Source: http://www.worldcitypics.com/hong-kong-night-2/
I really like this photo. I really like the bustling city life in Hong Kong - lots of cars, lots of people, colourful and messy buildings!
So happy to finally be able to go to Hong Hong! This was also the first time we met Sali after she returned to HK in 1999 :)
Check out my second trip to HK too!
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So Kel, Moh and I flew off from sunny Singapore to sunnier Hong Kong to hang out with Sali.
Went to Ocean Park the very next day. It was so crowded even though it was a Tuesday! And it was so hot! Hotter than Singapore! I remember taking the viking ride and the cable car. As we left, we were wondering what the design on the hill slope was - turned out to be a dolphin :)
Our travel package included the flight, the hotel and a half-day city tour, which we did the following morning. They brought us to some temples, but as usual with guided tour, I hardly knew where we went!
Went to the peak the next day - it was a hot day but it was windy at the top. That day, I think, was also when we met the other HK scholar - forgot her name! We went to visit a (her?) university and left for dessert. I think that was when it suddenly poured really heavily. But the dessert was yummy - that was when I first had 双皮奶!
The bus ride to Yuen Long for cakes was scary - the rain was so heavy the water from the road splashed all the way to the window level of the bus! Thankfully, the bus was air-conditioned so the windows were closed! But it was worth it. We bought really yummy 老婆饼, mooncakes and probably some other confectionary from Wing Wah and/or Hang Heung.
Oh, and we went shopping shopping too! Think there were some sales going on, and there were many people wherever we went. And of course we went to the night market at Temple St. Also had 猪扒包 one night - that was really yummy! I seem to recall the place sold only pork chop buns, but I could be wrong, cos the place looked like this. But almost every other eatery in HK looks like this so... And talk about good food, I had good char siew for the first time here! At the same place where we tried roast pigeon (!) - not meaty enough for us :p And we had dim sum too - Kel would never allow me to forget how many char siew bao I had!
* While googling for roast pigeon, I came across "40 HK foods we can't live without". I don't know how reliable this is because I see things like Indonesian satay.. But I would strongly recommend 1-2, 6-8, 13, 16, 24-27, 32, 36-37 :)
Moh left a day or two day as Kel and I extended the trip. But honestly, I don't recall what we did haha! Probably more eating and shopping! And the last day when we met Sali for a dim sum lunch with her parents. They were so nice to us!
