Friday, October 19, 2012
Foreword
Date Visited: 11th October 2012 (Thursday) to 14th October 2012 (Sunday)
This was my first time in Hong Kong with my wife and we booked the trip through Natas Fair At Changi Expo from Ad Travel. The trip include a half day city tour and a full day Lantau Island tour which brought us to Tai Yu Shan and Tai O.
Checked in L' Hotel Nina at Tsuen Wan West on 11th October, 2012 at about 2pm and our room is at 66th Floor. This hotel highest is 89th floor. Just loved the spacious room and the cosy set up.
1st Day Tour:
After eating our traditional lunch at Tsuen Wan traditional street, we proceed to Tsuen Wan West MTR Station whereby we bought the Octopus card for our journey to Ladies Market, Sino Centre and Temple Street Night Market. The experience of having to walk more than 10 minutes from Mei Foo MTR station to switch train to Mongkok Station was indeed hectic. In fact Ladies Market and Temple Street Night Market is quite similar to Singapore China Town but with less varieties. Sino Centre was the most disappointing stop because of the limited CD, Records and Blu Ray availability. To add on to the disappointment was the poor attitude of the salesmen. In the evening about 8pm we returned to the hotel and had our dinner at Tsuen Wan Street again. Just loved the food there. Good and cheap!
2nd Day Tour
Early in the morning the tour guide pick us up at the hotel and first stop was breakfast and after which visit to Tai Ping Shan, Repulse Bay and Jumbo Kingdom. After lunch the last stop was at Tsim Sha Tsui Avenue Of Stars and from there we took the MTR back to our Hotel again. We had our dinner at Tsuen Wan street once again and tasted different traditional food.
3rd Day Tour
Again had breakfast at Tsuen Wan Street and breakfast, tour guide took us to Lantau Island whereby we visited Tai Yu Shan and Tai O. Taking the cable car was indeed an experience for us and it took 25 minutes to reach Tai Yu Shan. Visiting Tai O brought us back to our childhood memories as the the scenery really depicted the old village that we used to live in. Just love this place because of the carefree lifestyle of the people there. Tai O is a fishing village and sell more traditional seafood and spices. The tour ended in the evening whereby we had to find our way back to the hotel by taking MTR to Nam Cheong Station and transfer another train to Tsuen Wan West Station. Dinner was again at the favourite Tsuen Wan Street.
4th Day Tour
After breakfast, take a thorough tour on Tsuen Wan street and do some street shopping. As City Walk Shopping Mall is just beside, after the street shopping visited the shopping mall but were disappointed with what the shopping mall had. Returning to the hotel at 11am and checked out at 11.45am leaving our luggage at the counter and proceed to Tsuen Wan Plaza for the final shopping spree. Here the variety of items were much better than City Walk and we bought quite a lot of stuff from this place and had our lunch here too.
Before returning to the hotel reception area, make a final visit to Tsuen Wan Street again and do a last minute shopping. The transfer pick us up at 5.20pm to the airport for departure.
Overall I would say that its a fruitful trip and is worth visiting.
前言
到访日期:十月十一日(星期四)至十一月十四日(星期日)
这是我第一次和太太游览香港。我们是在章宜NATAS展览会于AD旅行社订购的。配套包括半日城市游及整日大屿山和大噢游。
2012年十月十一日约下午二时住进荃湾西如心海景酒店,我们的房间是在66楼。这家酒店的最高层是89楼。就是喜欢宽敞的房间和舒适摆设。
第一日游程:
在荃湾传统的街头吃了传统的午餐后,我们继续往荃湾西地铁站买了八达通卡,然后往女人街,信和中心和庙街夜市目的地出发。美孚地铁站转列车到旺角站,需要走10多分钟这的确是不好受的经验。事实上,女人街和庙街夜市和新加坡的牛车水颇为相似,但品种比牛车水少。信和中心站是最令人失望的地方,因为只有限量的CD,唱片和蓝光碟。售货员态度差添加的失望感。晚上约8点,我们回到酒店,再次到荃湾街用晚餐。就是喜欢那里的食物。好吃价格又便宜!
第2天之旅:
一早导游到酒店接我们。第一站是吃早餐后,然后游览太平山,浅水湾和珍宝王国。午餐后,最后一站是尖沙嘴的星光大道,从那里,我们自己搭地铁回到酒店。我们的晚餐还是在荃湾街头再次尝到不同的传统食品。
第3天游
再次在荃湾街用早餐,早餐后导游带我们去大屿山和大噢观光。坐缆车到大屿山的确是一种经历,我们花了25分钟才可以到达目的地。参观大澳的确给我们带来了童年回忆,因为我就是在同样的村子长大的。就是喜欢那村些民过着无拘无束的生活。大澳是一个渔村和销售很多传统海鲜和香料的地方。傍晚游览结束,我们乘港铁到南昌站再转另一列车到荃湾西站回酒店.。晚餐还是在我们最喜欢的荃湾街。
第4天游
早餐后,彻底的游览荃湾街和做一些街头购物。新天地购物商场就在荃湾街边,就顺道进去逛逛。但对商场所售买的限量物品很失望。十一点回到酒店而在十一点四十五分退房然后把行李寄放在柜台处。接着就到附近荃湾广场做最后的购物。这里比新天地购物商场的物品好的多囖。顺便在这里用午餐。
在回到酒店前,再度到游荃湾街做最后一次的购物。在五点二十分离开酒店到机场。
总结,这次的旅程有很大的收获也是很值得的。
L'Hotel Nina, Ladies Market, Sino Centre & Temple Street Night Market
View of sunrise from 66th floor hotel room
Ladies Market 女人街
Sino Centre 信和中心
Dinner near Temple Street Night Market
Temple Street Night Market 庙街夜市
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