0645hr flight, to avoid the taxi mid-nite charge and waking up in the middle of the nite, we reached the airport at around 11:45pm, can only check-in 2 hour before flying, so we took the sky train from T1 to T2 McDonnald, had supper and tried hard to sleep, I couldn't sleep, din expect to have problem sleeping lei:
i was asked to remove my glasses at the HK custom, very different from my passport photo meh?:
my favorite congee & chee cheong fun:
this map & visitor's kit 'brought me' around in this trip:
Airport Express (the MTR alike) - HK$220/HK$300 for 1/2-way.Airbus - HK$33 per trip, so we took the airbus to TST after getting the Octopus card (equivalent to our ezlink card):
yiting sleeping while the luggage playing 'roller-coaster', ours were in the rack so very secure:
booked for 2 nites (16/17JAN10) at Lucky Hostel via Asiarooms, went there to 'deposit' our luggage.
from Asiarooms: Direction to Lucky Hostel---Kind NoticeOur Hostel only Address is in : Chung King Mansion , Block C , Floor 12 , Flat C5 . And our Hostel main reception is in :Chung King Mansion , Block C , Floor 15 . Lucky Hotel Receptionand we don't have any other receptions in the same building or in other Block. After entering the building,please go straight of the row,you will find Block C at the last tower(first pass block a and block c),take Lift Number 6 (In Block C)go to Floor 15,After Coming out from the Lift.please turn right and you will find our Hostel Reception.Please don't trust anybody in the street especially some say they are the staff or manager in our hostel or the building (No matter how they are Indian and Chinese).They are trying to bring you to different place in other to get their commission and want to cheat money out of you. Please Don't Believe anybody in Ground Floor of the building and come to Floor 15, Block C directly. Please see all our direction and important information below:
DIRECTIONS -
1. From Hong Kong Airport1. Airport Shuttle Bus: Airport bus is the most convenient and popular method to get to Chungking Mansions. The Airbus Station is located near the Arrivals Level (Level 5) of Hong Kong International Airport. Find the Airport Shuttle Bus Number: A21 , which terminal is called Hung Hom KCR Station.Please take a short wait and get on this Number of Bus. The bus departs approximately every 10-15 minutes. A fare is HKD $33(free of luggage fee). When you are on the bus, be sure to first to secure your luggage then find a sit on the lower level. In 40 - 80 minutes (depends on traffic situation) you will reach to the Bus Stop No.14 - the name of this Stop is called : Middle Road Station, Nathan Road. Because the service time of A21 is 05:00-23:59, you can use N21 airport bus at same place and stop at the same bus stop if you arrival Hong Hong after 00:00 and before 5:00A.M.Once you got off the bus, turn the back way, and walk approximately about 50M, It takes about 30 seconds on foot. you can see the Chung King Mansions front entrance on your right hand side. You will see the huge TV screen paste at the wall of Chungking Mansions. When you make sure you are at Chung King Mansions, Please kindly go straight of the row to Block C ( at the last tower of the Chungking Mansions ). You can see two lift in Block C, take the right hand side one, Lift Number 6 (stop at Floor 15), push the 15th floor button, when you come out from the lift, you can see our reception should on your right hand side.
2. Airport ExpressService from 05:50 to 01:15, every 12 minutes, it takes around 25 minutes,...
3. Taxi24 hours service. It takes about 30 minutes, costs around 300 HKD (free for luggage fee). Please tell the driver to stop at the ChungKing Mansion, Tsim Sha Tsui.Chinese Writting Address is : 九龍彌敦道36-44號重慶大廈C座15樓(總接待處)After entering to Chung King Mansion,Please go straight the row,and you will find Block C at the last Tower,Please take lift Number 6 (in Block C)to Floor 15.
Took MTR from TST to Mongkok Exit D2 - Argyle Centre, it's like our Bugis with many little shops, yiting & i bought a pair of boots each and yiting bought a 'school' bag,...
snack:
we returned to the guesthouse to retrieve part of our luggage before meeting garrick at Jordan Exit A, garrick brought us to this restaurant that serves hainan cuisine, yum yum the hainan wen chang ji and the yu dan he fen:
took taxi to garrick's place at kwun tong where we'd our 1N home-stay, thank you garrick for putting us up... um... and putting up with us.
i was actually pleasantly surprised at how spacious his apartment is as i’ve heard about how small most of the apartments are. he said his is the typical apartment for a family of 4. the adjectives 'spacious' & 'small' are not to be used to compare with our HDB flat okay.
garrick offered to sleep in the living room and let us take his bedroom and studyroom, dun wanna disturb him so much, we shared the studyroom:
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