Feley was so sweet to provide me with her itinerary attached with photos cos she knew i was going HK soon when she read my blog … =)
Sightseeings to do in Hong Kong:
Day 1 & 2: Took train to Central station, explored the Mid Levels Escalator. alot of tourist-y eateries & expensive looking cafes around this area.
Went to Sun Yat Sen Museum, entrance fee was only HKD10! haha quite interesting la, considering I know nuts bout such boringggg history stuff.
***Can consider the Sun Yat Sen Museum if we don’t have anything to do …
Central nothing much to do cause its the financial hub of Hk I think. Something like our Shenton way? So the shopping center I was in (cant rmb where) had all the expensive atas brands which I obviously cannot afford.
Chilled at a Starbucks though, and the starbucks there is more ex! so dont be silly and chill at startbucks k. singapore got plenty of starbucks for u to waste ur money on.
***Don’t worry, i don’t drink coffee, so if i have a choice, i am definitely not going to “settle” my thirst at Starbucks …
Lan Kwai Fong quite nice to walk, but i didn’t get anything from that place. haa
***Dada said she’s going to bring us to a pub at Lan Kwai Fong on one of the nights …
Took the ferry from Star Ferry Terminal back to Tsim Sha Tsui, this ferry terminal should be quite easy to find. And u should ride on the upper deck! view nicer although its slightly more ex. 2.2HKD per ride if nv rmb wrongly. which equates to S$0.50? CHEAPER DEN OUR BUS FARE!
***I love to take the ferry at Tsim Sha Tsui, but our hostel is at Kowloon …
Day 3: Breakfast at this famous place called Ao Zhou Nui Nai (refer to pic1). Must go cos food damn good & this place is very popular with the locals! MUST TRY their double steamed milk (its a dessert), its damnnn smooth n nice
***I will love to have breakfast at this 澳洲牛奶, but “double steamed milk”??? It’s probably 炖奶, but i don’t drink milk too … Another reason why i had been 1.48m “TALL” when i was at Primary 6 but 1.53m “SHORT” after that for the rest of my life … =(
Went to Mongkok for some shopping. Took a walk to Victoria Harbour. quite a nice place to take pictures.
***Shopping at Mongkok means Temple Street then; but i had been there before, not much to shop … I will love to go to Victoria Harbour though, for a session of cam-whore, LOL …
Then walked to some bus station (cant rmb where) to take a bus down to the Peak Tram. There’re 2 bus interchanges, so make sure you walk to the correct one. Locals there can be quite blur cause we got directed wrongly TWICE. Bus fares are quite cheap there, just make sure you know where to alight. The peak has different views in the day and the night. if you have the time, should go when sun is setting and stay till the night when the place is lighted up 
my lousy camera didnt manage to capture a sharp pic of the view though. so must bring a good professional camera k!
***Oh ya, the Peak too during the evening if we don’t have anything to do …
oh and u guys MUST try dessert at this place called Hui Lau Shan, they specialise in Mango deserts and its damnnnn freaking good. MUST GO! there was an outlet near Jordan. (refer to pic!)
***Tried the mango desserts at 许留山before; not exactly up to my standard cos i am a lover of mango desserts, but maybe the problem lies with the branch …
Day 4: Went to Lantau Island to visit the Po Lin Monastery & its gigantic buddha. this is not a temple, so there were just the statues around. apparently this budda is the world’s largest seated Buddha.
We took a train to Tung Chung, and walked to this bus terminal to take the coach up to the mountain/hills. (again, we got directed to the wrong bus terminal twice. zzz) Bus ride up took around 40 mins, and cost us HKD35. The cable car was under construction, so bo bian we took the bus up. anyway cable car is much more ex! I kinda liked this place cause theres this like tiny ‘museum’ depicting Buddha’s enlightenment story. quite an eye opening for a non-Buddhist.
***I am sure the 3 of us won’t want to see the Buddhist statues after being tortured by HC302 over the topic of Buddhism; which i know nuts after the terms and done no preparation for this exam question anyway …
Oh, and right beside the Tung Chung station, there’s a really big shopping center and ALL the shops are export shops/ factory outlets. Ranging from Giordano to BodyShop to Nike & Addidas to Branded stuff like CK and Coach. Should check it out though I didnt get anything from the export shops. haa
***I will want to go there too though i am not sure if i will buy anything, but Dada should probably love it, HaHa …
Shopped around Tsim Tsa Tsui at night. There’s a HMV around taht area (heard its the ONLY hmv in hk), and they sell alot of DVDs u can’t get in SG, like Lust Caution’s UNCUT version! haha my friend managed to bring them into Singapore. (and mind u, we were sway enough to get singled out for random luggage check, and nothing happened for some strange reason!)
***Not interested in buying DVDs …
Heard frm my HK friend that Stanley market is slightly more ex, cos most of the people who visit there are tourists.According to him, Stanley mkt is the most ex compared to the other markets.
***I am not going to this Stanley Market too; Dada promised us cheaper markets than 花街 though LingLing said it’s the cheapest she ever shopped in HK …
Day 5: Went all the way to Shatin, its part of the New Terriorities, was quite cool cause they have a train system there that is different from their MTR trains. visited the Ten Thousand Buddha Monastery and gawddd its really not recommended for lazy people cos the trip up is freaking long & tiring. almost like climing bukit timah hill i suppose? by the time i climbed up all the way up to the monastery, i was sweating like a horse. Place is pretty peaceful and there are alot of statues along the clinb up. Beware of deadly mosquitoes though. Had a grand total of 12 bites by the time I reached the top.
***I am NOT going to this place … Putting aside the Buddha statues, the mountain trek and mosquitoes will definitely KILL me … Besides, we probably have no time for it; 2 afternoons at the International Book Fair and 1 at the Central Chinese Library is just going to take up so much time … =)
Apart from this monastery, there’s a hugeass shopping center that is quite visible when u come out of the station. Something like Vivo, but much bigger la. Modern & hip lor.
***Was planning to stay within the HongKong island, so we probably will give Shatin a miss … =(
General tips:
-buy the Octopus card since u guys are staying so long. works like our EZ link card, can be used for buses, trains and even the Star Ferry. 50HKD is the deposit and is refundable …
***Yes i will be buying one and keeping it after the trip …
- must must must try the dessert store called Xu Lau Shan(they spell it as Hui Lau Shan) and must must must eat their char siew rice. SG charsiew is inferior charsiew!
- for girls, must visit the H&M!!! go to their website to find the address.
- Espirit outlets there are HUGE!! must go in and touch touch see see k, though I didnt get loads of stuff frm the Espirit outlets
- the uncountable no. of SaSa in Hk really made me go dizzle with delight 
they have so many make up brands that are not available in Sg! haha. I especially liked the Lavshuca eyeshadoows. The others Japanese brand, Kate, I heard also not bad. Haaa. Wah I’m excited for u already!
***I am definitely going too …
- the cabs in Hk are damn weird, they charge extra if you use the boot to put ur luggage -_- so if ur luggage is small enough, don’t use the car boot ! haa
- there’re 2 ferry terminals in HK that have ferries to Macau.
Should go to the one that is just above the Sheung Wan MTR station. They have a TurboJet ferry there which has ferries departing every 15-30 mins. paid around S$30 for a weekday trip down to Macau. The night rides are slightly more ex. Trip takes bout 45 mins? and this ferry is quite comfortable & clean. (sorry i very anal bout dirty seats). The other terminal i heard from my landlord only has ferries that depart every 1 hour!
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MACAU:
nothing much there except for churches and temples lor.
went to the Grand Prix Museum, a must go for guys who love their cars and formula ones. Macau is relatively small and easy to navigate, and everywhere is accessible by bus. Grand Prix Museum can take bus no.10 (there are other buses there) but the map we had didnt reflect any buses there so we had to walk till our legs almost gave way there.
went into Grand Lisboa Casino, even if you don’t gamble, must go in and see all the awesome wood & jade cravings they put on display in the lobby.
visited the Ah-ma Temple too, and the Marine musuem which is very near the temple.
must visit the Ruin’s of St. Paul, and there are shitloads of shops near this St. Paul that sells really nice biscuits. if u’re going HK first, dont bother buying the Lao Po Bing la. cos in my opinion, the almond biscuits and peanut biscuits is way nicer den lao po bing (even my parents agreed!)
oh and must MUST MUST try the egg tarts sold at Margaret’s cafe e nata. its a tiny cafe in a small alley just behind Grand Lisboa. their sandwiches and coffee is damn shiok also!
***We are not going Macau …
I think if you’re spending 1 week in HK only, you can take ur time to sightsee and shop lor. cos by the 5th day , me & my friends were pretty bored…
***Knew that cos i had nothing to shop after 3 days for my last trip to HK, since i don’t really know where to go and the season weren’t “correct” too …
That’s about it i guess. sheesh sorry if im too longwinded! Hope this helps anyway! enjoy ur trip !
***Thanks Feley for the detailed plan … Dada, you should know what i am expecting now bah, HaHa … =P
***P.S: Drafted a shopping list to make sure i will not go WAY OUT of my budget; will try to control my shopping impulse too though i am pretty sure that i will be the “super-ego” as Freud as proposed for his psychological theory among the 3 of us, LOL …
