travelogue - hong kong

my daughter ivy commented that i seemed to aspire to be a travel writer. sure, i used to travel a lot more in the past. i never like conducted tours. i prefer to do it the free and easy way. the only time we were lead was on our beijing trip. still, we had some say in the itinerary.

the first time i visited hong kong, i was on my own. i stayed one day only. it was a stop-over on my way to taiwan. i had flown in from bangkok, thailand.

on my 2nd trip to hong kong, we stayed at an apartment in kowloon. the accommodation was arranged by lay bee's brother-in-law. that night, soon after our arrival, we made our way to temple street where we had congee and soya bean drinks.

the next day, we took the mtr to shau kei wan and rode on the tram to the western market. from central, we took a bus to stanley. we had a very expensive dinner at lei yue mun village.

the day after that, ivy and ida had a good time at ocean park. dinner was at one of the aberdeen floating restaurants.

we took the ferry from pier 7 at central to get to cheung chau island. we missed the morning market because by the time we reached there, at 11 a.m., it was over. we had lunch at cheung chau island before returning to kowloon. that evening, ida lost her guess jacket while shopping at temple st. they also went shopping at the ladies' market.

towards the end of our stay, we went to victoria peak and toured the lan kwai fung district. we made two visits to victoria peak and had dinner at the peak on our 2nd visit. ivy and i took the mtr and visited one of the temples.