Hong Kong 2012 Part 1 – Fun and Food

We are back from Hong Kong and our 6 day trip to the Pearl of the Orient was awesome.

There is so much to see and do in Hong Kong. Since I am not an avid shopper, time not spent shopping can be used to view the sights and to bask in the culture atmosphere of Hong Kong.

We stayed in the area of Tsuen Wan, located on the west side of Hong Kong, about 25-30 minutes to Disneyland Hong Kong by MTR. A trip to Hong Kong will not be complete without a visit to Hong Kong Disneyland, at least for the little boy anyhow. Two days in the theme park was more than adequate, as he got to experience his favorite rides at least twice.

HkDL 44

DLcom

DLcom1Flight of Fantasy Parade

HkDL 13His souvenir from Disneyland, the boy still prefers his Marvel comics characters to his Disney characters.

HkDL 35

HkDL 47The quintessential photos with the Disney mascots

 

Food

Hong Kong definitely lives up to her reputation as a food haven. From the Bolo pau (pineapple bun), 奶茶 (milk tea), 豬仔包 (little piggy buns) to the porridge and dough fritters from the 茶餐厅 (Tea Food Hall).

Screen Shot 2012 10 23 at 11 18 27 AM奶茶 (milk tea) at Tsui Wah Cafe, a popular 茶餐厅 frequented by locals.

Screen Shot 2012 10 23 at 11 18 51 AM

 

And fresh seafood at Tuen Mun, Castle Peak Bay. A place that brought back fond memories for my dad, as he used to visit this seafood market with his father in his childhood days.

HKCastlepeakseafd 1Mantis Prawns

HKCastlepeakseafd 2Lobsters

HKCastlepeakseafd 3Mussels

HKCastlepeakseafd 5

HKCastlepeakseafd 6More Shellfish!

HKCastlepeakseafd 8We ate the Abalone on the left

HKCastlepeakseafd 17We were the last customers at the seafood market, as the market workers were seen moving the live fish into the bigger tanks before closing the shop.

 

This trip to Hong Kong was a rather rewarding experience as I managed to do a couple of photo walks around various areas, while the little boy made a trip down to the beach with his grand-dad.

So apart from the Disneyland and the food in Hong Kong, stay tune for the blog posts lined up in the next couple of days to see a different side of Hong Kong.

 

Share it:

Related posts:

Photo *Heart* Fridays – Checklist

Check

That’s a checklist that K created while he was packing his bag for our trip to HK this week.

Do you have checklists too? I have. Rather, I used to have them, until the number of ‘things to do’ started overflowing one page. I finally gave up writing on paper and went with keying tasks into my mobile phone every Sunday night, for the top key things I need to complete for the week.

I have learnt that while I may be able to do many things, I can’t do them all at the same time. One way I found that really works for me to list the priorities, to separate out the urgent vs the important things in my life, and stop being a perfectionist.

So what’s your way to get your ‘to-do’ list completed in the week?

 



Share it:

Related posts:

Photo *Heart* Fridays – The Big Picture

LandscapefinalK’s landscape creation after 10 weeks of art classes

 

I have always loved capturing landscapes with my camera. My only limitation is this, I don’t get to travel often or far enough to capture this sort of landscape through my lens.

Looking at this picture that K has completed this week showed me how we view landscapes is parallel to how we view our lives. Many times I find myself so occupied with the here and now, that I lose sight of the big picture of things.

‘Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.’ ~ Charles Linbergh

Despite the challenges of the daily grind, and of certain days that make me feel a lot less hopeful than others. I always need to remind myself to look up and out of the place that I have been, into a place where hope lives. A place where I have learnt to be content to be where I am and be energized again to move forward.

 



Share it:

Related posts: