Yes! We celebrated Chinese New Year last year (2013) on a Chinese territory with Chinese people eating Chinese food. lol
We scored the 13 peso base fare of AirAsia to Hongkong and because we were so caught up in the moment we did not have the time to check that our travel dates fall on the celebration of Chinese New Year - thus first hand "authentic" Chinese new year experience.
The country is still winter-y during February so make sure to bring bubble jackets. If not, layers of clothes will do.
Hongkong has a HUGE airport, one can get lost for hours there, so make sure to ask for directions as their signage are a bit confusing. Before we got out, we bought ourselves OCTOPUS CARDS, these are like the EZ link of Singapore. The adult card costs HKD 100 ($50 deposit, $50 consumable).
We rode a bus to Tung Chung MTR Station where the Cable Car is located. We waited in line for, I guess, an hour - as it is a holiday tourists and locals flock the line for Ngong Ping 360. Round Trip Cable Car ticket price is HKD 150.
Lantau Island is home to Tian Tan Giant Buddha and the Po Lin Monastery.We were greeted by a dragon dance when we reached the other side of the island.
The place is actually huge; full of restaurants, souvenir shops and cool structures. This is also where you start your trek to the mountain range above the cable car ride earlier.
After exploring Ngong Ping 360, we rode the cable car and head back to Tung Chung MTR. We took the train to Tsim Shah Tsui (where our hotel was) dropped our things in our room and head towards the Avenue of Stars which was just a block away.
It's a must to eat the Grilled Squid!!
When you are facing the city, walk towards your right. At the far right is the ferry terminal which will cross you to the city - from there, you can ride a bus to the Peak.
The Peak is home to Madam Tussaud and the Sky Terrace 428. The place is jam-packed with people during holidays so make sure to bring a lot of "patience" with you. We rode the tram back, and walked towards the nearest MTR Station for it was already super late and we only saw few buses on the road. We ate in one of the restos in Tsim Shai Tsui food strip and called it a night.
Day 2.
We got a discounted voucher for a roundtrip ferry to-from Macau courtesy of our hotel. We got up early hoping to get on the earliest trip to explore Asia's sin city.
We needed a heavy breakfast for the day's adventure so we end up at Tsui Wah Restaurant.
Big serving at a cheap price!
*toast and egg, noodles, coffee
After the heavy brekky, we rode the MTR to Central Station and walked towards the ferry station. Unfortunately, the next available trip is around lunch time so we decided to go to Times Square first.
We stayed for sometime in Causeway bay to check out the place and experience Times Square. After which, we head back to ferry terminal to catch our ferry to Macau.
Macau, Asia's sin city.
We reached Macau after a one hour ferry ride. We filled out the embarkation slip and faced the immigration officers.
Upon exiting the terminal, we were clueless on where to go and whether we need to have our hkd changed to Macau's currency. Good grief as Pinoys are everywhere, we saw a group of pinays waiting for their ferry, they told us to hop on any casino bus for it will bring us to the country's casino strip and it is FREE of charge - so we did.
We need to go to Macau Panda fast as we might not be able to view the fluffy things so we took a cab and asked the driver to bring us there.
We took a bus, and head back to Venetian Macau to witness Italian people singing in their gondollas in the casino's man made canals.
At 7pm, a lightshow is held at the facade pf Venetian Macau - it runs for about 30minutes.
After the light show, we rushed back to the ferry terminal to go back to Hongkong. We ate and went back to our hotel.
Day 3.
We woke for an early start! It's Disneyland day! *happykid*
We packed our things and checked out of our hotel. My friends bought souvenirs from the souvenir shop next door and I think we ate breakfast at McDonald's.
We rode the MTR to Sunny Bay and changed trains to the Disney train.
Disneyland, FINALLY!
The happiest place on earth!!!
P.S. dont dare go to disneyland during holiday. Wait time for a ride can get up to 3 hrs.
If you bought tickets online, dont forget to bring the card you used in purchasing.
The machine needs to read the card to produce your park tickets.
So let the magic begin!!!
We head towards the locker area and left our luggage there. Our flight back to Manila is at 11pm so we brought our things with us for the airport is just a change of MTR station away from the park.
Did I not tell you there was a looooooooong wait line for EVERY ride in the park? What we did was get a fast pass ticket for the attraction we want and show up during the indicated time.
We roam around the park and tried attractions with less line and watched the Disney Parade.
The perks of being petite! I was able to squeeze my way in the front row. Haha!
After the parade, it was lunch time! There were several restaurants inside the park so you will not go hungry but of course the price is more expensive.
After we rode the RC racer and experienced Philharmagic, we took the Disney train to head back to the park's entrance to meet Mickey and Minnie!!!
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| Tourist posing with Mickey and Minnie |
We head back to Space Mountain and used our Fast pass.
Some more strolling and we end up to Grizzly mountain.
As the sun sets, it's time to leave the happy place.
We hurried to our locker, get our things and walked back to the park gates.
We rode the Disney Train and changed stations and rode the MTR to Tung Chung Station. From there, we rode a bus to the airport.
You need to be super early at the airport because it is humonguous! Haha! We got lost for about 30 minutes? And we needed to go to the other terminal.
It was a fun experience and we'll definitely go back!
TTFN!
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