We reach HK after about 1 hr! We booked our room in Bishop Lei International, the hotel mentioned on their website that there is shuttle bus service from Central MTR or alternatively a short walk up the mid-level escalator will reach their hotel and etc etc. In the end, LOST!! Don’t trust the signs!! We took a cab after strolling around central for about 1hr+ with our luggage!!
The cab was cheap since the hotel was near Central MTR and we found the location of the shuttle bus pickup in the end, but it was impossible to find if you did not ask the hotel staff. So.. If any1 do stay in Bishop Lei one day, please take a cab.. It won’t cost much from the Central MTR Station.
Thankfully, they upgraded our room to a harbourview room for no reason!! =)
The pics did not show the small living room and bathroom, so it is not as small as it seems.. Overall, I'll rate it 3.5/5 for HK standard (the bathroom is alittle too small.., but the view was amazing)
Pics below!
We went to Temple Street Night Market and NOTHING!! Okay, maybe for us. All the stores are selling the same items. We took about 15 mins to walk up and walk down and in the end bought my items all from the SASA outlet store. We are so exhausted from all the travelling and walking that we bought our dinner and some supper and went back to the hotel to rest.
Next morning, we went Stanley market by bus, it was a nice ride with views to look at, not spectacular, but not boring to say the least. The place is quite a good shopping spot and the cooling weather helps since it something like Singapore’s Pasar Malam combined Chinatown stores.
Some pics.
After which we took the bus back and went back Central to take a walk, travelled across to Causeway Bay by MTR and went to Star Ferry Pier. It was windy and I was freezing, but the view was nice. Some pics
We went Causeway Bay to walk, famous for some fashion wear, but in the end, nothing to buy! Mayb we are just too picky. Went for dinner at Pak Loh Chiu Chow Restaurant, recommended by Lonely Planet book, we thought we can get some tim sum there, in the end, BIG disappointment!!!
No tim sum and the food was so EX, we ordered fried rice and some porridge, one of the supervisor came, looked at us and say in mandarn: “one eating porridge and one eating fried rice for dinner, enough already right?”, it doesn’t help when the rest keep looking at us and laughing to one another. Disaster. Spoilt my appetite BIG time and the cost for the above was SGD 30+!! What the $%@&^%$.. Furthermore, cause the loving couple (us) to have some slight argument. BOYCOTT BIG TIME!!
*side note* the point i am putting across is we were sort of "looked down", which i feel was partly due to what we wore there.. Hip hop and fancy restaurant don't gel apparently.. Anyway, moving on...
That night was Chelsea vs Man Utd match, we thot our hotel provides the channel but to our dismay, on air was some other football league, but Chelsea won, so maybe not watching is better.
I hope to go back again one day since I missed quite a lot of places, it doesn’t help when you walk and travel so much the prev few days and your partner fell sick. Will go back again 1 day!
*Tips*: If u plan to travel much, purchasing the Octopus Card (like EZ-link in Singapore) is a wise choice, furthermore, any remaining value in the card is returned to you after your visit in HK! (http://www.octopus.com.hk/home/en/index.html)
Next up, Brisbane Australia!
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