when we reach ferry terminal we took a taxi to where we stayed. it was a 10 min taxi ride! very fast! and it cost us HKD34.5 which is about six sing dollars.
Bonnie, the lady owner of the one-room apartment is already waiting for us at the street. we are staying at 101 Portland Street. 3 min walk to yau ma tei mtr station, and 5 min walk to mongkok mtr station. the location is really awesome!
let me show you the pics of the one-room apartment! (jtzn must be giggling by now)
a very well-equipped apartment! got man-made aircon (1 in the living room and 1 in the bedroom), natural aircon (by opening the windows), heater, led tv that shows hk dramas, ikea towels, dove shower gel and dove shampoo, etc etc... all these for 80 sing dollars per night! well worth the money!
it was already two pm when we reach the apartment. and we haven eat our lunch! so i brought darling to the brotherhood's favourite Satay King Restaurant at mongkok 女人街!
the rest of the day is spent shopping at mongkok area because mongkok is simply too BIG.
on day 2 we started the day well by having breakfast at the brotherhood's favourite dim sum haunt, 稻香!
we reach 稻香 at 10 am and business was still very good! the restaurant was packed! one eating culture in hong kong that we can never see in sg is that when there are not enough tables, we have to share them! meaning to say that at the big round table for 10 pax, i can sit with 9 different people!
of course i am exaggerating lah. haha. we sat with 2 different people. 1 is a 50 year old tai tai who uses tissue paper to remove the oil from the fried dim sum. the other 1 is a 50 year old uncle who speaks fluent english which darling and i suspect that he is a CEO of some company and just wants to come to yum cha alone to have his own private time.
the past few days had been raining, and today there was no rain but the sky was still a bit gloomy. so i decided to take the risk and bring darling to see the famous big buddha!
but to our dismay the cable car is down for maintenance! we have to take the bus and it was quite a crazy route up the mountain. darling and i nearly died.
had dinner at food republic, and shopped at citygate. i din get anything for myself. hence i conclude that on the next trip to hk, if i intend to get stuff for myself, i will not step into citygate. (unless i am getting presents for people)
stay tuned for day 3! many many photos!
