First Trip to Hong Kong - Day 2

8 October 2011

Nice weather... (anything but rain or typhoon at least :p)

We are to meet the rest downstairs at 10am. And guess where we found them? They were at 7-11 (just next door), busy eating! Found some snacks like curry fishballs, wanton, dim sum and all you have to do is to heat them up with the microwave oven. We looked so jakun lol. But jokes aside, I have to say those fast snacks really taste good (eg. The curry fishballs tasted nicer than those we bought at the shop in Mongkok).

We took the tram towards Causeway Bay area. Yet more walking (and for some, more shopping!) to do. Before we forget, we have yet to have our proper breakfast. We went to yet another random shop for wanton noodles.

After a satisfying meal, we continue walking. This time to hunt down ABC (not Ais Batu Campur lol) .. :p Leo’s boutique. Not really a hunt, since my friends have been there before. Thought want to check it out.

We reached ABC… but guess what? It was closed! Guess the boss was too busy with his concert :p (Soo Mei later told us that the only shop operating now is at Tsim Sha Tsui)

Along the way, Soo Mei also bought some egg tarts, luncheon meat + egg sandwiches and cakes, for us to eat when needed. Obviously, we didn’t wait till we’re hungry ahahah. It’s best to eat them fresh so, we were eating as we walk :p

Leo in every Giordano....

After all the walking, shopping and feasting on our snacks it was already about 5.30pm. We also went to a supermarket to grab some mineral water and more snacks for our next journey.

We’ll be heading to The Peak. We took the tram again… and have to walk quite a bit before we reach the tram station to go to the peak. It was quite exhausting especially on the quite steep road. *pant

We boarded a very full tram...

I was sardined at the back of the tram... and for that.. I got this very nice view :)

There were a lot of people queuing up to get tram tickets. The moment we reached there, we were asked to get in line to queue up as well. The sign board says the line is to buy tram tickets and it will take up to 1.5 hours!

Soo Mei took out the egg tarts that she bought earlier and … here’s how they look like now.. lol!! Can’t blame us after all the walking and sardine-ing in the tram :p We ate them anyway.

Once we were getting closer to the counter to get the tickets, we saw a sign for those who wants to get the tram tickets + tickets to Mdm Tussaud’s. @_@ That’s exactly what we wanted and now wonder why on earth did we queue so long for?? It is after that, that I saw the staff took out the sign for those who wants to buy combo tickets. Chaik! They should have displayed that sign much earlier!

And so we bought our combo tickets and still need to queue a bit before we could board the tram. Some of us get to sit, while some of us have to stand. It’s quite challenging to stand in such a steep position.. hehe. So, we have to make sure we get to sit when we come down later.

The first thing that greeted us were souvenirs.. lots of them! As there are a lot of souvenir shops there. We bought some postcards to be posted back home :)

Then we went into Mdm Tussaud’s and of course, the main attraction? Was Leo… lol

We toured the whole place before we came out to enjoy the night view and some wind.

There’s a Disney counter there as well. Since Wai Yee, Pooi Fun and I will be going to Disneyland the next day, we bought our tickets there. For purchase of 2 tickets, we get 1 Disney umbrella for free.

We also sat down to snack a bit before we queue up to take the tram down.

We were hoping to board the bus with the open roof. But the moment we get there, the seats got filled up quite fast. We have decided to wait for the next bus and after waiting for about 20 minutes, another bus came. And it’s not even a double-decker.. let alone open roof?! Ahahah. Without wanting to wait anymore, we boarded the bus anyway. It was already about 11pm. We got down at the ferry pier and took a ferry across.

Then we walked to the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station and went to Yau Ma Tei. In Angie’s last visit to Hong Kong, she was staying at Jordan area and she was trying to locate a place to eat at night. Took us quite a while and loads of walking before we found the place. By now, I could feel my legs aching. We were extremely tired, hungry and soaked in sweat! Pooi Fun walked till she wanted to puke! :p

We passed by Temple Street and by then, some of the stalls were already closing. It’s like our pasar malam over here, with stalls selling all sorts of stuff. But what we don’t have in KL though, are stalls selling sex toys! Lol

Once at the eating place, the girls ordered mantis prawns, vege, fried rice, fried lala, frogs (thin gai), oyster porridge and beer :p

It was already after 1am when we’re done eating. There’re still so many people at that area, makes me wonder why all these people don’t need to sleep? But then again.. so were we :p We got tired of all the walking, so, 7 of us took 2 cabs back to our hostel. Cost us about HKD68 per cab (just slightly more compared to taking mini bus :p)

When we reached our hostel, it was already after 2am. Yet another tiring day. After cleaning up, I think we only slept at 5am after all the chit chatting.

We set our alarm to get up at 8.30am.... hopefully...