Monday, December 15, 2008

Hong Kong & China's trip 2008

After weeks of procrastinating, here is the post on my Hong Kong & China trip 2008 finally!
20th November to 30th November 2008 happy journey :)
Departure Day
On the day of departure, ming drove us to the airport.
So many luggages...


Yong's first time taking plane..
He was so excited on the way.


Departure gate- the start of our journey =)

Waiting to board the plane..

4 hours of flight and we reached HK airport finally :)
So excited....
His 1st picture in HK

The streets in HK at night was COLD and WINDY!!!
Finally reached grandma's place and was welcomed by this cute dog..
My aunt calls her 'ball ball' because she shapes like a ball haha.

Even my mum whom dislike dogs thinks she is cute too...
Even surprisingly, the cat which has been with my grandma since my last visit 3 yrs back was still there.
Dog and cat living under the same roof...
THe active dog is actually afraid of the fierce cat. HMMMmmmmmmmmmmm

How I want to put her into my luggage n bring her home lolz.
She is a dear....
She would always climb onto my lap when I sat on the floor and lay there comfortably...
ANd she only does that to me lolz..
Mum said maybe ball ball knew I dote her a lot.. cute*
Some restaurants in HK allows u to bring dogs in.
And I brought her along to the restaurant for dinner once.
It obediently sat and waited to be fed :) So cute.
Why can't sg be more flexible to allow such 'bonding' between pet and owner.. ?


Shen Zheng and Guang Zhou- Day 2

THe next morning we took a train to Shen Zheng.
A day of eating, manicure & pedicure and shopping!

Mum and Sis in the midst of service lolz.


N who says guys do not take care of their nails huh?


Spent 3 to 4 hours mani & pedi-curing,
then went to shop before taking the evening train to Guang Zhou...
Sis and I bought a pair of boots each, happy :)
CHEAP AND SO MANY VARIETIES AVAILABLE!!!
SHOE PARADIZE.
I love boots.
It is so much comfortable than any other foot wears, really.
But sadly, singapore is not a very suitable place to wear boots HAIZ.

REached Guang Zhou on the same night and cousin fetched us to the hotel.
That night, we had dinner with Grandma and my uncle's family....
So heartwarming :)
Day 3- the day of cousin's wedding
After morning tea, 2 of my cousins n her bf accompanied us to the famous streets to shop before the wedding dinner.

Took this outside our hotel room while waiting for the rest to be ready in the morning... *yawn*


Crowded streets..
MANY MANY SHOPS as u can see...
The length of Orchard Road to Dhoby Ghaut or maybe even City Hall, flooded with shops n malls.




Sis and I were shopping, patroning almost every shoe and apparels shop, while the rest just followed.. haha.
Kinda stress to shop when the rest were not...
Well, they said it was their task lolz.
Night time at the restaurant for cousin's wedding.


All my cousins :)
1st time with all my cousins (mother's side) around.
Pathetic right, haha.




The nice scenery outside the restaurant

Day 4- Shopping
Next day went to another famous street to continue our shopping.


And we had wanton mee in the shop :)
Nice noodle.. yummy


BIG candy floss
Yong stealing a bite..


After a day of endless walking,
cousin brought us for foot massage,
CHEAP!
SG$6 for an hour, inclusive a few mins of body massage before starting...
An enjoyment :)


Even the youngest one had the luxury to soak his feet in the warm herbal water.


Nite time, we had another scrumptious dinner.
That day we ate 4 meals. How I missed it :(

With my grandma

Mum & I in the hotel
That was our last nite in Guang Zhou.
The next morning we took a ferry to Macau.


Macau- Day 5

Stayed in Venetian hotel for a night...
Another luxury :)
One of my auntie whom works there got us half price for the hotel stay,
how nice!!
And the smallest room is a suite!!
How grand!

This is the bathroom... behind that white door is the toilet...
So spacious!


The comfy beds..


The room!


The big round mirror


EXPENSIVE burger set!
This cost SG $22.
I can buy 2 sets of carl's junior meal in sg.


That is the foodcourt,
nice place, and even NICER price.


Look so 'church like'



The hotel






Window sit in the room
2 loving hearts
AHH
Day 6- Back to Hong Kong
Touching up in the bathroom...
Taking my own sweet time lolz.




The hotel bath robe...





We took a cab out of the hotel to some place.
ANd we had this pork burger n noodle.. yummy.


Afternoon time, we took the express ferry back to HK!!
And that marked our last few days of holiday.


Hong Kong- Day 7

Our HK breakfast- ham n egg sandwiches
The egg yolk is dripping... onto the plate...




HK MTR


on the way to......? Make a guess..


Needs to queue for tickets...


OCEAN PARK!!!





The long escalator


Rollar Coaster behind


Underwater world


Dolphin show




Bro in law on the 'free fall'


He was somewhere up there


We took it too!!!
Don't believe?
See for urself..


WAHHHH!!



Ok, it is a scam =p


Here is where u call 'theme park'


Sis is hungry...


So am I!


Happy after eating burger..


High in mid air


That is the GIANT rollar coaster...
Sis n I sat on that monster once when we were still very young many yrs ago.
We were the dare devils then.
Asked me to sit on that again,
NO WAY!!

Burger in the shark mouth


Fruitful reward :)




Taking hot air balloon... flying off soon!!


Us on cable car...
Can u see the beautiful land?


cable car down to the lower portion of the park


Night time, we took the tram to the peak :)




HK nite scenery...
Now u need to pay a few dollars to come up here...
..... 3 yrs back when I was here with EHJ it was free...
sianz.




Did I mention that the wind was very STRONG that nite?
N I gave my jacket to cover my nephew.. BBbrrrrr..


The wind slapped strongly against me and I almost flew off... haha
It was so.... COLD YET FUN!!




Mum and I

Day 8- Lantau Island and Disneyland





Mountains everywhere








The cute couples


The real couples haha


Let's make a wish =)


What did sis wish for?


Cable car again






The beautiful land


The mickey mouse train


Inside the train..


mickey mouse handle


Even the seats r comfy






The tickets to entry


On arrival :)







Balancing well..



disney toot toot train


Long queue everywhere, even taking photos with disney characters also need to queue.
So we chose the shortest queue..


The devil wants to eat






Tea cup


Beautiful castle


Foresee ur future here




Auto car


The small little world....








The last show was the fireworks.
It started to 'snow' as everyone started to leave...
fake snow that was.
Disneyland is the children's paradise..
Not adults, not as fun as ocean park.

Day 9- Shopping at lady's street
We went shopping with cousin.
We didn't buy many clothing because everywhere were selling cold wears...
What a waste...
We had covered the sky, road and sea transport within 10 days :)
I like the cold weather there too....
Very chilling and got to wear thick clothing :)
But the down side was, there weren't many summer clothing to shop during this season.
Day 10- Home
I wasn't sad that the journey had ended.
Because I finally get to see ppl whom I had missed dearly back in singapore :)