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 Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 16:20
hong kong day 4: lantau island again, parv and i went to explore wan chai on our own before meeting sis and matt in the morning.  we turned onto a busy street, where there were wet and street markets. it was where we found our breakfast location.  we tried their chee cheong fun, together with soybean drinks and you tiao. it was too much for the two of us, would have been sufficient if we had one less you tiao. upon meeting up with the duo, we left for ngong ping. took the mtr to tung chung station. it was very near the airport, you could probably spot it a few minutes into the ride on the airport express from the airport.  we had to take the cable car up to ngong ping. there are two kinds of cable car, the normal kind and the crystal cabin. the main difference between the two types, other than the price, is that the crystal cabin has a clear bottom. didn't think it made much of a difference, so we chose the normal one.      it was all clear and sunny until we starting up the mountain...   it was so misty we could hardly see the cable car in front of us. we felt cheated. they should have notified us when we bought our tickets that it was cloudy on top.   since it was so foggy, we settled on lunch, hoping that the skies would clear up in the meanwhile.   had some ramen. the soup was not thick enough, parv and matt had to add soy sauce and chilli powder.  then we hit the store next door, honeymoon dessert, for some dessert. i think there's an outlet at vivocity, but i haven't got to trying it, so here we were in hong kong with time to kill.  the durian pudding was actually a pudding with a hole in the middle filled with real durian. i found it nothing special.  parv tried glutinous rice balls with peanut. it is like the tang yuan we have at home, just without any filling inside. disappointing :(  even after wasting so much time, it was still cloudy when we trudged our way to the big buddha.  if not for the signs and the crowd streaming there, we wouldn't even find it. it was so foggy, we only managed to see it right at the foot of the statue. in addition, we had to climb 224 stairs. wow! talk about a workout after a full meal. slowly making our way down with trembling legs, we took bus 21 to tai o village. my mum told us it was a must-visit place.  when we got there, it was like a dying town filled with stalls hanging dried seafood. as i dislike seafood, the smell was disgusting to me. had to cover my nose the whole time. after about 10 minutes of walking around, there was nothing to see or buy, so we made our way back to the bus station and took bus 11 to tung chung. the bus took about an hour, my bladder was bursting by then. we dashed into citygate outlets to relieve ourselves. over there, we spent 5 hours shopping! that without a doubt perked us up! you will pass citygate outlets as you get off the mtr and head for the cable car. the mall is full of factory outlet stores of even big names like kate spade and coach! we got so many stuff there for low prices. talk about a good bargain :) Labels: family, food, friends, holidays |