Trip to Hong Kong
Hey guys! so I am back from our 4 days Hong Kong getaway. I am just doing some house work here as the laundry is piling up! If only we can live without wearing clothes.
Anyhoo, let me tell you a little bit about our 7th year wedding anniversary celebration. This is really something I will always remember. It was wonderful!
We left Friday morning for Hong Kong from Singapore at 7:00 am and arrived in Hong Kong at 10 ish am. From the airport we took the easiest transportation to the hotel which is the hotel shuttle. It cost us HK 130 per person ( SGD23 per person). The ride from the airport was about 50 minutes.
The weather was great but Hong Kong’s sky was hazy, very hazy. I thought that we only have that in Singapore. It’s pretty alarming actually to see this happening in several countries.
From the shuttle I saw this cute Hong Kong bus
We stayed at Holiday Inn Express at Causeway Bay. It’s a great location, right next to Times Square. The cost per night is SGD 156. What we like about staying in IHG hotels is that we accumulate points which we can redeem later on for Free hotel stays. In fact, we have done that several times already.
After checking in – we had lunch at the French Vietnamese Restaurant in the hotel lobby. It’s okay but I think if we should eat Vietnamese food, we should just stick to the traditional Vietnamese, not one that is influenced by French cuisine.
After lunch we started to explore and saw many markets and up scale shops.
After walking for a bit we arrived at the the Golden Bauhinia Square where you will see the imposing Forever Blooming Bauhinia sculpture and just behind the scultupe is the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. When we where there they were having a home and living exhibit.
From here you can take a stroll along the the Causeway bay promenade and see the old Saipan boat.
After our stroll we took a city bus tour on a double deck bus, this cost HKD 50 per person.
I wasn’t able to make a picture of the bus but here’s one from the bus company itself , photo found here. With this tour, you would see 16 declared monuments and 10 Grade-1 historic buildings.
So that was our first day in Hong Kong, we did quite a lot I think. While there I wondered if my pregnant girlfriend Pehpot already gave birth to Sati my future goddaughter. I can’t wait to welcome her to the world 
wahmaholic on Oct 28, 2009
wow. ganda nung convention center. asan ikaw? di kita makita. post ka pa. more! more! hihi
sherry on Oct 28, 2009
nice to see you back
shop anything? any haul?
Pinayjade on Oct 28, 2009
Ang pangit ko e…bad hair days kaya di ako masyado nag pa pic hehehe.
Pinayjade on Oct 28, 2009
Thanks Sherry! I didn't buy alot but I did have a few souvenirs
I'll show you in the next posts.
niko on Oct 29, 2009
ihhhhhh can u please bring me there next time ganda??? LOL
where are ur pics by the way??
happy anniversary to both of u again! 
kristine on Oct 29, 2009
the buses are adorable. i'd consider public transportation if the buses/metro here were that decked out! especially the pink tour bus. haha
glad you made it back safe and sound! back to reality now, huh? wish i could get away *sigh
hope to see more pics from your mini vacay!
Duni on Oct 30, 2009
Looks like you're having a wonderful time. Seems you have better weather than we did when we stayed there last month!
Times Square is awesome. I could live there
Duni on Oct 30, 2009
Looks like you're having a wonderful time. Seems you have better weather than we did when we stayed there last month!
Times Square is awesome. I could live there
Joanne Olivieri on Nov 1, 2009
It was great to see your post and photos of Hong Kong. It brings back memories for me and I love the saipan boat along Victoria Harbor. You got some great shots.
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