Hong Kong - Part 2

Our trip to Lantau Island started from Tsuen Wan West MTR station. We changed to other MTR route (Tung Chung route) at Nam Cheong. We visited Ngong Ping 360 around Tung Chung. It is not far from the MTR station, just across the mall and we arrived at the cable car station that brought us up to Ngong Ping Village. The cable car ride took about 20-30 mins. It was a long cable car ride. The scenery is very nice, we can see Hong Kong airport at the distance. From Ngong Ping village, we came back to Tung Chung MTR station and took MTR to Sunny Bay (1 stop from Tung Chung). We would visited Disneyland. The MTR from Sunny Bay to Disney is very nice, all with Disney ornament. We visited Disneyland until it is closed in the evening. Before closing, they had fireworks entertainment. The kids are very happy.

Shenzhen, China

I did not tell the girls when we visiting China this time ..... once they knew, they said "oh China again .... and again ...." well girls China is soo big and it was another place anyway than our last visit. This time we went to Shenzhen. We took a train from Hong Kong (Hung Hom Station) and directly went to Lou Wu or Lou Hu at the border. It took about 45 minutes then we were out of Hong Kong immigration, then we just walked to China immigration. It was very easy. In Shenzhen we went around to see the city. The city is relatively newly built during the last 20 years. There are a lot of high rise buildings nowadays. There are 2 theme parks in Shenzhen, they are the Chinese Cultural Centre and Windows of The World. The Chinese Cultural Centre is a China in miniature, and Windows of The World is the world's miniature. Shopping in China is much cheaper than Hong Kong. There are a lot of artificial of "branded bags" (Super A bags) which is currently difficult to find in Hong Kong (because it is against the proprietary law) One thing that the girls always complain, wherever you go in China you have to be prepared with a dirty and smelly restroom.

Hong Kong - Part 1

After a long time not visiting Hong Kong, it's time again to return to this place. One thing that I like about Hong Kong is the transportation system. It's wonderful, comparing to the transportation in Jakarta. I don't think people need car anymore if they have such a very good mass transportation system, even tourist feel very comfortable traveling with the public transport .... very easy, very clear instruction and convenient. Just buy an Octopus card in the MTR station, so we can travel easily without a hustle of preparing coins to pay the MTR or bus. We stayed in Tsuen Wan and easily went to Central in Hong Kong Island, just 5 mins walk from the Hotel to reach Tsuen Wan West station and take MTR, change after 1 station to other MTR line to reach Central. In Central we went to Victoria Park and Madamme Tussaud Wax Museum. Shopping Centres are scattered around Hong Kong, though Tsim Tsa Sui area is the heaven for shoppers. Being around in the area, we visited The Avenue of Stars. It is a very

neat path along the seaside where we can see Hong Kong Harbour. In the evening there is a light show, what they call Symphony of Light. It's nice to walk along the Avenue of Stars or just sit on the bench to see people passing by and the harbour and the light in the evening. A very nice view.