day 4

our flight back to Manila is at 10 pm so we got plenty of time before departure and we spend the entire day at the outlet mall shopping and eating we left the outlet at around 6 pm its very near the airport so you can do last minnute shopping here before your flight lots of signature brand from coach to armani bally to juicy couture and many more. And if you have lots of baggage no need to worry as they have baggage locker on the groundfloor for 10HKD each locker it can fit 1 to 2 luggage depending on the size.




Hong Kong is among my favorite city in Asia next to Bangkok. Its for everyone if your shopaholic, foodie, art enthusiast or party animal there's a lot to do and its very convenient to reach different places either by taxi ferry or mtr. I suggest you pick a hotel near an MTR station so you can reach different places in the island its fast efficient and comfortable way to explore Hong Kong.