Blogs from Kowloon, Hong Kong, Asia - page 97

Day 4 (10th May 2006) ~ Smile was the universal language if you can’t speak like the locals Remarkable 洪利 Everybody was full of praise for dinner tonight over the simple HK fare of Wan Tun Noodles and Century Egg Congee @ 洪利. This was HK cuisine at its best, at prices all could afford. It may not be featured as one of the “must-eat” places in Lonely Planet. But going back there again night after night until the boss (we assume he was) could recognize us was living testimony that the “standard” was there. He made an effort to be friendly but with our half-past six Cantonese, we could only manage a few vocabularies and a few smiles. Most of the time, we were speaking to him in Mandarin while his reply was in Cantonese. ... read more

Day 1 ~ We've Just Begun (2006) Sunday, 7th May 2006 “I’m going to HK & Macau for 10 days!” “10 days!” I had raised the eyebrow of another fellow being. “This is way too long a duration for this Asian capital!” However, as the itinerary was done up, 10 days was barely sufficient to cover the 2 places really. Clare and I were here 4 years ago before I started school in University. And yes, this 06’ graduation trip helped to bring everything to a complete closure. 9.50am - We took an early flight in the morning of 7th May 2006 from the new budget terminal to Macau. I had barely enough sleep from the General Elections syndrome having stayed up late to catch the broadcast. It’s my 3rd time flying with Tiger Airways and ... read more

Our first impression of Hong-Kong was: It is very hot here The second we thought of Hong-Kong was: It is hot and very humid here Our third insight of Hong-Kong was when we were stranded in McDonald's 1/2 hr walk from the hotel. We understood where the humidity went - it becomes pouring rain in the evening. We were stranded in the rain. But don't let first impressions fool you. We were very impressed with the city. reminded Yaron of NYC. not only because of the architecture but also because of the big town feeling. a place you can find everything fast and everything moves at a fast pace. underground, museums, Meany people on the street cafes. it you have been to Manhattan/London/Malian or TLV you know who it is. Like they said on Pulp Fiction ... read more

We had a great flight with Air India, luckily we had the extra leg room seats so we both managed to sleep for half of the flight. We arrived at HK airport on Lantau at 6:45am; it was quite cloudy and very humid. We tried to kill some time at the airport because the hotel check in time wasn’t until 2pm, so obviously being starved of junk food for the past 7 months in Goa we headed straight to McDonalds for breakfast, two meals HK$35 (£2.65), bargain!!! We decided to get the bus to Kowloon where we had booked a room for the first two nights; it takes 1 hr and costs HK$33 each, it was a nice way to kill some more time and to get our first glimpse of the city. Our hotel, The ... read more

This night after being stuck in Chungking Mansions we all decided we needed a bit of class - so we headed to Felix Bar which is in the poshest hotel in Hong Kong - with the most majastic views of the sky line! The lifts were nicer than our room, so we spent a while going around in them...then blagged our way into Felix . Rounded off the night with some drinks bought at the local 711 .... read more