Archive for the 'Hong Kong 2003' Category

This is a summary of the posts from our trip to Hong Kong in July/August 2003. I’ve gone back through the posts and added photos.

Holidate
Canon in H
Hong Kong - day 1 & 2
Blog from the peak
MTR
Lonely lowlights
Hong Kong - day 3
Hong [...]

Okay, before I forget, I’d better write a review of the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong where we stayed the last week and a bit.
Great location, central to all the shopping and restaurants in Causeway Bay, and just around the corner from the MTR station. It’s next to the water too, so most rooms have [...]

Our last day in Hong Kong today - we’ve had a wonderful time all week.
It actually rained here last night - a big thunderstorm came through after dark. We have been very fortunate with the weather all week - bright and clear sunny days, which has made the views look great, at the price of [...]

This morning, we caught the MTR to Tsuen Wan and walked to the Sam Tung Uk museum, a restored village over 200 years old comprising 12 houses set within defensive walls - once a prosperous Hakka farmer’s family compound - and now a folk museum. Quite an interesting view on early life in the New [...]

We headed out to Lantau island yesterday (Sunday) - caught the MTR to Central, then walked down to the outlying islands ferry terminal to catch a ferry to Mui Wo. We missed one ferry by about 10 mins, and had to wait another 50 mins for the next one, but we eventually got underway on [...]

Saturday - Leanne had decided that we were going to this place called Ocean Park which sounded like some kind of lame aquarium type thing - it didn’t even rate a mention in the Lonely Planet guide (condensed).
How wrong I was.
We caught the MTR down to Central, walked over to the Star Ferry pier and [...]

Started the day yesterday with a light breakfast at Olivers, and we spent most of the morning lazing around the hotel room - and I played with the camera to see what it could do.
View from our hotel room - Hong Kong
Met up with some friends of ours for lunch at a nice Thai restaurant [...]

Breakfast back at Oliver’s this morning - this time I ordered the basic hot breakfast (Scrambled eggs, bacon and a hashbrown) plus the light breakfast (cornflakes, fruit and toast) - much more filling. Didn’t like their scrambled eggs or bacon though … so I guess I’ll try two bowls of cornflakes tomorrow. *sigh*. If only [...]

Yesterday we started the day at Oliver’s Super Sandwiches across the road from the hotel for breakfast. The “light breakfast”: cornflakes, fruit salad, toast, orange juice - all for HKD$25 each … a far cry from the HKD$165 for the buffet breakfast at the hotel.
Unfortunately this was not really enough to feed me for breakfast [...]

Lonely Planet’s guide to Hong Kong (condensed) makes the following comments about the “lowlights” of Hong Kong (after discussing the highlights).
Hong Kong is not the easiest place to bumble around. For a start, no one here mooches: they’re all hurrying with intent in their eyes. And it’s an elbows-out, unapologetic kind of hustle. The air [...]