Our flight from Vietnam was delayed by an hour so we only arrived in Hong Kong at 11pm. We caught the airport express MTR (HK$160 for a group of 2 people) to our hotel and were super excited to check into our luxurious room that we had spoilt ourselves to, for our last four nights. We were shocked to walk into a shoe box-sized room that reeked of smoke with dirty windows and no view at all, even though it was advertised as a “Harbour View Superior Queen Room”! We went downstairs as we were sure there had been some kind of mistake, but we were assured that all rooms were the same and this is what we had booked. Furious and disappointed we both went to bed promising ourselves to never over indulge in accommodation like this again. We have had much better rooms for less than a fifth of the price before!
Shaking off the bad vibes the next morning, we had a delicious breakfast at the hotel and then headed out for some city exploring. We jumped on the MTR to Central Station to catch the Peak Tram (HK$40pp return) to see the view of the city. We waited in the queue for about 30mins before we took the ride up. We were lucky that we went on this particular day as there were no clouds and the view of the city was great. After we had taken some photos we headed back down and took a walk through the city seeing Mo Man Temple and the trendy Soho district. That night we researched where good and cheap dim sum was without travelling too far. We ended up at Ding Dim Sum in Soho. It did not disappoint!
The following day we headed across to Kowloon on the MTR and went for lunch at the 1 Michelin-star restaurant, One Dim Sum. We had the most incredible selection of eight different dishes which only came to HK$150 for the both of us! Stuffed, we wobbled around town seeing Yau Ma Tei temple, Jade and Temple Street Night markets and the Museum of History (HK$10pp). The museum was very detailed, you could spend hours in here, but after an hour and a half we gave up and walked a little further on to Tsim Sha Tsui East Promenade. We bought some beer and cider from a nearby 7Eleven and just sat and looked at the bay. It is really beautiful at night with all the lights. Especially at this time of year as all the buildings are lit up with Christmas lights. We were lucky to be here at this time of year too as there was a 3D light show every night on the promenade for people to come and watch for free as well as other light displays around the city that we went to see. We were exhausted after the show and took the Star Ferry back across the bay to go to bed.
We were meant to go north to the New Territories the next day but we were so lazy after our full day of walking around the city the day before. So we researched where the best Pecking Duck in town was and spoilt ourselves to a great lunch at Spring Deer in Tsim Sha Tsui. The meal was pricey at HK$600 but it was worth it, it was so good! We decided to go out for a couple of drinks that night and headed to the famous Lan Kwai Fong Street where there are many pubs and bars lining the street. We happened to come on the night after the biggest horseracing event of the year, so the street was packed. Luckily for us there is a 7Eleven right next to all these bars and everyone drinks on the street anyway, so we managed to join the party but saved a lot of money by buying our drinks at the 7Eleven!
We woke up thirsty the next morning but luckily we managed to arrange a late check out. We checked out at 2pm and headed back to One Dim Sum for our last dim sum in Hong Kong. We again had the most delicious lunch. We then headed to Tung Chung station to watch The Hunger Games to kill a bit of time before our 11:50pm flight. After the movie we took the S1 bus to the airport (HK$3.50). This journey is way cheaper than the airport express.
We are now at the airport waiting for our flight home! We can’t believe how time has flown!
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