Hong Kong – Day 5

We are on our own from today after 3 days of planned tour by the travel agent. Hubby planned our schedule and today, we are going for some shopping and then take a tram up to Victoria Peak.

When we arrived at the Victoria Peak, it wasn’t as crowded as the last time we visited. Due to the early breakfast we had this morning, we took the opportunity to have a light lunch at Burger King as the kids were hungry.

We continued our journey and went up to the peak to enjoy the beautiful view of Hong Kong. I remembered the last time when we visited the Peak, it was pretty cooling but the sun was shining so bright today that somehow made us shorten our stay.





Hubby thought it will be good opportunity for the elderly to visit the Madam Tussaud Wax Museum as it will be an eye-opening experience for them. Faith took it quite well at the entrance of Madam Tussaud but when I started taking pictures with the waxed ‘celebrities’, she began to be cry. She was somehow afraid of them despite us telling her that they are unreal… soon later, her cousin Shevaun started to cry too and yes, that was the time we know we have to speed up our tour in the museum.











Well, at least, our parents were happy to see some of their idols and have pictures taken with them though they are unreal. My mum was very happy to stand beside her favorite Elvis Presley, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana. Both mother & father in laws was excited to see our LKY and as well as the Lee Ka Seng.

Since we are in the Central area, we took a slow walk down to H&M Department Store. That is one of my favorite hang out whenever I visit HKG even-though we have our own in SIN recently.

After a long day of walking, the elderly decided that they would like to stay in for the night instead of heading out for dinner. We took the chance to put our kids in their room while the adults get our ‘freedom’ for a few hours.

We went down to shop at Ladies’ Market at Mong Kok and even had dinner at the street stall. We ordered beef brisket noodles, wanton noodles, claypot chicken rice and my ever favorite ice-milk tea. The food tasted extremely good without our kids around…. Hahahaahahahaah … we ate in peace and enjoyed every minute of our time shopping.

Hong Kong – Day 4

After our quick early breakfast this morning, we set off for another full day of fun at the Ocean Park.

When we arrived, our tour guide informed us that we have the whole day of fun and will return to pick us up in the evening. We did not waste any time and went straight to check out the places of good rides for our kids.







Our first stop was to visit the lovable pandas. The kids were excited to see the pandas but there was a long queue as usual. When we finally got inside the air-conditioned room, there was only one panda left as the others had gone back to their nest… not sure why but perhaps it’s time for them to rest…





There was a new ‘ride’ which will lead you to the other side of the park for those weak at heart… The so-called ‘underwater’ ride was like a MRT taking you to the other side, somehow replacing the cable car ride. It was really boring but thank goodness it was a short ride.

When we arrived, we went for early lunch at McDonald’s. Half way through our lunch, Faith and Shevaun was having their meals too and later wanted to roam around the area. I somehow noticed two Chinese Nationals couples seated near our area eyeing on our children. They behaved quite suspiciously and after a short exchanged of words, the men went away to sit about 6 rolls away from us while the women continued to look at our children.

It was a mother’s instinct to protect your child and I immediately carried Faith in my arms and had her entertained with ice-cream for the first time while my father-in-law took care of Shevaun. Not long after, the two Chinese women walked away to meet their men at the other end. When they left, my mum asked if I took noticed of the couple and I was surprised that she was aware too…

After lunch, instead of taking some of the rides in the theme park, we ended up at the game stores playing different games. Surprisingly, even the adults enjoyed playing those booth games… the images of childhood…

By the late afternoon, we were all tied out and took the cable car ride back to the main entrance. While waiting for our tour bus to pick us, we found a cooling place for the elderly to rest while the young ones went to the huge aquarium to check out some sea creatures.







Though we have been to Ocean Park for few times but nothing compared to the new experience of spending it with our little one.

Hong Kong – Day 3

Today, we visted Disneyland and it should be exciting for the kids instead of the elderly and adults like me… Hubby and I already been to Disneyland during one of our previous visit and we thought it was not too interesting.







When we arrived early this morning, it was already filled with loads of tourists. We saw many Chinese nationals and after listening to many unfortunate stories about Disneyland, we were all on our toes. We told the kids not to run around without an adult’s companion. There were couple of kidnapping incidents here and somehow it’s better to be careful than never.




It was so crowded that we have to queue for rides and even photo-taking with the Disney characters. We only managed to take some rides but not for long, we were all tired out due to the hot sunny weather.





They recently opened the new Toy Story fun rides and it was very beautifully decorated. We noticed that some rides are not ready for public. Hubby and sista-in-law tried one of the rides and said that it was pretty exciting.


After lunch, we decided to leave as the kids were bored too due long waiting time for each rides. We went to shop at City Gate Mall where all the outlets are housed under one roof! We brought the elderly to some their coffee breaks while the young ones shopped around.

This time, shopping at City Gate was quite a challenge as it wasn’t easy shopping while carrying Faith who is as heavy as a big of rice! Though both hubby & I took turn to shop but it wasn’t as carefree…

After spending a good 2 hours of shopping, we took the train back to our hotel to get some rest. For dinner, we set off to dine near our hotel to spare our legs… haaahahhaah…