Hong Kong...Day 1

17th March...waited so long for that day..my trip to Hong Kong!! We took the early flight at 8am to Hong Kong.

I love to take the window seat on the plane...cos I get to see everything like the beautiful view above. I dont know why I am always so excited when the plane takes off. I love to see the entire process...the plane slowly taxi to the runway and then take flight...its just amazing.
After 4hrs, finally we reached Hong Kong!The first thing that greeted us outside the airport was the cool wind! Shiok! How I wished Singapore weather is like that. 19oC how cool is that! We went straight to our hotel at Prince Edward... MetroPark Hotel...My fren Gary booked this Hotel...In fact he planned everything for us...haha. So we just followed him..our Hong Kong Tour guide. The Hotel was quite okay...equiped with all the basic stuff..its cheap but not too shabby. I personally thought that its quite nicely located. ..within walking distance from the nearest MTR station and we were able to get to many places quite easily from there.

The MTR is quite similar to our own MRT...somehow I find it better. At least their information system is much better....you get announcements in english, mandarin and cantonese, at every station and it even tells you at which side the train door is going to open! I was very impressed with this....the board has flashing lights to tell you which stop you are at and which direction you are going towards...this is way better than our plain cardboard display in our MRT.

We were abit lost at first...here, we trying to figure out our way to our first stop...Fa Yuen Street...Flower Garden Street..lol ..direct translation.
That place was so happening! Reminded me of bugis street but much better. There were loads of stuff you can get there...handbags, clothes, chinese new year decorations, fruits, underwear....etc etc..I was truly amazed by how the hongkongers can live right above such a busy street. How could they bear with the noise? But it seems, its a common thing in Hong Kong..most people lived above these busy streets and the housing condition there was quite terrible. Some buildings could seriously do with some repainting. Those overhanging signboards and air conditioning units looked like they could fall on your heads any moment.
After our shopping spree at Fa Yuen Street, we headed to Tsim Sha Tsui ...Victoria Harbor! Gary said its one of the most beautiful night scenery in the world...hmm...perhaps...It was freaking cold there, especially when it started to drizzle...I kinda regretted changing into my thin cardigan. The view was really beautiful. I read a report that Singapore is trying to light up the city area more..I think they have a long way to go man...

How could I miss taking a photograph with this statue ....the trophy for the Hong Kong Academy Awards... Our group photo at Victoria Harbor...

The city just felt more alive with these billboards...After our freezing stay at Victoria Harbor, we went shopping....little did we know that Gary was going to lead us on a mini shopping marathon...we shopped all the way from Tsim Sha Tsui back to our hotel....thats like 5 MTR stops! But we did cover quite alot of places at the expense of our legs...It was only the first night and our legs were so numb from all the walking...haha.