I spent two nights in Hong Kong, but clearly, I need to go back because I didn’t see a lot. I wasted my first day by hopping the ferry to Macau. Such a bad move! Macau is lame during the day. I didn’t even get the time to gamble at a casino, though I did get to go inside one. I went inside the Jackie Chan-owned Emperor Palace Casino, but wasn’t impressed. I had more fun in Monte Carlo (Monaco). The good thing about Macau is that they have the best chicharon I have ever had. Truly, the chicharon saved that trip.
I did, however, spend the night strolling the streets of Hong Kong (as well as watch the famous Light Show), but getting to the Tung Choi Street Market was easier said than done. Trying to hail a taxi that will go to the Kowloon side of the island is terribly hard if you don’t speak Cantonese. It amazes me that in an area that was controlled by the British, the taxi drivers don’t know basic English.
In fact, after wasting maybe 20 minutes trying to find three taxis that would go that way, our driver didn’t even know where to take us. While he was driving, he called someone and then handed the phone over to my dad so my dad could tell the person where we wanted to go. When we got to the Tung Choi Market aka Ladies Market, they were getting ready to close down. After they shut down, we just walked around, there were about 12 of us. Hong Kong at night is beautiful with all the lights!
I spent the next day on Lantau Island. I was torn because that was also the day of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight! We stayed up to date via text messages though and WOOHOO!!! Go Pacman!! (Note to self: Track down, locate, and buy a Team Pacquiao shirt here in the Philippines). Anyway, Lantau is so peaceful and serene and dear God, if all vegetarian (vegan?) food tasted like the food at Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant in Lantau, I’d be a vegetarian. Everything was DELICIOUS. Fake fish, fake chicken, fake beef, fake shrimp, fake EVERYTHING except vegetables and rice. OHMYGOD. IT WAS SOOOOO GOOD!!
To get to Lantau, you need to take a cable car from Hong Kong and it is a long ride, but the view is gorgeous. Unfortunately, it got foggy later in the day and the trip back down was kinda scary because we couldn’t see ANYTHING. At Lantau you can view an incredibly large Buddha, but the trek up there is tiring. Don’t get me wrong, it’s worth it, but I was soo tired. Lantau is a definite must-see in Hong Kong and trust me, try the food!!!
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