Hello all,
The last time I updated you on our travels we had only been in HK for a day and now it's our last night before we leave for Vietnam. Over the last few days we've squeezed a fair bit in but we also discovered there isn't much to do here, however this didn't stop us from doing our own little personal tour around HK.
First we stopped off at Victoria peak, unfortunately due to the weather you couldn't see the skyline that we'd hoped but it was still proving popular for tourists as we had to wait a fair bit to get up there. We didn't expect there to be much there but there seemed to be a whole new town, markets and all! This meant we could amuse ourselves for a good few hours but by the time we wanted to leave the tram lines had grown so we decided to work our own way down, by walking. This proved a good idea at the time because as it grew darker the surroundings mimicked a jungle and we saw parts of Hong Kong we wouldn't have seen, however due to being close to water I got bitten quite a bit and it was further than we thought to get home but nevertheless it proved a worth while trip!
On Friday we left the main island to travel to Disneyland, my inner child was leaping with joy as the last time I went to anything Disney was when I was around 6 years old! As soon as we arrived I equipped myself with a pair of Minnie Mouse ears and away we went, there wasn't as much as the US one but the different lands were still fun (even for a 22 year old) I clearly dragged Dan on a couple of rides he wasn't happy with but he got his fare share of fun when we watched the Lion king show. However, we were slightly disappointed that they didn't tell the story quite like the Disney one but it brought back great memories of my US trip. Both of us agreed it wasn't totally worth the £50 entry but we were still glad we got to experience Disney as adults!
MANA FAST SLOW FOOD: vegetarian restaurant on Wellington street, Central Hong Kong.
This place was AMAZING, I was so happy to eat familiar vegetables and to experience more vegetarian cuisine. It's best to order the half wrap to start as even though Dan and I were starving we clearly ordered too much and we ended up leaving nearly half of it to waste, this company is very Eco friendly and the staff are always helpful for recommendations, definitely worth a visit if you're in HK.
On Saturday we didn't end up doing much as we didn't get up until 1, we found a great a coffee shop that made a milky tea latte, which was an English breakfast flavoured latte we found it pretty strange but Daniel has since become accustomed to it. Saturday was definitely a food day as not that much later we travelled to Central to try a famous cheap Michelin style restaurant named Tim Ho Wan, I expected it to be bigger due to the popularity but all we saw was a small cafe style restaurant packed full of people that overflowed outside. Thankfully as we were a two, we only had to wait half an hour and funnily enough we were put best to the only other westerners in the restaurant. From Google we were recommended to try the pork buns, I had to let my vegetarianism slip as they were one of the best things I had ever tasted but since then and before hand I hadn't eaten any meat!
We planned to go to the temple street night market situated on the other island, we took the ferry to catch the light show as we rode across. It was a great market, bustling with people and no one seemed to harass you which was refreshing so we had a good nose of all the different clothes, electronics and souvenirs you could purchase.
We've had a lovely time in HK, bring on Vietnam! ☺️
Love Tam xox
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