07 March, 2016

HK Actual Itinerary

Day 0 March 3 (Thu)

  • Landed in HK around 12am. Long immigration queue.
  • Took the last Airport bus A11 direction Causeway Bay at 1230am (actual 30 mins)


Day 1 March 4 (Fri)
Big Buddha and Lantau Island

  • Breakfast at Hotel Holiday Inn Express Causeway Bay
  • Set off at 930am, towards Tung Chung MTR station: City Gate, Lantau Island.
  • Took NP360 Crystal Cabin at 1030am  after a long queue.
  • Big Buddha, and Vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery, and followed by Wisdom Path
  • Shopping @ Citygate Outlets and supermarket. The brand names were having big sale (Armani, Samsonite, Brooks Brothers, Tommy) - better than Singapore, not as good as USA.
  • Alight at Central
  • Dinner at Mak's Noodle at Wellington Street
  • Journey at Mid-level Central and escalators with beautiful scenery of HK Night life and Lan Kwai Fong
  • Bus 23 back to Causeway Bay Sogo
  • Times Square

Day 2 March 5 (Sat)
TST Kowloon and Sham Shui Po https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po

  • Set off at 10am, took bus 961 towards Tsim Tsa Tsui
  • Arrived at Shan Shui Po, flea market sightseeing at Pei Ho Street and Apliu
  • Brunch at General dim sum (very local)
  • Wong Tai Sin temple (Bus 2F passing dense housing estate)
  • Street seeing at Nathan Road (Bus 3C passing busy Nathan Road and Mongkok, Jordan, and TST area)
  • Dinner at Tai Ping Koon Restaurant 太平館餐廳 changed to HK Cafe Kai Kee  
  • Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
  • Star Ferry to Wan Chai (great view of HK bay)

Day 3 March 6 (Sun)
Ocean Park

  • Set off at 830am, Tung Chung then bus 629 towards Ocean Park (arrived 930)
  • Krisflyer 12% discount at ticket counter (you have to ask)
  • Lunch at theme park fare (corn on cob and spare ribs)
  • Dinner at Tim Ho Wan @Fortress Hill, North Point (super tasty)
  • Food souvenir shopping at Kee Wah Bakery Wan Chai branch (pineapple tarts, Phoenix rolls, wintermelon pastries) 

Day 4 March 7 (Mon)
SQ857 Flight on 905am. Bus A11 from Elizabeth House at 545, reach airport 625am

Wishlist for next time
- Breakfast @ Lin Heung Tea house
- Breakfast @ Australia Dairy Company
- Lei Yue Mun (seafood)
- Dinner @ Yat Lok Roast Goose, Yat Lok (一樂食館), Central.
- The place at Wellington street opposite Mak's Tsim Chai Kee
- Breakfast @ Capital Cafe, Wan Chai (opens at 7am). 華星冰室
- Cafe at Wan Chai area...
- Cafe de Coral
- Dinner @ TST Speing Deer or Good Satay / Sun Kee Pork Cheek
- Jenny Bakery

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