Holidays/ Trips

hkg day 3.2 – to the peak and back

Upon reaching Pier 6, I walked all the way back to the main Star Ferry pier but this time it seemed shorter since I already know where I was heading to. Bus number 15C takes you from the Star Ferry to The Peak lower tram station for HKG$3.20.

The Peak tram tracks
Around 1630 I reached [...]

Holidays/ Trips

hkg day 3.1 – the buddha beckons

Woke up around 0900, showered and had breakfast at the hotel. Pretty much your standard everyday hotel breakfast serving sausages, eggs and the lot. After a solitary breakfast (sniff) I went back to room, got ready and went out.
Took the MTR to Central and walked to the Star Ferry. Got confused for a bit – [...]

Buddhism Stuff, Holidays/ Trips

hkg day 2.5 – night time light time

Said goodbye to G at the Central station and took a train to Tsim Tsa Tsui. I saw a really hot chick and instantly thought of the friends back home. So I asked her and her friend if I could take a photo of them. I told them the reason too; my male-hormone driven friends [...]

Holidays/ Trips

hkg day 2.4 – central; a different world

The Flower Market had one thing in common with our Petaling Street – after a while everything looked the same. So G and I left the Flower Market Road in search of a place to have lunch. We walked quite a bit, went past a few street markets when he finally decided to take me [...]

Holidays/ Trips

hkg day 2.3 – flower crazy

I alighted at the Prince Edward station and began a half-hearted search for the Flower Market. Walked to where the map said the market was located and 15 mins later the map laughed at my face, ‘HAHA GOTCHA!’

Fountain near the Prince Edward MTR station in Kowloon
At this point I was a bit tired from the [...]

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