Graduation Trip (Day 4)

This was officially the boring-est day of all. Firstly because we had a lousy tour guide. (It's that complimentary half-day tour thingy again)

To begin with, it took her like forever to confirm the time and date of our tour. And she did not call to inform us as promised. We had to call her instead. Totally waste my phone credit. It's so freaking expensive ok to even sms overseas.

Secondly, she like tried to skip the tour to the Avenue of Stars. You see, we were telling her that we went to Avenue of Stars for the countdown and she jumped at the opportunity to skip it.

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At 7.15 am, we were already at the hotel lobby waiting for the tour bus. It was freezing at that hour. First in the itinerary was Repulse Bay (浅水湾), one of the most expensive housing area in Hong Kong. Hell, even Jacky Chan lives there. In the mansion no. 99. (If I recall correctly)



We stopped at eastern end of the beach, where there is a Kwun Yam shrine, right at the beach, which is an uncommon sight.



As it was super cold, we just snapped a couple of shots and quickly return to the bus.



Next stop took us to Aberdeen (香港仔). Now this was where I felt completely cheated. The tour guide just told us to get onto the boat, giving us an implied assumption that it was paid for together with the tour. At the end of the cruise, we had to pay HK $55 (RM 25), for a tour around the harbour, which is nothing to shout about.



Aberdeen is where the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant is located. This tourist spot has
attracted some of the most famous movie stars.

Boathouses, in which the fishermen live

The next destination was the Golden Bauhinia Square (金紫荊廣場). Located outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, it marks the most significant event in Hong Kong's history: the return of Hong Kong, a former British colony to the People's Republic of China.

The above sculpture, the 'Forever Blooming Bauhinia' is a gift from China to mark this momentous day.

Next was a visit to the jewellery factory.


Jet Li

The Avenue of Stars.

After that, we had lunch and then we were on our own. Took this opportunity to have another round of 'Hui Lao Shan'.

All I can say is it was Yum-Yum.

We walked around and then headed to Central. This was because we wanted to go to the Peak. In fact, yesterday we went all the way to the Peak Tram station in vain as the queue was crazy.

Thinking that this day would be better, we found ourselves completely wrong. In the end, we took the taxi up. A short trip really, and it costs less than HK $50. My only regret is that I didn't get to experience taking the electric tram up the hill.

Needless to say, the view was splendid.

So came the end of the day. The remaining two days will be shorter posts, as it was pretty much shopping all the way.