Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Manila, T minus 18 hours

My Dear and I are going to Hong Kong tomorrow, our first overseas trip together.  I've been to the Fragrant Harbour many times before, but I've never really been there since my previous visits have mostly been in transit to LHR or SFO.  So I'm quite excited about this trip since it would practically be a new place for me to visit, not to mention I'm going there with my Dear.

We will be staying in Mongkok, which is the busy but affordable shopping and dining part of Hong Kong in the Kowloon Peninsula, and whose name supposedly and aptly means "busy corner".  So now you know our priorities for going to Hong Kong-- one of our first stops is going to be Sino Centre, upon the insistence of my Dear because that's where she plans to buy some K-pop stuff.

We haven't sorted out our complete itinerary yet, and we're not sure if we want to have a detailed tour plan-- one of the joys of travel is getting lost (and finding your way back, of course).  If time allows we may even make a side trip to the former Portuguese territory of Macau.  Maybe I can use some of the stuff I learned in Portuguese 11 more than a decade ago.  Onde e o banheiro no seu restaurante?

3 comments:

incarnadine29 said...

No, I don't want to get lost
=D

Thea said...

Enjoy your trip! Hong Kong is one of my favorite places!

Anonymous said...

Hi this is Thea again,

We also went to Hong Kong 2 months ago. It's such a great place. Nice blog and stories by the way. You can also visit my HK chronicles of my trip at LivingTogetherBlog

Thanks,

Thea