Go Abroad (4):Hong Kong, Modern Sparkling City :p
LisaDidien
Saturday, December 14, 2013
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No plan at all to travel to this city, but well, one day, my sister bought a promotion flight tickets. So, she and my parents asked me to go with them....
1st Day: November 26th, 2013
Soekarno-Hatta Airport, around 23.30 PM
I and my family was enjoying donuts as our supper. Then, we checked in and walked into the plane.
A bit nervous...what does Hong Kong looks like?
Hong Kong International Airport,
Around two hours flight from Jakarta, finally we arrived at Hongkong International Airport (HKIA). It was dawn that time. So we were relaxing a bit while waiting to continue to our first spot. The first thing to be done was buying Octopus Card. It's a reusable contactless stored value smart card for making electronic in online or offline systems in Hong Kong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_card). The card can be used for payment of transportation (bus, MTR), buying some stuffs in some tourism spot, rent locker, etc.
Octopus card's price for adult : 150 HKD (value 100 HKD) and for kid : 70 HKD.
- Ngong Ping Village
To get there, we took a bus.
Bus S1 : HKIA to Thung Chung, around 13.5 HKD (using Octopus Card)
Arriving at Thung Chung, we found mall and plaza there. Then we were wrapped by morning ambience...breezy morning and all busy activities in the morning: people went to works, kids and teenagers went to school, a couple was holding their kids hands while walking in the plaza. First thing we do was rent a locker for our bags for around 4 hours and it cost 20 HKD.
We were hungry and needed cups of coffee. So, we bought some breads and were sitting at starbucks to enjoy coffee. After few minutes there, we continued to the bus stop or cable car to Ngong Ping Village. But, we were to earlier for the cable car, so the only choice was to go there by Bus.
Bus 23 : Thung Chung to Ngong Ping : around 17.2 HKD (using Octopus Card).
It took a bit long to Ngong Ping. It's situated on higher place so the road was going up. The morning scenery on the way was so awesome!
Finally, we arrived at Ngong Ping. I was amazed with Buddha Giant Statue. But, we should wait around an hour to go upstair to the temple with that statue.
Entering a gate, we were welcomed with some dogs and rows of statues in right and left sides of the path to pavement yard and small green area infront of a renovated temple. So, while waiting, we were walking around, were taking some pictures, and dropped by to a souvenir shops.
Next, we were walking up to the giant Buddha area. Price of the ticket: 30 HKD (include tea/coffee & snacks). There's a museum called Tian Tan Statue Exhibition Hall there but we couldn't make pics inside the museum.
After enjoying sightseeing around the giant Buddha area, we had free tea/coffee & snacks. We could choose 8 pieces of cakes to eat plus a plate of noodle. Yummy!
Time to go back to the city of Hong Kong. We took cable car which costed 94 HKD/person. We really amazed by the view of Hongkong nature from the cable car. The harmony of green, blue of water, ships, building! Awesome!
Bus S1 : HKIA to Thung Chung, around 13.5 HKD (using Octopus Card)
Arriving at Thung Chung, we found mall and plaza there. Then we were wrapped by morning ambience...breezy morning and all busy activities in the morning: people went to works, kids and teenagers went to school, a couple was holding their kids hands while walking in the plaza. First thing we do was rent a locker for our bags for around 4 hours and it cost 20 HKD.
We were hungry and needed cups of coffee. So, we bought some breads and were sitting at starbucks to enjoy coffee. After few minutes there, we continued to the bus stop or cable car to Ngong Ping Village. But, we were to earlier for the cable car, so the only choice was to go there by Bus.
Bus 23 : Thung Chung to Ngong Ping : around 17.2 HKD (using Octopus Card).
It took a bit long to Ngong Ping. It's situated on higher place so the road was going up. The morning scenery on the way was so awesome!
Finally, we arrived at Ngong Ping. I was amazed with Buddha Giant Statue. But, we should wait around an hour to go upstair to the temple with that statue.
Entering a gate, we were welcomed with some dogs and rows of statues in right and left sides of the path to pavement yard and small green area infront of a renovated temple. So, while waiting, we were walking around, were taking some pictures, and dropped by to a souvenir shops.
Next, we were walking up to the giant Buddha area. Price of the ticket: 30 HKD (include tea/coffee & snacks). There's a museum called Tian Tan Statue Exhibition Hall there but we couldn't make pics inside the museum.
After enjoying sightseeing around the giant Buddha area, we had free tea/coffee & snacks. We could choose 8 pieces of cakes to eat plus a plate of noodle. Yummy!
Time to go back to the city of Hong Kong. We took cable car which costed 94 HKD/person. We really amazed by the view of Hongkong nature from the cable car. The harmony of green, blue of water, ships, building! Awesome!
- The Peak
It was just a short moment being here. We took a bus to go there. Arriving there, we were welcomed by fascinating building of the mall. Then we just enjoyed the water play in a small water feature in front yard of the mall for few minutes while I captured it with my pocket camera.
" We should enter the queueu line for the cable car! come on!", my Dad's said to me. Oh well, in hurry, because my family waiting for me, I entered the line with them. It was such a quite long line! The breezwe was so cold! I suggest to wear thick clothes or jacket when you visit The Peak in the evening. Brrrrr!!
2nd Day: November 27th, 2013
- Flower Market & Bird Market
Before going to Disnyeland, my sister wanted to drop by to take walk around The Flower Market at Flower Market Road, Prince Edward, Kowloon. It was early in the morning when the stores just started opening. While walking in pedestrian infront of the stores, our eyes were
astonished by the beauty of the flowers.
Near the flower market area, there's Bird Market at Yuen Po Street, Prince Edward, Kow Loon. The market is situated in the corner of the street. My sister was so curious to go inside so she and my Dad got inside into the market while I and Mom were just waiting outside, around the entrance.
- Disneyland
We were spending all day long enjoying many venues in this amusement park. It is closed at 8.00 pm with the amazing fantastic show of fireworks. I suggest to buy the ticket at travel agent or money changer because it's cheaper. I and family could get the ticket with price 420 HKD per person.
3rd Day: November 28th, 2013
- Ocean Park
4th Day: November 29th, 2013
- Macau
