Hong Kong Trip Tour - DAY 1

DAY 1 - 10-26-2004:

Arrived in HK airport, and there we were met by our tour guide. Further instructions were given after which we were dropped by to our hotel. We were checked in at Shamrock Hotel.

Shamrock Hotel
#223 Nathan Road, HK

The tour is scheduled at 2pm, but we managed to have our late lunch at Kowloon Hotel, close by.

HK By Night Tour

The remarkable night tour started with a delicious dinner at Golden Delight Seafood Restaurant with the famous and delicious roasted duck and othe authentic savory dishes.

The food and our tour group.

Going up to Victoria Peak through a peak tram ride was really breathtaking. It's good it was night time. I seem to have a phobia with heights, so it wasn't too bad not seeing the heights during the night :)

I am inside the peak tram

Victoria peak at night is really awesome and colorful. The magnificent scenery reflects the whole city of HK. Atop, you can experience the magic while feasting your eyes with the unforgettable views of the city and the harbour. This was actually the highlight of our day tour.

Next stop was at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Replicas of famous people, including many Holywood actors and actresses were made of waxes...almost look like real ones. We got bunch of photos in here since cameras are allowed and you can take photos as many as you want.

The tour didn't end without giving us into the temptation of shopping. We spent the rest of the evening at the best local nigh market for our Nigh Market Shopping. Prices are cheap, and it's like highly comparable to "Baclaran" or "Divisoria" in the Philippines :)

We didn't stay long that night, since the market was crowded. We did chose to stay away from the crowd and got some stuffs in one of the stores just beside the streets which we felt it was much safer to do. Then we went back to our hotel after the shopping.

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A traveller's trails...

Since this is my first post, I might as well write about me being transformed into a "jet setter"...a traveller.

For more than 30 years, I don't consider myself as a traveller. I haven't been even to places worth visiting in my own country. And I was not fond of it way back then. Not until when I met my husband that I started to travel locally. Maybe, a hundred miles is my longest, and would find myself rambling about it.

The day after our wedding, I had my very first international travel going to Hong Kong for our honeymoon. Wow, after 34 loooong years, I was able to step my both feet off from Philippines soil, and landed my first international travelling steps to HK. Being a first timer at that, excitement was there...here and there of long walks and enjoying the scenic atmosphere.

Whew! long story to tell, but after that long trip, I learned to feel the enjoyment of travelling. Of course, there are the ups and downs in there, but the feeling of travelling with the person you love always prevails ;)...what do you think?

Now, I am here and doing my travelogue. I've thought of doing it because it's like taking down notes on the important travelling events in my life on my calendar. Except that it is being written down on a computer keyboard and kept online. It's like tracking my trails...and the places I am visiting, which I find it fun.

So, hopefully by next post, I can now start the itinerary one at a time. Of course, I have to start doing it from the earlier travels that I and my husband did, and so as it will be expected, it will be an outdated one, until I can catch up to our current travels.

God willing, it would turn out well.