hong kong (conclusion)

a unique drink i savoured was coconut milk with sago - had 5 cups in total & the cholesterols must have swarmed my coronaries.


after having gone thru avian flu, SARS & now H1N1 scare, they take personal hygiene seriously. dispensers for hand sanitizer....

were placed prominently at malls & other public places & tourist attractions. & like this cable car we took at Ngong Ping 360 at lantau island..

...this lady cleaned every car that has just been vacated.


there's a light display at harbour front each nite at 8pm....

...touted to be a "must-see" but i'm not convinced.

we stayed at disney hollywood hotel for 2 nites. 2 offers we made use of were (1) we got a 2nd day free entry to the theme park because we stayed at it's hotel for at least 1 nite, & (2) the hotel room was 25% less if booked at least 21 days in advance. check here.

what caught our attention at the entrance was this make-shift tent used to house luggages of incoming as well as outgoing guests....

....because check-in is at 3pm & check-out at 11am, so people early in the morning to leave their luggage before proceeding to the theme park which opens at 10am, while departing guests check-out early & again leave their luggage here to get into the theme park for a 2nd time.

check-in was a breeze & the reception staff were not only very efficient but also trained well to drum up more business for the hotel by offering room upgrades for a special price. however, what she said went in 1 ear & out the other, because even at early-bird offer of HKD1050 a nite, it's the most expensive room i've stayed all my life!! an upgrade to a room on a higher floor & facing the theme park (to view fireworks) costs at least another HKD200 a nite.

a regular shuttle bus service operates between the 2 disney hotels & theme park. also the MTR operates a special stop just outside the theme park. i think this station & line may have been paid for by Disney.

the trademark mickey shapes are everywhere on the train.


a reminder as you enter the Magic Kingdom...



besides the rides....



.....photo shoots....



& interactive games...


the stage shows....



parades........



& fireworks were very well choreographed & performed. you have to go to youtube for a better look at the fireworks because my camera battery ran out just as it started!!



even after the theme park rides were officially closed at 8pm, people still thronged the shops selling merchandise, like it's free.....

despite the huge crowd, i noticed there weren't any CCTVs anywhere.

i wonder if shoplifters, if any, were having a field day!!

life in HK is not much different from ours. take away the high-rise buildings & chinese govt, they also flout traffic rules....


have a sense of humour...

(this is a shop selling ladies' undergarments)

succumb to diseases...


& believe in God.


one TV channel they have which we will never experience here is a christian channel called Daystar - 24/7 of messages, sermons & testimonies.


& they proudly announce who they are to the world...


the world's top economic power in the making??