Hong Kong Trip: Hong Kong Day 5 (Part 1)

It's Christmas Eve! We woke up quite late at around 9.30 am (as we had a tiring day yesterday) and left for breakfast at around 10.15 am. We walked around Mongkok area and went into one of the numerous 'cha chan ting'. Gs was not feeling too well and had some 'merlion' syndromes. We decided to take it easy today and have a relax day visiting places.

Before having our breakfast

We proceeded to take the train to Tsim Sha Tsui to take the Star Ferry across the Victoria Harbour. Star Pier had been operating for a long time in Tsim Sha Tsui and is considered one of the historic landmarks there. The ride across the channel of water is very cheap at around 1 to 2 dollars.

Many people taking the Star Ferry at the pier


In the ferry


The view of Tsim Sha Tsui from the ferry


The view of Hong Kong Island from the ferry

Upon arrival, we toured around the vicinity for a while. Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Hall is very near and we decided to check it out.

Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre


Golden Bauhinia Flower in Hong Kong (A symbol of reunification with China)


Another monument behind the Golden Bauhinia Flower

We walked around to find a bus terminal to no avail. We wanted to catch a bus to Repulse Bay as no MTR goes directly to the beach. After asking many people for directions, we finally found a bus stop that has the bus that goes to Repulse Bay.

The 9 Dragons as Kowloon is "Jiu3 Long2" in Mandarin that we found while walking around

We took the bus and arrived at Repulse Bay after around 15 minutes. Not that impressive at first sight though.

The sun is quite scorching although it's winter there


Did you know that Repulse Bay is a man-made beach?


Gs and me with another view of the beach

We walked along the stretch of the beach and were sweating a little. Further down the beach is a temple with huge statues of Tin Hau and Kwun Yum. We decided to take some photos before heading for lunch.

In front of the temple


In front of the temple shot 2

To be continued...

End of Part 1 (9.30 am to 2 pm)