{"id":399,"date":"2009-01-04T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2009\/01\/04\/hong-kong-2008-day-02\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T12:04:24","slug":"hong-kong-2008-day-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2009\/01\/04\/hong-kong-2008-day-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong 2008 Day 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: <\/strong>22 Dec 2008 Monday (Day 02)<\/p>\n

10:00AM Awake!
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View from our hotel room.<\/p>\n

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Our aim that day was to visit the places that we missed our in our previous trips.<\/p>\n

10:24AM Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

We stopped by one of the restaurants on the way along \u00e5\u00bc\u00bc\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Bute Street.<\/p>\n

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What should we eat?<\/p>\n

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The restaurant was empty at that time.<\/p>\n

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JR’s ice milk tea.<\/p>\n

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My hot milk tea – nice cup.<\/p>\n

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My fishball noodles.<\/p>\n

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JR and his bowl of beef ball noodles.<\/p>\n

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The beef balls were very nice! I regretted ordering my fish balls…<\/p>\n

10:46AM <\/strong>\u00e9\u20ac\u0161\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Tung Choi Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e9\u00b1\u00bc\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba Goldfish Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This place sells many types of fish and all manner of fish-related products.
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Fish ready-packed in plastic bags hanging outside shops.<\/p>\n

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We read that there are many pet stops in Goldfish Market but most of them were not open then. We will be back later.<\/p>\n

We walked pass \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e5\u203a\u00ad\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Fa Yuen Street on our way to the next destination.<\/p>\n

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11\u00ef\u00bc\u016102AM \u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e5\u00a2\u0178\u00e9\u0081\u201c Flower Market Road<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e8\u0160\u00b1\u00e5\u00a2\u0178 Flower Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The flowers there are much cheaper than those selling in Singapore.<\/p>\n

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Christmas trees.<\/p>\n

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Orchids – 1 for 50 HKD, 2 for 90 HKD, 3 for 120 HKD.<\/p>\n

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11:12AM \u00e5\u203a\u00ad\u00e5\u0153\u0192\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Yuen Po Street
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Owners with their birds gather in this garden. Different types of beautiful birds can be seen.<\/p>\n

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11:25AM Back to Flower Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

We walked back to Flower Market and then \u00e5\u00a4\u00aa\u00e5\u00ad\u0090\u00e9\u0081\u201c\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf Prince Edward Road West.<\/p>\n

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11\u00ef\u00bc\u016135AM <\/strong>\u00e6\u00b4\u2014\u00e8\u00a1\u00a3\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yee Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We turned into \u00e6\u00b4\u2014\u00e8\u00a1\u00a3\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yee Street, then \u00e5\u00bc\u00bc\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Bute Street again.<\/p>\n

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There were street hawkers selling all sort of items at \u00e6\u00b4\u2014\u00e8\u00a1\u00a3\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yee Street.<\/p>\n

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The street was full of people.<\/p>\n

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Fake Lego.<\/p>\n

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CNY stuff already out for sale!<\/p>\n

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Bright red underwear! For extreme good luck at Mahjong? Anyone wants this?<\/p>\n

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Fresh big strawberries.<\/p>\n

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We turned into \u00e9\u20ac\u0161\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Tung Choi Street and then to \u00e4\u00ba\u017e\u00e7\u0161\u2020\u00e8\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Argyle Street.<\/p>\n

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We bought some sour plums from \u00e6\u00a2\u2026\u00e5\u00b1\u2039.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful golden retriever following its owner unleashed.<\/p>\n

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We came to the junction between \u00e6\u00b4\u2014\u00e8\u00a1\u00a3\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yee Street and \u00e4\u00ba\u017e\u00e7\u0161\u2020\u00e8\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 <\/span>Argyle Street. Located at this junction is the Richmond Shopping Centre. It is difficult to miss it being the last building before Sai Yee Street.<\/p>\n

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12:05PM Continue walking…<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wanted to go to \u00e8\u0192\u0153\u00e5\u02c6\u00a9\u00e9\u0081\u201c Victory Avenue aka Kowloon Pet Street.<\/p>\n

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We crossed the road via the overhead bridge from \u00e4\u00ba\u017e\u00e7\u0161\u2020\u00e8\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 <\/span>Argyle Street to \u00e5\u00a4\u00aa\u00e5\u00b9\u00b3\u00e9\u0081\u201c Peace Avenue.<\/p>\n

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Train passing by.<\/p>\n

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More walking until we arrived at \u00e8\u0192\u0153\u00e5\u02c6\u00a9\u00e9\u0081\u201c Victory Avenue.<\/p>\n

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So many pet stores along the street.<\/p>\n

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This is actually a big golden retriever but it looks small in this photo.<\/p>\n

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Little poodle looking at its owner.<\/p>\n

Some photos taken during our “walk”.<\/p>\n

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Passed by Ladies’ Market on the way back.<\/p>\n

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Signboards hanging out of buildings.<\/p>\n

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Old lady with her sack of cardboard.<\/p>\n

We went back to CAM\u00c2\u00b2 \u00e7\u203a\u00b8\u00e6\u0153\u00ba\u00e4\u00bc\u00a0\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6 at \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b4\u2039\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yeung Choi Street. JR didn’t like the Vivitar flash that we bought the day before! We managed to get it changed to Canon 580EXII. Since we were there, we helped Jia Hui got a remote control.<\/p>\n

So tired after all the walking…\u00c2\u00a0 we walked a total of 3.61 KM the whole morning!<\/p>\n

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13:36PM To \u00e6\u009d\u00b1\u00e6\u00b6\u0152<\/span> Tung Chung<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Took the MTR from \u00e6\u2014\u00ba\u00e8\u00a7\u2019 Mong Kok station.<\/p>\n

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JR is so happy with his new flash.<\/p>\n

14:09PM Citygate Outlets<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tung Chung Citygate Outlets<\/p>\n

Brands like Armani Exchange, Calvin Klein Jeans, Nautica, Esprit, polo Ralph Lauren, Burberry and many more design fashion brands can be found there. Discount rates can be up to 90%!<\/p>\n

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15:34PM Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our lunch at McDonald ‘s!<\/p>\n

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Big N’ Tasty<\/p>\n

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Delicious!<\/p>\n

Finished our lunch and shopping at Citygate outlets.<\/p>\n

16:20PM To \u00e6\u00b7\u00b1\u00e6\u00b0\u00b4\u00e5\u0178\u2014 Sham Shui Po<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Transfer at \u00e8\u008d\u201d\u00e6\u2122\u00af Lai King to the \u00e8\u008d\u0192\u00e6\u00b9\u00be Tsuen Wan line.<\/p>\n

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\u00e9\u00b4\u00a8\u00e5\u00af\u00ae\u00e8\u00a1\u2014<\/span> Apliu Street.<\/p>\n

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Butcher selling pork.<\/p>\n

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Walked to \u00e6\u00a1\u201a\u00e6\u017e\u2014\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Kweilin Street.<\/p>\n

We returned to our hotel to take a rest.<\/p>\n

18:03PM Out again!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sky was already dark.<\/p>\n

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Look at the crowd outside one of the buildings opposite our hotel. Wonder what they were they there for.<\/p>\n

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We were back at \u00e9\u2021\u2018\u00e9\u00b1\u00bc\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba Goldfish Market.<\/p>\n

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Walked all the way to Langham Place.<\/p>\n

19:10PM \u00e6\u0153\u2014\u00e8\u00b1\u00aa\u00e5\u009d\u0160 Langham Place<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00e5\u00a5\u2021\u00e5\u00b9\u00bb\u00e7\u017d\u2039\u00e5\u203a\u00bd The Christmas Gold Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n

The floor of the palace has been designed as a chessboard and has large chess pieces. There is a full set of 13 pieces that include the king, the prince, and the princess.<\/p>\n

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JR & Capricon<\/p>\n

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Me with Virgo<\/p>\n

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We did some window shopping there then walked the way back to \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b4\u2039\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yeung Choi Street.<\/p>\n

20:15PM \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b4\u2039\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yeung Choi Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

We went to JR’s favourite toy mart – CTMA Centre again. It is located near the junction where \u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e6\u00b4\u2039\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Sai Yeung Choi Street South meets \u00e7\u2122\u00bb\u00e6\u2030\u201c\u00e5\u00a3\u00ab\u00e8\u00a1\u2014 Dundas Streets. More shops were opened then.<\/p>\n

20:46PM Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dinner at \u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e6\u00a8\u201a <\/span>Cafe de Coral<\/p>\n

\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e6\u00a8\u201a is a fast food restaurant that serves both Chinese and Western food at a budget price. We had our meals at <\/span>\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e6\u00a8\u201a<\/span> almost everyday during our last trip to Hong Kong.
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It might not look appealing but its very good.<\/p>\n

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JR’s<\/p>\n

21:40PM Mongkok Computer Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We did some window shopping at Mongkok Computer Centre.<\/p>\n

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Wah! We spotted the Christmas carol singing all around bus!<\/p>\n

This was Hong Kong’s special carol performance during the 2008 Hong Kong WinterFest. The open-top bus was one of the carollers from kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok areas.<\/p>\n

We took the MTR back from Mongkok to Price Edward. Too tired for more walking.<\/p>\n

22:22PM Back to Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The bones we bought for our precious dogs.<\/p>\n

Total expenses for Day 02:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Item<\/strong><\/td>\nCost (HKD)<\/strong><\/td>\nCost (SGD)<\/strong><\/td>\nExchange Rate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakfast at \u00e4\u00b9\u0090\u00e5\u203a\u00ad\u00e7\u2030\u203a\u00e4\u00b8\u00b8\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e7\u017d\u2039<\/td>\n58.00<\/td>\n10.98<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sour Plums from \u00e6\u00a2\u2026\u00e5\u00b1\u2039<\/td>\n24.00<\/td>\n4.56<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canon 580EXII Flash (top-up)<\/td>\n1580.00<\/td>\n303.85<\/td>\n5.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jianisi Remote Control<\/td>\n30.00<\/td>\n5.77<\/td>\n5.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunch – McDonald’s<\/td>\n55.10<\/td>\n10.48<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinner at \u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e6\u00a8\u201a<\/span><\/td>\n62.10<\/td>\n11.81<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bones for dogs<\/td>\n258.00<\/td>\n49.05<\/td>\n5.26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n2067.20
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* 5.26 Exchange rate from Change Alley and 5.2 Exchange rate from DBS Credit Card <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

View my TRAVEL list<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our aim that day was to visit the places that we missed our in our previous trips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7580,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/7580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}