my thoughts…exactly!

Sept 22-26,2005

The first time I went to HK (April of this year), it was a company incentive…this time, it’s with my in-laws.

It all started when my Mabuhay Miles will expire Sept this year. As they say…"Sayang ang Miles" so might as well use it. Would you believe I was able to get two free tickets dahil sa miles na yan! Whoah! Ergo, free kami ni Gerry…and then, since Disney opened this Sept, sama na si Papa and Jen. Kuya Gary, who came all the way from NJ, USA, met with us there.

Sept 22, 2005

Manila-Hongkong via PR306 255PM

When we got there, Tim, our tour guide was late. We thought we went to the wrong hintayan…anyway, we were brought to the hotel first, rest muna and waited for kuya Gary to arrive from NJ.

Before kuya arrived, Gerry and I went out to look for a place to eat dinner. Of course, konting sight seeing na rin since we’re at the heart of the shoppingan.

Dinner time. We ate at this local Chinese Resto on Nathan Road…I forgot the name. (When kuya Gary’s bill arrive, I’ll ask him since he was the one who paid for our dinner. Hehe.)

Then, window shopping muna since tomorrow we will go to Shenzhen naman…didn’t buy anything yet…just window shopping.

Papa,Jenjen and Kuya’s room at The Royal Pacific was sooooo warm…a busted aircon, I guess…

(CLICK THE PHOTOS FOR LARGER VIEW)

Sept 23, 2005

HK-Shenzhen, China Tour

AM-HK Tour ; PM-Shenzhen Tour (Lunch at a local resto in Shenzhen) Overnight stay.

We were picked-up 10mins late. We toured arround HK first thing in the morning. Went to Victoria Harbor…took some pics.

(Kuya Gary,Jen,Papa,Me and Gerry)

Then we went to see where the fishermen live.

Took a Sampan Ride, picture taking infront of the Jumbo Floating Resto…same one we have in Manila Bay actually.

(Jumbo Floating Resto w/ Dad)

(picture of HK by day by Jenjen)

We went to this jewelry shop…JC I think coz they said Jackie Chan owns it…daw.

SHENZHEN,CHINA

We enjoyed our stay in Shenzhen…not for anything else but because of our tour guide, Michael. He’s so funny…I mean the way he talked and pronounce things…(China=Chiner, Million=Milling etc) he even cracked a joke about Bill "Clinin" (the former US President).

Nothing much to see here except for the Window of the World but we didn’t include it in our IT…more walking = Papa getting tired…besides, we wanna go shopping coz it’s really cheap here than in HK. So, pictures infront lang.

  (Me and Dad in front of the Window of the World)

(This guy doesn’t want to move it…so pics with him na lang)HEHE

Then we went to this Mineral Shop and Tian Gong Fang Treasury…bought some tea and some jewelry…

Night time…it was rainy…we took a cab and ate dinner at Luohu Mall…shopping to death at the Luohu mall! Enjoyed it!

(me at the luohu mall…going down to call a cab)

Went back to the Ambassador Hotel happy and contented…then, bogus cable…no english! arg!!! *#%^$*@*&@!!!

Sept 24, 2005

Back to Hongkong…DISNEYLAND TOUR!!! Nyahoo!

But, if you’ve been to one of the Disneylands in the US, this is no paradise…but it was the next best thing in Asia. For one, this is smaller…no need to use tram from one "land" to the other.

The weather was a bit not cooperative…there was a signal #3. It is not the same as OUR signal #3. It was just drizzling but the outdoor rides were all cancelled. We just enjoyed the indoor rides na lang. No much tao…in fact, didnt see any pinoy… all Chinese and some caucasians.

(Me and dad in front of HK Disneyland…Ito ang signal#3 sa kanila…may araw!) Grrr! No rides! Makatarungan ba?

(Me and Jen at the entrance of HK Disneyland…with one of Snow White’s Dwarfies…Kevin…este tour guide pala namin yun…pasaway! Feeling close sa amin HAHA!)

(Dad at BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS in Tomorrowland)

(Me and Dad at Tomorrowland infront of Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters)

(Dad at The FESTIVAL OF THE LION KING in Adventureland) Where I saw my schoolmate in USTe named Jennifer…AKA JAPOK! The Salingawi dancer…wasn’t able to talk to her. She was part of the cast kasi and went back stage agad where we can’t go.

(Space Mountain…still at Tomorrowland)

(Almost puked after the ride…pero poise pa din HEHE)

(Disney Shop…Holding the Minnie dad bought for me…para pair na sila ng Mickey he bought for me when we went to Disney California) Kaso si Minnie, Chinese HEHE (as what we’ve witnessed in the play "The Golden Mickeys" at the Fantasyland.)

(Me and dad at the LIKI TIKIS in Adventureland)

Sway to the beat of jungle rhythms pounded out by these "leaky" tiki poles…kulit!

(Disney at night…Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at the back…Fantasyland) as you can see, medyo umulan na nyan time na yan…walang fireworks…cancelled. Huhu…

Me…shopping in Disneyland…walang patawad! c",)

(Meet and greet Mickey and Minnie) The Chinese call them Mayki and Mayni.At this time, Gerry called Mickey and he made pa-cute looking our way…wasn’t able to have a photo session with them kasi they were about to leave when we arrived.

Other attractions we saw:

- Mickey’s PhilharMagic - a 3-D adventure

- Cinderella Carousel - oo, pinatulan namin ‘to! HAHA

(Dad enjoying his first carousel ride) Har-Har

- Meet and Greet "Belle" of the Beauty and The Beast

(Beauty talaga!)

-Snow White Grotto

- can you see our tour guide Kevin among the 7 dwarfs? HEHE

(Disney Tram going back to the real world…the tram was filled with Disney stuff and hidden Mickeys) Hehe

When we got back to Royal Pacific for another check-in, our rooms were upgraded! Kasi the first night we were there mainit room nila Kuya Gary…bumabawi siguro.HEHE

No mercy! Went shopping pa rin at ZARA and NineWest at the Harbor City Mall along Canton Road and some shops along Nathan Road after the Disneyland tour.

Sept 25, 2005

Ocean Park today!

We were picked up by the coach a bit past 9AM…late na yun…dapat 830am…it was raining hard…thought the trip will be postponed kasi wala sila for almost an hour…anyway, they arrived and even because it’s raining, tuloy kami…pwede naman pala magkapote so the show must go on.

(dad at the longest escalator in Asia…2nd longest in the World)

(lunch at the Seaview Cafe) overlooking Tagaytay…este Repulse Bay

  (Dad…Atoll Reef) Reveals the mystery of the ocean. Discover over 2000 fish including the stunning Giant Grouper and Napoleon Fish. See the fish at the back? Wala yan compared to the Giant Grouper…imagine a fish as big as ship…How’s that?!

(Jen at the Atoll Reef)

Coke Cooling Station wala lang…Pardon my hair…mahangin kasi sa labas HEHE.

You can see the ABYSS at the back…sayang, no rides today also. Definitely coming back here sabi ni dad…kasi hindi sha nakasakay sa rides.

(Dolphin show at the Ocean Theater)

(GIANT PANDA HABITAT)

(Me kissing An-An) hehe

(Gerry encircling JaiJai)

After the tour around OceanPark, we went to Mongkok for more shopping…unbelievable! Walang kapagoran.

Sept 26, 2005

Uwian na…back to reality!

Hongkong-Manila via PR307 600PM

In the morning…went to Nathan Road to shop some more…Esprit, Giordano, Bossini, U2, LaCoste,Crocodile etc…

Ayan, we were late DAW for the bus pick up…when we got back to the hotel, wala pa yung tour guide, when we went down to get our stuff they left five mins ago daw…they were always late whenever they pick us up for the tour, we never complained…pero 5 mins late, they left us. Yung 5 mins depende pa yan whose watch we are refering to…kasi we may be late to them pero on time sa amin. When they said we weren’t there, they didnt bother to call us up at the room to check on us…tama ba yun?  Ergo, never get Ann’s Travel House of HK. Bogus sila.

We went to take a cab going to the airport…kuya Gary took us there…he will stay pa kasi for one more night.

We enjoyed our trip. It was relaxing and nothing beats like a vacation with family.

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