Apart from the weather being stinking hot and humid, we had a fantastic time. We arrived on the Wednesday afternoon and started our sightseeing seeing straight away with a visit to Hong Kong Harbour where we waited for night to fall so that we could witness the laser show :) I would hate to see how many "little black balloons" Hong Kong would release in a day but definately worth the wait :).
The following day we headed off on a half day tour of Hong Kong Isalnd and a ride on the cable car upto The Peak. Apart for the slight smog lingering about, the view was absolutely amazing. We then headed off to Stanley Market were unfortunately we only half an hour of shopping before our bus left :( You don't get much shopping done in that time when you have to haggle and barter for every little thing you buy. lol
Friday was the day I secretly had been waiting for with us heading to Hong Kong Disneyland :) The place was a lot smaller then the USA's version, but definately still just as magical. The one thing I loved was that you are never to old for any of the rides with us going on all the usual like the Carousel, Flying Dumbo's and of course It's a Small World. We managed to stay all day and witnessed the amazing firework show over Sleeping Beauty's Castle after dark :) Hmmmm guess I'd better start saving so that I can take Brett and the girls :)
We also headed to Shenzhen in China which was a bit daunting. We were warned by our tour guide that going through customs they have plenty of thermal video recorders testing everyones body temps, and if your temp registered over 37 degrees then they would quaranteen you for 5 days in a hotel... Not the kind of place I wanted to stay against my will. lol We headed to the 5 storey shopping mall which was just full of tiny little stalls, and you couldn't even take a step without women literally grabbing you on the arm and trying to get you to head to their stalls. Grrrrrrrr
With very little meal options in China, we decided to rough it and headed to the busiest authentic Chinese Restaurant we could find. Thankfully they had a menu in English, but we gave our poor waitress the giggles when we asked for a fork to eat our noodles. lol Oh well! it was definately more fun giving the chop sticks a go :) (see Helen's blog for the pics...) The hardest thing I found in China was their toilets. Of course where we were didn't have western toilets, just the porcelan hole in the ground. lol I won't go into too many details, but lets just say it was an experience we just couldn't pass up :)
To top this amazing trip off we discovered that our plane from Hong Kong to Singapore was aboard one of the new A380 jumbos :) WOW what an amazing sight these planes are.
Saving for the next trip now which will hopefully be a family trip to the UK to visit all my relo's :) Hmmmmm Maybe we could take the kids to Euro Disney. lol
Take care
Caroline xxx
P.S - GO CATS GO!!!! - Good luck boys for the up and coming Grand Final on Saturday :) Lets make it 2 out of 3 :)
Glad to hear you had a great holiday. Makes you really want to plan the next one. I bet you are relieved the footy is over, especially with them winning. Nice photos.
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