C2S Travels: Scenery, Hong Kong

After going to the Wong Tai Sin Temple, we headed to a place that supposedly has some pretty amazing scenery. So we found ourselves trotting to look for the "Chi Lin Nunnery". I have to say that it is quite majestic looking. Very pretty.

It was connected by a bridge to a garden called the "Nan Lian Garden". The scenery is spectacular as you can see. Imagine walking through the garden with soft music flowing in the bakground adding to the atmosphere. You really feel like you are in another place. Definitely a place to come to. We spent quite a bit of time there as well as many photo clickings!

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C2S Travels: Duk Ling Ride, Hong Kong

My sis heard about a free boat ride on the "Duk Ling' from central to Tsim Tsa Tsui and we decided to take it for the experience. You need to register with your passport at any one of the Visitors Centre as it is exclusive to visitors. The boat only operates every Thursday and Saturday.

On the day itself, we were a little worried as it started to rain lightly. The boat ride was not cancelled and we had a one hour boat ride. Imagine cool wind breezing past you while you engage your vision with the sights of both HK island and Kowloon and the numerous skyscrapers! Fantastic!

Add the experience of being in an ancient times boat and that makes it even better!

This was the boat that wewe were on and the other picture is where we were standing and having the wind breeze past us.

This is one of the views that we were looking at. Looks all romantic with the mist and all doesn't it? Not sure if it was the morning mist or air pollution. :P

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C2S Travels: The Peak, Hong Kong

I remembered going to the Peak 10 years ago when I was first here but couldn't recall much! Thus, I made it a point to go there again this time.

The view is simply fabulous and the air....cold and crisp! My sis and I had sooo much fun up there and was laughing our heads off a few times....it was truly a great experience.

There are a few lookout spots and we only went to two of them. Picture taking wasn't the easiest as our hair was blown into disarray constantly by the wind.

I also managed to find the best exchange rate counter so far in HK which is here at the Peak. Haha...

As I have not sat on the mini bus (小巴）before, my sis and I decided to take it to get to where we wanted to go. Honestly, we went around in circles looking for it as it wasn't with where the rest of the buses were. The first pic is where all the buses are, there is a double decker bus that goes to "The Peak" but if you suffer from motion sickness, not the best one to be taking. I was suffering from a headache when I took it to come back down from "The Peak". Had to discover this the hard way! :(

You see the little gap next to the trees on the right? That is where you have to go to take the mini bus.

Honestly! We were going around in circles looking for the bus stand. So for anyone taking the mini bus, it is actually at the "International Finance Centre (IFC)".

The mini bus is actually cheaper than the double decker bus but for those who have the Octopus card , The tram is the cheapest from what I can tell from the price list in the picture below. You would also have a pretty cool view and unique ride.

And here comes some of the pics that I took of the fantastic view and the sun setting....

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C2S Travels: Lan Kwai Fong & Soho, Hong Kong

Making a trip to Soho and Lan Kwai Fong is a MUST if you come to HK. If you don't know what those areas are, the signs on the street will tell you such as this one. Soho has a knife and fork icon next to it which means that it is a food area while Lan Kwai Fong has a beer mug and martini glass next to it which means the pub area. How cute!

I went to Soho first for dinner and there are really lots and lots of restaurants, however I couldn't take any pics as there were too many restaurant people coming up asking you to try their restaurant!

After dinner, I went to Lan Kwai Fong. This is where people come to chill after work and is THE place to be! During the weekends, as the bars and pubs are not that spacious, people just spill out onto the street which means that the entire street is jammed with people so that no cars can go through. It's a really cool place, I like it.

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C2S Travels: Octopus Card, Hong Kong

What is an Octopus card? Well, it is a card that works like an ATM card I guess! Most people in HK uses them as it is a card that you can top up with money! You can also elect one as your main card and everytime your money reaches zero, it will automatically top up for you via your credit card (This only applies if you live in HK as you need to link it to a HK credit card)!

And the most useful thing is that it can be used in a lot of places, MTR stations, trams, buses, restaurants, Watsons, KFC etc...

So practical as it saves a lot of time as you just placed it on the terminal and it will just beep which means that the money has been deducted and you have paid for your purchase! No waiting around while the person in front of you scrambles around his/her wallet taking out money and change.

How I wish that Australia can be as advanced!

However, for a tourist like me? I can only top up with cash at "Add Value Machines" in MTR stations like the one below! But I still love the convenience of it. You have to pay an initial deposit of HKD50 to use the card but when you return it, you get your deposit back (Apparently, if you return it within the first three months, you only get HKD43 back though!). So, it's still good! Especially for a tourist like me as it takes longer figuring out the foreign notes and coins.

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C2S Travels: Fashion...Food...Fabulous (Part 3)

For those who love skincare... Hong Kong is simply a haven... Everything that you are looking for..brands from Europe, Australia, Korea and Japan. L'oreal even have their own store here...others include DHC, L'occitane, Kiehls, Laneige and even FANCL. To a person like me who can't even find this in Sydney...woowee....!!!

You also have your usual SASA, although there are others shops that sell them at cheaper prices..do not just buy from SASA straight before checking out other shops.

Wanna know what I bought? check out my beauty blog!

:)

My apologies for some of the pics, as this is not my pc, I am quite limited in terms of software.

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C2S Travels: Fashion...Food...Fabulous (Part 2)

Next comes Fashion..... I was just walking around and what did I see? A Snoopy shop.....Snoopy is my all time favourite cartoon character! I just had to go in....

And what else did I find here? Giordano has a whole level specifically for ladies, check out the decor, absolutely amazing! Sofas and chairs around the store for the men to sit around while their female friends shop around, they even have a huge dressing room with even more chairs and lush carpets for companions to sit while waiting for the ladies to dress and asks their opinions! As I had to take the picture discreetly, it doesn't show exactly how glam the dressing room is!

Did I also mention that a Giordano business shirt is more expensive than one from G2000 here? I simply could not believe it! This is Giordano that we are talking about...

Decide to get a haircut while you're here? Why..you can always pop over to the Esprit hair salon! The Huge pictures shows the hairstylist and which Esprit salon that you can find them. I decided not to go for a haircut there this time, maybe next time.

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C2S Travels: Fashion...Food...Fabulous! (Part 1)

I'm only onto my 5th day here in Hong Kong and I am still constantly being amazed by the things that I find. The food is great...

How could I pass up trying out one of my favourite places in Sydney which is Yoshinoya when I see it in Hong Kong! I have to say, as you can see from the pic above, their decor is really nice..very different! I ended up ordering a breakfast set since it was morning and it was nice! Rice, meat, eggs ( I love eggs)...a very different breakfast from what I usually have!

Later, I came across a Haagen Dazs store (which has been sorely missed since I went over to Sydney) and what do they have? An Ice - cream fondue, OMG!!! I am definitely trying this!

Even the drinks that they sell in 7-Eleven stores has really cute packaging!

Something else which surprised me...KFC! Not just your regular fried chicken but chicken with curry and rice?? This is the first time that I have seen a KFC that sells food like this! I couldn't resist going in to try out something in their menu, I even managed to order a French vanilla tart! There are lots and lots more food pics during my trip, please check them out in my food blog!

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C2S Travels: Off to Hong Kong I go.....

Finished my exams in the morning and now it's 10.22pm and this is the view from my seat on the plane leaving for Hong Kong! Yippee....can't wait!

My plane arrived early and it was only 4.20am in the morning! Nothing was open yet and I had to wait around for the train to start at 6am! So I ended up working on a crossword puzzle while waiting. Finally got to my sis's place and after a rest and some food, what did I do? why, shopping of course! First stop, 太子站.... it was literally if they only sell shoes, it's a whole street of shops that just sells shoes! so I went to check the fishes and they were so pretty! Fishes of all colours, even blue ones! Hopefully, you can see some from the pics above!

While wondering around, I saw this stall, they sell cloths like this to hang on your bedroom door! I really like it but thought that placing the pink one on my bedroom door is probably not a good idea! I might possibly be too old to get stuff like this! :(
Next best thing...a picture memento.




My favourite apples....Fuji apples! So hard to find nice ones in Sydney! They were so big and pretty here and cheap too! Only around AUD 2 for 4 apples! yum yum....I couldn't resist buying some.


After all that walking, decided to get back to my sis place and we went for dinner and some really nice yummy fruit desserts! That's it...now watching TV to see what's on. Can't wait to see what the next day brings... night night!

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