HK & GZ Trip 2011 - Day 1 & 2

Hong Kong & Guangzhou Trip 2011

13/03/11 - 18/03/11

- day 1 -

oh yea... i had my first oversea trip with my boy to Guangzhou & China recently... we actually booked our ticket early this year... his infant return ticket cost me RM100... hehe...

many people asked me: "is he too young to travel?", "is it convenient to bring him?", "how about the cold weather, can he take it?"... "diapers ? milk powder?"etc etc... and my answer to them, "shouldn't be a problem.." :) :)

on Sunday 13th of March, we took a night flight to Guangzhou... we're lucky not to have a delayed flight...

there're 10 of us including Jordan @ LCCT boarding lounge... Hooi San was the camera lady...

after flying for 4 hours, we touched down at Bai Yun International Airport, Guangzhou safely...

it was already 1-ish... my boy still looked so energetic... i think he was excited !!

once everyone collected their luggage, we quickly got ourselves a van to send us to our hotel... since it was already late and we only have few hours to sleep, my Dear booked only 2 rooms at Jian Li Harmony Hotel... the hotel was very near to the train station...

i think most of the hotels have this "open toilet" concept... hehee....

quite spacious room with 2 super single beds...

Jordan had a 'special' bed on his own... :)

i had my McD supper before i hit the sack at 3-ish... and i actually had 3 McD meals in the same day - breakfast, McD at LCCT and McD for supper... hahaa...

- day 2 -

woke up as early as 7.30am... need to catch our 9.50am train to Hong Kong... while waiting to check-out, we took some photos in front of the hotel...

Jordan looked blur in this pic... :P

was it too bright ? i cant open my eyes properly...

the women...

we had KFC breakfast at the train station... it was a 5 mins walk from JianLi Hotel...

my boy and i...

Happy Jordan with daddy and my MIL...

us in the train... everyone looked fresh in this pic...

after some 2 hours, we finally reached Hung Hom Train Station, HK... the weather was quite warm on that day... and we took off our jacket one by one.. hahaa....

all of us walked to Bridal Tea House hotel... its about 15 mins walk... after dropping our luggage, we took 2 cabs to Restaurant Hong Lin at Bute Road, Mongkok... it was famous for the fresh-from-oven Egg Tart and Polo Bun... yummy yumss !!

a pic at Hong Lin... we're quite lucky to get a table for 9 of us... we are actually seated in 2 tables...

one of the waitress helped us to take a group pic...

after filling our tummy, we went for some walk to Fa Yuen Street...

busy street... i actually managed to buy some stuff there...

we then walked to Mongkok MTR station...

and went to Wong Tai Sin station...

since i've been to WTS temple before, me and my mum waited for them outside the temple...

next, we took MTR to Tsim Sa Tsui station and met up with my sis... she brought us to the Hong Kong Museum of History... there's a minimal entrance fee but i think it's worth paying for it...

the entrance..

those thing actually looked so real - 'pun choy', those offering for prayers and etc... i was wondering what if those 'thing' come alive at night... just like the movie "A Night at Museum".. i guess it will be quite FUN and eerie at the same time.. hahaa...

outside the traditional Hakka house.... mum looked cute with the backpack... like a student ??

the old-fashioned tram...

a mock-up old-fashioned medicine hall....

those were the days... you can always see this in those 70s - 80s movies...

mini mart ??

reading is good.. :)

after spending an hour plus inside the museum, we proceeded to Charlie Brown Cafe aka Snoopy Cafe at TST...

it was located on the 3rd floor if not mistaken...

my MIL and Jordan with some Snoopy figurines at the staircase...

my Dear took this pic... everyone looked tired and exhausted here... we just had some drinks and light snacks here...

a pic outside the toilets... hahaa...

there are snoopy everywhere....

after some rest, we walked over to TST Pier for the Symphony of Lights show which started at 8pm... my bro-in-law aka Jack met up with us there...

beautiful night view of HK Island...

after the show ended, i think Jordan got shocked by the loud music of the show cos we're seated right in front of a speaker... and he started crying loud and inconsolably... and we had to cancel our initial plan to walk to the Avenue of Stars... few of us took a cab back to hotel first...

luckily i managed to calm him down once we got into the cab... pheww... we quickly check-in to the hotel and went for our late dinner nearby @ 忠记 teochew food... yummy !!!

we can actually walk back to my sis house, but since we had the stroller and big luggage, we decided to take a cab...

Day 3
to be continued...