Day 1
woke up 4.30 am ... very sleepy
6.30 am reached KLIA
8.30 am departed to HK... airplane food not appetising...but can satisfy hunger
12 noon reached HK...yeah!
it's a windy day, waiting for our bus...Tasha, tour guide from Malaysia...guide us all the way from M'sia to HK
Carry On tour agency...Ah Chuen, the tour guide from HK...he explains every single thing about HK places, culture, food, expenses, etc.
From HK International Airport...to our hotel...passed by Lantau Island, Tsing Ma Bridge, Disneyland, Tsing Yi, lastly, Tsuen Wan, where our hotel situated...which is considered as Kowloon area ..
Waited for check in....& here comes the call from Malaysia...ring ring...hello!
Met Our relative from Yuen Long, HK, Ah Ha...chit chat...take a break & relax in a "mini" room even smaller than room in First World, Genting Highland...sigh...imagine 9 of us including Ah Ha all cramp inside the little room with 2 single bed & a toilet.....waiting for another 3 rooms...sigh..it's like we could just turnaround & there is the bed...sleep...
later about 3 pm our tour started...first destination: Mongkok this is the place where we went to Sportswear street, Ladies' market, Sai Yeung Choi street...shopping time!!
Aunt bought nike sports shoes...we got to eat the curry fishball & takoyaki, drink mango drink...slurrp....
5.30 pm, took dinner in a Chinese restaurant...place where we tried their flavourate roast duck...delicious! of course with other a'la carte too with rice...
After dinner, it's time for our 2nd destination...Arena of Stars...where I took Bruce Lee's statue picture also some hands prints of stars such as Jackie Chan & Maggie Cheung last but not least beatiful scenery of HK Bank.. not wasting anytime...then we moved to Lan Kwai Fong...place where people from the west hang out for beer & etc. also the place where HK stars hang out clubbing (most stars visited club 1997), there we enjoyed our Haagen Daz ice-cream..cool!
Here we come...time to visit Madame Tussauds....where we took pictures with our flavoured stars ...Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Beckham & etc. we went up the peak by the peak tram operating since 1888 ....then we went all the way up to the peak...again we took pictures of beautiful night scene...then it's time to go down the hill...& back to hotel...all the way Ah Chuen explained about the rules and customs in certain places at hotel, we took shower and get ready to walked around the streets nearby our hotel 1st, we visited 7 eleven then we enjoy our nissin ramen noodle origin from Japan...as our last meal before heading to the bed...
Day 2
Early morning went to Tsim Sha Tsui for breakfast..we had dimsum & saw lots of old folks enjoying their morning tea...we could say that we are the only youngsters in the restaurant..lol... continue our journey to Hong Kong Island visited several places & took some pictures as usual sat on boat visit fisherman's village (people there known as Tang) ... they live in "floating house" a.k.a. house on boat, they have facilities like usual house such as air-conditioner, laundry & etc. how they actually survive? they earn money by fishing...there's where we found the Jumbo Floating Restaurant..used to be screening for movie...
Continue to the peak again, but stopped at mid of the peak..bought souveniers then went to visit our God of Wealth (Choy San) and other Gods, again...we took some pictures here and there. Walk across the Bridge of Health....for good health :) had our lunch in shopping centre after we went to Jewellery City Co., Ltd. owned by Jackie Chan & The owners...of course..then we went to visit the chinese medicine shop...they provide everyone of us ginseng tea..for healthy purposes..
3-4 pm heading to the Hung Hom MRT station..from there we reached Shenzhen as we stopped at Lu Wo station and it took about 45 minutes then we went through immigration, they have very weird rules which is we must not bring along fruits and newspaper from Hong Kong...of course they have their own reasons...for that.. there we met our Shenzhen's tour guide, Ah Hwa, an aunt with experiences but talking in 'rojak' style....sometimes Mandarin sometimes Cantonese & Hokkien...all together mix and match... :P she brief us with culture in Shenzhen...I could remember 1 quote by Ah Hwa, "things you put in front is your belongings, things you placed behind you belongs to others" there are thieves all around Shenzhen so, always keep an eye on your own belongings..it was an advice at 1st but when the same words keep repeating...it would sound scary...so we always stay alert & beware of pick pocket....another thing is we must beware of beggars...lots of them some will chase you...once a person received your money the whole gang will ask from you again...so.. be careful! we were advised to keep our passport in safe to avoid being steal.. checked in hotel (Ambassador Hotel) ...this hotel is way larger than the one in HK with additional chairs & coffee table just that the place is not as clean as HK's hotel room later, we had our dinner in Chinese restaurant again..they promoted roast bean...for appetiser where we go next? of course "pasar malam" their night market different from Malaysia's they have their own shop lots so, the place is stationary unlike ours which are moving stalls...they even had Samuel & Kevin (quite popular, more high class shop)..nothing much to buy..just mineral water (cause is cheaper than those in HK) & my brother's shirt. went back to hotel due to rainy night...shower & times passed...time to sleep
Day 3
Had buffet breakfast in hotel ...food not as tasty as HK's food...but still can satisfy hunger..haha then our journey begin..before that we waited as Ah Hwa late for more than 15 minutes..too bad..made a bad impression on 1st day journey...hmm...must complain! First, we went to a place similar to lychee factory..inside they have jewellery mostly made of Jade....& we enjoy our lychee tea...even bought some... Most of us went to the place: Shenzhen Window of the World...where we can see the world landmark in 1 day..only my aunt & relatives went to shopping (caused they went there before) waited for the train...quite long...about half an hour...riding on train stopped by several places & took some pictures.. as the train stopped at Eiffel tower where we should meet ...some follow Ah Hwa for skiing...while me, brother & my nieces went for "shopping" in nearby stalls accompanied by Tasha..bought some "cheap stuffs" not actually cheap...you know what I mean right? the shopkeepers there really have "good" manner, they like to cheat children..they ask us to buy things, if we don't buy, they chased us along the way! Luckily Tasha helped us along the way....sigh~ waited at meeting point, then went back to our bus meet our relatives - combine our shopping stuffs...aunt bought me a Garfield bag.. thanks aunt! Later went for lunch...went to Jewellery shop again! complain! and complain! shouldn't be going 2 Jewellery shop in a same day! all 34 people following this tour were angry about it! sigh~ what to do? must follow the plan... at late afternoon we went to China Folk Culture Villages...got chance to eat "ping tong wu lo", walk around the place accompanied by the photographer...introduce places like the Pagoda, Tibetan villages, Great wall of China, etc. & pictures of famous places in China (scaled to smaller size) later, went to shop for souveniers again :)
after that, we watched the 1st chinese folk show (restricted, taking pictures not allowed) took dinner at nearby restaurant..very quickly then, we continue to watch the 2nd show this time we can take videos & pictures as we like even with the performers themselves...yeah! it was a great show really! trust me...maybe younger teenager might not enjoy...but I did... next, we all went back to hotel...some (other gang) going 'pasar malam' again, some going for massage... sleeping early definately not our style...so, at the hotel Joan, my niece & I kind of becoming investigators went to check out somebody..press the door bell..put a note inside...hehehe..of course, we saw someone & got our reply ...& that's our secret for the rest of the investigation... nyek nyek nyek
Day 4
as the day before, we had our buffet breakfast then start our journey back to HK Disneyland!! so excited!
about 11.30 am we reached Disneyland! firstly, we shopped for about 2 hours...then only we start our real game...first to Adventure Land...Jungle river cruise, visit Tarzan...watched Lion King Show...take a break (hotdog) ...then continued to watch Disney on Parade at street...took pictures..after that, went to Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mickey's PhilarMagic...watched 3D show, played: Dumbo the flying Elephant, Cinderella Carousel, The many adventures of Winnie the Pooh, orbitron, space mountain, Buzz lightyear astro blasters, watched: "The Golden Mickeys", Stitch encounter...then it's time for fireworks!! very beautiful!! worth it..but other places such as Fantasy garden & fantasy train station..we'd no time to go...wasted...supposed got chance to take picture with Mickey & family....sigh~ and that, is considered whole day...finished... back to hotel almost 8 pm then, went for dinner, by our own this time we took wantan mee in soup (4 wantans filled with prawns) delicious & appetising...yummy! yummy! shop, shop & shop until feet pain...back to hotel & rest
Day 5
free lifestyle - went to shop by our own....some other poeple went to Tsim Sha Tsui warehouse...while our family waited for Ah Ha who brought wife's biscuits (lou po peng) for us all the way from Yuen Long..nice.. ;) after packed everything, Ah Ha showed us the way to shopping centre...we bought our "last" stuffs...took dim sum as lunch (Ah Ha treated us).. thanks ya! we also went to explore the Tsuen Wan market...2nd floor is the playground...while ground floor & 1st floor are the market according to the categories, again aunt bought seaweeds.. 3 pm ready to go to HK IA back to KLIA... got the chance to buy something just before check in...at HK IA...our plane departed at 6.15 pm arrived at KLIA at 10 pm family members waiting..say good bye to Hong Kong! special thanks to Tasha, Ah Chuen, Ah Hwa, Ah Ha who guide us all the way.. Thanks a lot!
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