Return From Hong Kong

1518 days ago

Well guys, I have just returned from my 5 day trip to Hong Kong. I am back at the Garden City called Singapore! Yes, I am back where the weather is always warm and where everything is extraordinary expensive! Anyways, it was a tiring trip for me – 5 days of watching people shopping and carrying bags and stuff. And all those walking. Normally, I don’t mind walking but the amount of walking I did in Hong Kong, I guess that was the ultimate long walk. I had thought that my legs would break soon! Thank god the weather was good. It was about 20-22 degrees. Not too warm, not too cold. At night, it was around 16-18 degrees. Again, the temperature was just right for night shopping!

Everywhere you “walk”, you will see shops and stores. And after those shops, you will find shopping malls. And after those shopping malls, you will find hawkers and street sellers. And after those, you will find more shops and stores! Arrrggghhhhh….it never ends. I am pretty sure a lot of females will find Hong Kong is great place to visit, since shopping is in their blood. Probably why my friends never brought their girlfriends along. One of them told me that if you visit Hong Kong with your girlfriend, you will spend all your time carrying stuff and running from store to store. And from my experience in Hong Kong, I am pretty sure what he said is correct.

They have this train system called MTR which is pretty much like the MRT system we have in Singapore. However, their train system is all underground (almost all) and it goes all over Hong Kong. Not surprisingly, every stop in the MTR line is very near to some sort of shopping complex or shopping area. So if you are really into shopping, this MTR line is your friend. From your hotel, go to the nearest MTR line and take to the next stop. I am pretty sure you will find some place to shop at the next station!

We visited a shopping mall called CityGate. It’s a massive shopping mall with a lot of outlets (like Levis, Nike, Reebok, Bauhaus and so on) which sells slightly older models or outdated fashion. But the prices in those outlets are about 20-40% lower than that in their normal shops. And seriously, it isn’t that old “fashion”. I guess we spent 3-4 hours at CityGate. Thank god we had another appointment somewhere else. If not, I am sure we would have stayed there even longer.

However, make sure you remember how to return back to your hotel when you get back from all those shopping.

Happenings