Travel Info : Hong Kong

Travel Info

Hong Kong

Where to stay?

Holiday Inn Express Soho

83 Jervois Street

Sheung Wan

*near Sheung Wan MTR Station (5-minutes walk): Exit A2

*walking distance to macau ferry terminal: Sheung Wan MTR Station Exit D (3rd floor of Shun Tuk Centre)

*from the airport: take the Airport Express and interchange to the Airport Express Shuttle-bus (H1, to Western District), it is a complimentary add-on service provided for Airport Express passengers travelling between Hong Kong station and Holiday Inn Express Soho

Activities:

The Peak

Click here for the pictures

Madam Tussauds early bird ticket: HKD 113.

Early bird means u have to enter madam tussauds before 11am. U can buy the ticket online.

Sky terrace + return tram ride: HKD 75 (best seat: right-hand side)

Observation deck at The Peak Galeria: free

Avenue of Stars & Tsim Sha Shui East Promenade

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Go there by taking the Star Ferry, u can use the octopus card.

See the symphony of light at 8 pm everyday.

Lantau Island : Tian Tan Buddha (Big Buddha)

Take the cable car from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping. Try the crystal cabin. I recommend to buy the cable car tickets online because the queue is very very long.  We went there on a Monday morning, and there’s already a queuing line.

click here for the pictures.

Hong Kong

Try the mid-level escalator at the city. We went the escalator nearest to one IFC:  from Hong Kong MTR Station Exit D.

Try the tram.

Macau
- Try 233 meter skywalk at Macau Tower. Not scarry at all : )  click here for the pictures    
- Senado Square & Ruins of The Church of St Paul. There’s a museum near the church ruins. U can take the escalator to the top for free and see the view of macau. click here for the pictures.
- The Venetian Hotel & Resort

Other infos:

-        Octopus card : HKD 150. Refund fee: HKD 9. U can refund at the airport express counter at the arrival hall of terminal 2

-          Airport Express: return HKD 180

-          Bus fare in macau is HKD 3.2

-          U can also take the free shuttle buses from the ferry terminal to many of the casinos

-       Ferry from Hong Kong to Macau (TurboJet): HKD 172 plus HKD 10 for booking fee if u buy online. Ferry from Macau to Hong Kong: HKD 184

-          Tram fare at Hong Kong: HKD 2.5

Rita’s

itinerary:

Day 1 : arrival at HKIA

Day 2: The Peak: Sky Terrace, Madam Tussauds, The Peak Galeria; Star Ferry; Tsim Sha Shui East Promenade, Avenue of Stars

Day 3: Macau: Skywalk at Macau Tower, Senado Square & Ruins of The Church of St Paul, The Venetian Hotel & Resort

Day 4: Ngong Ping, trying the mid-level escalator at the city, trying the tram

Day 5: departure from HKIA

For my travel story, please click here 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Trip

1-5 nov 2013

Rita n aza

2 nov 2013, first day

Tram ride to the famous The Peak. We started early, arriving at the lower tram terminus at around 8.30am. there are only about 5 people inside the tram 

the tram

inside the tram

The ride only took about 10-15 minutes. We decided to go to the sky terrace first and then go to madam tussauds. Not many people were at the sky terrace, so we can have our own photo sessions freely.

the view from the sky terrace

At 10 minutes to 10am, we went to madam tussauds. There were already a line forming at the front of the gate. Apparently, everyone was thinking the same as us, buying the cheaper ‘’early bird’’ ticket. 
We went in and took pictures with almost all of the figures there :D

for more pictures with doraemon at Ancol Jakarta, 

please see http://ritaaza.blogspot.com/2015/05/doraemon.html 

Then we went to the adjacent building, the peak galeria. They also have an observation deck and it’s free. Although it is lower than the sky terrace, I think the view is somewhat similar. 

the view from the peak galeria

Timeout! Our foot is killing us, so we decided to go back to the hotel for a while. Haha..

Then in the afternoon, we took the star ferry and headed to tsim sha shui, to take a picture with the legendary mr bruce lee at the avenue of stars, and to watch the too famous ‘’symphony of lights’’.

We waited for about an hour for the symphony of lights. Unfortunately, i had my hopes up too high regarding this so called symphony. I thought it would be spectacular, I thought it would be boombastic, I thought it would be amazing!  For me, it was just.. mmm... ok la..

For more pictures of The Peak, please see traveling.. food for my soul: The Peak - Hong Kong (ritaaza.blogspot.com)

For more pictures of Avenue of Stars, please see traveling.. food for my soul: Avenue of Stars - Hong Kong (ritaaza.blogspot.com)

 

3 nov 2013

Macau!

First stop, macau tower. We are doing the skywalk with AJ Hackett. It was very windy at 233-meter height, but nothing could stop us. Hahaa..

And turns out it was not scary at all! So next time I would try the sky jump, something much scarier than skywalk, but less scary than a bungy jump.

For more pictures of the skywalk, please see traveling.. food for my soul: skywalk, macau tower (ritaaza.blogspot.com)

Next stop, senado square.

For more pictures of the Ruins of Saint Paul's, please see traveling.. food for my soul: Ruins of Saint Paul's - Macau (ritaaza.blogspot.com)

And then, the venetian.

4 nov 2013

Ngong Ping!

Took the crystal cabin cable car from tung chung to ngong ping. It was fun!

U definitely have to buy the cable car tickets online, because the queue were crazy. With the online ticket, u can skip the queue.

For more pictures of Ngong Ping 360, please see traveling.. food for my soul: Ngong Ping 360 - Hong Kong (ritaaza.blogspot.com) 

Back in the city.

We tried the mid-level escalator and the tram.

5 nov 2013

We were supposed to fly to singapore at 10.25am by tiger airways. But they changed the schedule to 5.50am and informed us at 4 nov by an email with the subject: FLIGHT REMINDER!

We missed this flight because I didn't see the email. Of course i didn't open the freaking email! It's a FLIGHT REMINDER! Not a SCHEDULE CHANGED email! BIG DIFFERENCE! And why the hell they decided to tell us just ONE DAY BEFORE THE FLIGHT! I was soo angry but I cannot complain because they don't have a representative office at HKIA! ARRRRGGGHHH!!!

Well... thanks to tiger airways, we ended up buying another flight to jakarta, and ended up arriving at jakarta 24 hours later. Thank you!

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The Peak - Hong Kong

Hong Kong

1-5 nov 2013

Rita n aza

2 nov 2013

The Peak, Hong Kong

 

Avenue of Stars - Hong Kong

Hong Kong

1-5 nov 2013

Rita n aza

2 nov 2013

Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong