Hong Kong Day 4 - DisneyLand

Bought entry tickets to Disneyland in advance via Klook. It was raining again in the morning when we woke up and we contemplated if we should move the Disney trip to the following day. We looked at the weather forecast and decided to proceed on this day.

Crowd was not crazy in the morning when we reached the park. Took a few rides and I skipped all rolled coaster ones knowing that I wouldn't be able to take them.

My lou got so nauseous after all the roller coaster rides and he had to sit out while the boys continue with their quest.  I guess after going through the various theme parks in the last couple of years, we probably had enough of them. . 

At night,  we tried Lung Kee wanton noodles shop near our hotel and those wantons were really good! 

Hong Kong Day 3 - Causeway Bay

It's Dim Sum Day!  We slept in again and reached Maxim's Palace at City Hall near 930am. Waited for about 20 mins before we got a table. The ambience was nice and so is the price tag of each dim sum.

It has been raining since morning and I noticed that Central is a place where the foreign maids gathered during their Sunday off days.  The area was literally flooded with them and we decided to move out of Central after Dim Sum to head over to Causeway Bay. Sogo was also flooded with shoppers because they had some super Sunday sale (but I didn't buy any stuff) 😂 .We walked around Hysan Place too and headed to DTF for lunch.  Given the weather condition,  we went on to shop around at Causeway bay (I covered Island Beverley which was a disappointment) and landed at Times Square. 

Line shop at Hysan Place 

DTF in HK is super expensive! 

Literally , this whole day was dedicated to shopping .. 

Hongkong Day 2 - Dragon's Back and City Plaza Mall

We started the day later than planned and we found some difficulty in waking up at 730am. Our hotel is 5 mins to Tsui Wah restaurant, and we dropped by for breakfast to savour the condensed milk toast bread. Slightly disappointed, I guess their standard seemed to have dropped from a few years back. 

 We took a mtr ride to Shau kei wan station and was shocked to see the longest queue at the bus stop.

The bus ride up was rather fast and we were at Shek O station in 15 mins (tip: to skip the bus queue,  get ready to hop onto the bus when the first few people in the queue decided to wait for the next bus for seats and you are okay to stand ).

It was quite a strenuous way up in the first 20 mins because the steps were steep. Thereafter, there were no proper steps built so it's a hike on natural stones around the trail. The scenery turned out to be really nice and it's definitely worth the effort to walk on both sides of the trail. 

We completed the whole hike in 2 plus hours and took a train to Tai Koo, where there's a big shopping mall for us to grab our lunch.  City Plaza has a many shops worth spending time on - Niko and..  , sports apparel,  muji,  uniqolo, ice-skating as  well. Lunch was lovely at Super sandwich (their pasta and sandwiches were really nice). We hang out at the mall for more than 3hrs.

Back in K11 and we decided to have mango shaved ice and panna cotta for dessert at Wired Green (Japanese restaurant). This is nice! 

Hongkong Day 1 - Mongkok

Start of our Year end overseas trip - Hong Kong!

The boys managed well on the plane without any air motion sickness pills this time round. We bought the airport express tickets in advance via Klook at a discounted price. Klook has few great prices to make use if you can decide your itinerary in advance.

On our way to hotel,  we took a airport shuttle bus and checked into the room earlier than the stipulated 3pm timeline.

We decided to explore Mongkok on the first day.  I checked out the highly recommended Aryle center which I read up prior to the trip. It was quite a disappointment because most of the clothes were of lower grade quality and can't be tried on.  We love one of the bubble tea stores on level 3 though :)

At Top building in Mongkok, this is where Ethan set his eyes on the plush toy..

Brought the boys to walk around Ladies market. One of the rare occasions they get to shop at a street market. They spent their allocated budgets for Fortnite keychains and I bought myself a small Hello Kitty pouch. One of the nights,  we came back here to get a backpack for Ethan ($14!).

Since sneakers street (Fa Yuen street) is nearby , we checked out the shops and bought a pair of Adidas shoes for Caden's school use next year.  Subsequently , we realised that the shoes in city gate outlets were cheaper if you are not fussed about the model/season of the shoes.