I’M HANGING IN HONG KONG THIS WEEK!

I spent my whole Saturday anticipating for my flight, which was at 5 in the morning on Sunday. Gotta make my way to the subway station before it closes around midnight! (I was actually surprised to see how empty it was on a Saturday night.)

The airport was also quite empty…

It was my first time riding with Hong Kong Express and I was pretty impressed with them!! I didn’t have any problems riding with them. It was a simple and comfortable (surprisingly has good leg space!!) 3-hour ride for me.

The plane arrived by 8AM and I was soon on my way to drop off my luggage at my accommodation. At that point, I felt like a zombie, having barely slept for 3 hours. But no time to waste!! MUST. GET. FOOD.

The first touristy thing I did was eat dim sum at Tim Ho Wan, located at North Point. As I waited for my friend to arrive there, I put us down on the waitlist. Wait number 85 for two people. Our wait was about 20 minutes! Not too bad.

I thought it was delicious! Ever since moving to Korea, I haven’t had dim sum, so I do miss having it with my family back in the states!!

Next, we walked around the North Point area. It was a really sunny, hot, and humid day! We stopped by a Pacific cafe to grab a drink and chill in the A.C. I got an English tea latte! We took some time to look at what we wanted to do next.

After, we got on the MTR (Metro Transit Rail) to get to Causeway Bay then to Central, to see the shops there. I was actually quite overwhelmed by the amount of people everywhere. There are crowds EVERYWHERE. The first words that popped into my head when I encountered all those people were “This is a human traffic jam.”

But besides the people, I’m really loving the architect of the buildings in Hong Kong. I love the different colors and there are A LOT of tall buildings!

We walked around Soho in Central for a bit. We got on the Mid-Levels Escalators, the longest escalator in the world. The downside is you have to walk all the way back down.

To finish off our first day, we went to Victoria Peak! We took Bus 15 near the Central Star Ferry to get to the Peak.

We got a pretty good view from the Sky Terrace 428. The entrance fee is HKD$52, which is roughly about USD$6.62. We spent a good amount of time standing there and staring at this beautiful view.

This night view is definitely worth checking out! Observe and absorb in all of Hong Kong.

It was a pretty fulfilling first day! What would be the first thing you would like to do in Hong Kong?

Oh yeah! One of my personal goals while in Hong Kong is to practice my Cantonese, but so far I’m still at a preschool level. *cries*

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,
Amy♡

2018.07.29. Sunday. Day 1.
AMY HANG IN HONG KONG.