| ETA | CHECKPOINT | DESCRIPTION | MIN | MAX |
| per head | per head | |||
| Day 1 | ||||
| 0540 H | NAIA Terminal 3 | travel tax | 1,600.00 PHP | 1,700.00 PHP |
| 0900 H | Airbus terminal | A21 to Bank Centre Station | 33.00 HKD | 33.00 HKD |
| 1100 H | London Restaurant, Nathan Road | Lunch | 40.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD |
| 1300 H | Mongkok MTR | Mongkok to Tung Chung station | 16.50 HKD | 16.50 HKD |
| Lantau Island via Ngong Ping 360 | Standard Cabin, roundtrip | 165.00 HKD | 165.00 HKD | |
| 1700 H | Tung Chung MTR to Central/Hongkong station | ride MTR, walk to peak tram | 21.90 HKD | 21.90 HKD |
| 1730 H | Peak Tram | 65.00 HKD | 75.00 HKD | |
| 2000 H | Hong Kong Day | dinner | 50.00 HKD | 60.00 HKD |
| 2200 H | Central MTR to Mongkok MTR | train home | 11.60 HKD | 100.00 HKD |
| Day 2 | ||||
| 0900 H | Mongkok MTR | Mongkok to Admiralty Station | 11.60 HKD | 11.60 HKD |
| 0908 H | CTB 629 | Bus to Ocean Park | 10.60 HKD | 10.60 HKD |
| 0930 H | Ocean Park | 345.00 HKD | 345.00 HKD | |
| CTB 629 | get off Admiralty station | 10.60 HKD | 10.60 HKD | |
| 2100 H | Hello Kitty Secret Garden | 40.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD | |
| Admiralty Station | take Tsuen Wan Line, get off Mongkok | 11.60 HKD | 11.60 HKD | |
| 0.00 HKD | 0.00 HKD | |||
| Day 3 | ||||
| 0900 H | Breakfast | 10.00 HKD | 20.00 HKD | |
| 0908 H | lunch | 15.00 HKD | 20.00 HKD | |
| 0930 H | Mongkok MTR | take Twen Wan line to Lai King, then take Tung Chung like to Sunny Bay, then Disneyland | 19.80 HKD | 19.80 HKD |
| DisneyLand | 449.00 HKD | 499.00 HKD | ||
| 2100 H | Admiralty Station | take Tsuen Wan Line, get off Mongkok | 11.60 HKD | 11.60 HKD |
| 0.00 HKD | 0.00 HKD | |||
| Day 4 | ||||
| 0900 H | Breakfast | 10.00 HKD | 20.00 HKD | |
| 1300 H | lunch | 30.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD | |
| 2000 H | dinner | 20.00 HKD | 40.00 HKD | |
| Misc. things | 30.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD | ||
| Day 5 | ||||
| 0900 H | Breakfast | 10.00 HKD | 20.00 HKD | |
| 1300 H | 貴川風味 | Lunch | 30.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD |
| misc. | 100.00 HKD | 200.00 HKD | ||
| 1500 H | HeSheEat Cafe | Cocol | 30.00 HKD | 50.00 HKD |
| TOTAL in HKD | 1,597.80 HKD | 2,011.20 HKD | ||
| times hkd-to-php multiplier | x 6.00 | x 6.50 | ||
| TOTAL in PHP | 9,586.80 PHP | 13,072.80 PHP | ||
| plus travel tax (copied from row 3): | + 1,600.00 PHP | + 1,700.00 PHP | ||
| Gand total | 11,186.80 PHP | 14,772.80 PHP | ||
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Hong Kong Itinerary
Lost in Hong Kong (Day 4 and 5)
One more thing I loved about Hong Kong was their discipline on the road. The locals respect and follow the signs strictly. Traffic wasn't a problem for us because we're confident that the bus would leave and arrive at a given time, sometimes even earlier. Also, their MTR was highly efficient! How I wish we could have the same here in the Philippines.
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| busy, busy street of Mongkok |
Aug 30, 2015 - Sunday
This day was our free day! No more major trips elsewhere(mag-uubos na lang ng pera lol). Here's a series of photos to sum up our day:
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| Mochi ice cream from Wellcome, $7 |
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| Crustless sandwich bread, lol |
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| fish! |
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| the cute rubber duckie phone case I'd get later on |
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| veggie street food because why not, $45 |
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| Choux Creme cream puffs, ~$30 |
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| Toy Story-themed cakes! 😍 |
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| Fish-shaped mooncakes for $18 We bought a mooncake(upper right) for $45! Expensive pero sobrang sarap! |
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| ang lakiiii 😱 |
Jeran finally found the tablet($600) he's been looking for! He saved up his allowance for this. Thus, the fez.
We checked out Time Square by the afternoon. It's a major shopping centre and everything was expensive. So, no, sa mongkok po kami bibili. :P
Ate Naji and I checked out Ikea since we don't have it in here. I loved every section of it, everything to be included in my future house!
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| Asian 500DOS. Holding hands in Ikea. |
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| Dinner's ready. |
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| Can I stay here forever? Pero srsly, may mga natutulog sa bed and sofas. hahaha |
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| look at this cutie dragonfly I have no use for but I really wanted to buy |
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| Matcha ice cream, cheaply at $5 |
Aug 31, 2015 - Monday
This was our last day at Hong Kong. Ate Naji and I woke up early to accompany Nanay, Tatay, and Jad to the airport since their flight was at 8am, I think. So, coming back from the airport, we bought this delicious egg tart($7) from a nearby bakery. It's like a custard cake, minus the usual mess. hahaha! We also had the one of Japan's famous street food that is the takoyaki, served with shredded nori on top. Yum!
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| Egg tart |
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| takoyaki |
Four of us, Ate Naji, Ate Rayji, Jeran, and I, were left in Hong Kong since our flight was scheduled at 7pm. Everytime we'd walk back to our unit, I'd always see the rubber duck phone case so I told myself I'd get one. Ladies Market was full of phone case vendors so I was sure I'd get one at a cheap price. Most duck phone case I saw were only for iPhones. It was hard to look for Note3 cases but that didn't stop me.
Do take note that when haggling, vendors appreciate more if you speak only few words since most of them do not understand English. The first one I approached was kind of snobby. Our negotiation went like this:
J: How much, for this one? *points to phone case*
V1(vendor1): $88!
J: That's expensive! lower!
V1: Okay! How much?
J: 25!
V1: *rolls her eyes* 25? Oh my god.
J: Okay bye! *walks away*
V1: 70!
J: *still walking* still expensive!
I think I negotiated with at least 5 vendors before I finally got it for $45! I was so happy because my bargaining skills worked! Watch it in action:
We had our last lunch at 貴川風味館 along Soy Street, Mongkok. We really didn't know how it is read hahaha. Many locals were eating there and the prices were reasonable, quite cheap compared to what we previously had. I mean, look at these big bowls of ramen we had at $24 each! At sobrang sarap nyan ha. Also good for 2 persons. (Sorry, Caution Hot, I still love you, though.) We also ordered two servings of cheese ball with crab roe($28) and one of chicken skewers. Drinks were priced cheaply at $7.
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| Cheese ball with crab roe, noodles, chicken skewers |
After that feastful lunch, we looked for a coffee shop just to kill time before heading to HKIA. There weren't many coffee shops around Mongkok and most of them were pricey like Knockbox Coffee Company. Maybe next time. hahaha.
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| Knockbox Cofee Company |
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| zooming in the window |
Anyway, we found HeSheEat by Pak Po Street which offered relatively cheap coffee and lots of desserts. Also, the interior was pretty.
Since we're still feeling stuffed, we just ordered coffee. Initially, I ordered a caramel macchiato but got a machiatto shot instead. :( Maybe I should've clarified it earlier hahaha.
I must say I really enjoyed our stay in Hong Kong and as much as I would like to stay, it was time to head home. We, for the last time, got on Airbus21 and got off at HKIA. Refunded our octopus card and killed more time at Mcdonald's. We knew the airport was big but we didn't know it was THAAAT big the trip to our boarding gate would require us to ride a train. Thanks to the delayed flight, di kami naiwan. lol.
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| running late |
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| Bye, HK! |
If you're interested in our itinerary, you may find it here:
Itinerary: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/11/hong-kong-itinerary-2015.html
Hong Kong Day 1: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/10/lost-in-hong-kong-day-1.html
Hong Kong Day 1: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/10/lost-in-hong-kong-day-1.html
Hong Kong Day 2: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/10/lost-in-hong-kong-day-2.html
Hong Kong Day 3: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/11/lost-in-hong-kong-day-3.html
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Lost in Hong Kong (Day 3)
August 29, 2015 - Saturday
Tried the Hello Kitty noodles for breakfast. Inside were Hello Kitty narutomaki(so cute!) and a playing card. Also got this Oreo Chocolate Wafer that's too good to share, like a better version of our local Hello! hehe.
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| Strawberry Oreo wafers | ladies market ready to set up for the day |
After breakfast, Ate Rayji and I roamed around Mongkok, looking for art supplies. One of many things to love about Hong Kong is that there is free Wifi everywhere! We read on Google that there were several arts and craft stores along Sai Yee and Bute streets so we didn't think twice about it and pursued.
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| octopus! |
Walking to Bute St., we saw another street food vendor. This time, we tried the octopus tentacles. They're just boiled and dipped in curry sauce, same with the intestines. Yes, their isaw aren't grilled and it's weirdly good.
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| Art Supplies Professional |
Anyway, back to our real agenda, we arrived at Sai Yee St. cor Bute and saw this, Art Supplies Professional. They had everything an artist would need! Cheap watercolors? Check! Expensive ones? Check! hahahaha. We bought a 000 paintbrush which was cheaper compared here in PH, also might be good for my coloring books.
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| an artist's haven |
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| 000 paintbrush | Star Wars on TV |
In another store we visited, I asked if they had coloring books for adults. I didn't know they only offer supplies for legit artists so the owner laughed at me and told his companion, "blah blah blah blah coloring book blah blah HAHAHAHA!" Well, I didn't understand them coz they were talking in Chinese hahaha. Anyway, I just bought a water brush for $29. We found coloring books in other stores, cheaper compared to PH as well.
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| waterbrush YAY! ($29) |
And Ate Rayji bought this Comic pen set for only $98! It costs more than a thousand back here. Bargain!
We went home with full smiles in our faces coz Hong Kong had been blessed with things we didn't think we'd need. Hahaha. And then we're on to our next gala which was Disneyland!
Disneyland
We took the Twen Wan Line to Lai King Station, then to Sunny Bay, and finally to the Disneyland Resort Line. The fun started here as we saw the train designed with all things Disney! There were also a lot of kids dressed as Elsa hahaha.
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| Elsas everywhere |
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| Disneyland Resort line! Look at those Mickey Mouse windows! |
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| Mickey Mouse handle! |
Seeing Mickey Mouse from afar made us all excited like kids! We're sort of like Disney babies kasi. Since we failed to buy tix from Admiralty Station, we just bought tickets from the Ticketing Booths that costed $499 each.
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| It's T-rex from Toy Story! Ahhh, I miss my childhood! |
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| but first, lemme take a selfie |
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| waffles! |
We first visited Tomorrowland as it was nearest the entrance. Of course, we rode the Space Mountain! Also first on the list! It is one of the most famous attractions in Disneyland. It offers a fun, exciting roller coaster ride in the dark with sudden drops and turns. Lines were expected to be long since it was a Saturday. The good thing was that there were a lot of wall fans!
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| tomorrowland yay |
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| in line for the space mountain ride |
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| intergalactic! |
Just outside of Space Mountain was an ice cream stand. I bought this Mickey Mouse ice cream for $32. Expensive(huhu) but worth it.
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| Disney princess' eye view |
Adventureland is the jungle-themed area of Disneyland. Its main attractions are Tarzan's Treehouse and the Jungle River Cruise. Too bad that Jungle River Cruise was closed when we got there.
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| Adventureland |
It's amazing how the tree house really had that Tarzan-y and safari look hahaha. We had to take the raft to get there. Each section inside displayed details of the story, some of which were interactive.
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| Tarzan's Treehouse |
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| Watch out for Sabor! |
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| Come, stop your crying; It will be alright. |
Exploring further, we stumbled upon the Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars. I was so wrong when I thought that Disneyland is only for kids and kids at heart because this ride surely implied otherwise. The train leaves the station and heads to tunnel 8(lucky number in Chinese). However, the grizzly bear 'accidentally' sends the train to tunnel 4(unlucky number) which basically is the root of the adventure. Better try this when you get the chance!
Another must-try is the Mystic Manor. Basically, the ride is about Albert, a monkey, who played with the enchanted music box that magically turns everything to life. You're in for a lot of surprise with this.
Toy Story Land! This really brought out the kids in us because I really love Toy Story. I mean, who wouldn't, right? And everything was big--Andy, Woody, the other toys. It was as if I became one of Andy's toys, too!
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| Hi, Rex! |
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| Andy's! |
RC Racer was like Achor's away, only ten times better! It's U-shaped and very high, not for the weak. hahaha. At first, it was slow and then got faster and higher until it reached its highest point and dropped us like trash. I swear I felt my body leave my seat. Good thing we had seat belts. hahaha.
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| RC Racer |
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| yikes! |
Next was the Toy Soldier Drop. This was like a milder version of Ocean Park's Turbo Drop. Still exciting, though! I think I feel most helpless when my feet are dangling. hahaha.
We really had so much fun inside the gift shops kahit wala kaming binili kasi ang mahal, okay. hahaha. Here are some pictures:
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| Ate Naji and I wearing Minnie Mouse headbands |
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| Dumbo and Goofy! |
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| Me, trying to look like Joy hahaha |
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| Nakuha ko naman yung teeth, no? hahaha |
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| The Pabebe Disney Princesses | Looked like i was really wearing the dress haha |
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| PhilharMagic! |
PhilharMagic is the 4D film attraction wherein Donald Duck plays with Mickey's sorcerer's hat which brings the musical instruments to life and chaos. Donald loses the hat and finds himself in an adventure through different scenes from different movies like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Peter Pan!
It was already almost 9pm and people were getting ready for the fireworks so we headed to save ourselves good seats. Good thing we were lucky enough to be seated in front of the Sleeping Beauty castle. One should really see this Disney in the Stars Fireworks to complete the ultimate Disneyland experience! It is accompanied by different Disney soundtracks that will surely make the Disney princess inside you all giddy.
Ocean Park vs Disneyland? I can't really say because they offered different experiences for me. Ocean Park brought out my fondness for adventures with the extreme rides especially the Turbo Drop while Disneyland brought me back to my childhood with different movie characters I grew up with. So, if I were you, I'd plan to visit them both! My suggestion is to visit Ocean Park on a weekday to avoid a bigger crowd. It doesn't matter if you visit Disneyland on a weekend since they offer fast passes. :)
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| Street food na naman hahaha |
On our way home, we had street food again. They're so good I think I could live on them. Then we walked along Ladies Market to have Chinese for dinner and found this traditional noodle restaurant named Tong Kee Noodles. Everything was written in Chinese so we, again, relied on pictures. haha. The food here was cheap and good, too! We were sooo full and satisfied. I think we spent $200-$250 for us, seven. See their menu here.
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| roast duck noodle soup |
Read about earlier adventures!
Hong Kong Day 1: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/10/lost-in-hong-kong-day-1.html
Hong Kong Day 2: http://janellamarey.blogspot.com/2015/10/lost-in-hong-kong-day-2.html
