Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Hong Kong & Macau Trip

After so many years and after so many discussions on the intention to go to HK, I somehow managed to go there in the end, last month :)

A very nice 5 days and 4 nights trip with very pleasant places to stay in. Most notable was the stay at Butterfly On The Prat at Tsim Sha Tsui. It's very near to the MTR station and is within walking distance to Temple Street as well as Ladies Street. I managed to visit most of the places on the map and it was a very great trip indeed. Do note that Disneyland is a MUST GO! It's very much worth your money and do allocate 1 full day just to visit Disneyland. You won't regret it for sure :D


Pictures time :p Clicking on the pictures will take you to my Flickr page.

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Room 5 on the 9th floor :)


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No, I'm not staying here :p


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Silence is golden :p


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Hong Kong street. Familiar sight for those who watch TVB dramas :)


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The tortoise building :p


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Avenue of Stars


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Taken from Central, after coming down from The Peak.


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You see Mandarin Oriental there, that's where Leslie Cheung took his own life in 2003.


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I think this is the best pic that I've taken during this trip. And the best pano that I've done too :)


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Can't wait for the animated movie that's coming out this year :)


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Part of the puppets at the It's A Small Small World ride.
Street parade in conjunction with the 5th Anniversary of Disneyland

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They really do spend loads of money on costumes and colourful floats! These were for Winnie The Pooh.

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The Lion King troupe.

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No, those weren't skins. They're skin-coloured fabrics with painted on tattoos :)

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Look closer and see what you find around her legs :)


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Lilo and Stitch troupe.


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Bokeh!! It would be a perfect pic if not for the hand that blocked the man's face :-/


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The Lion King stage play. Absolutely fabulous.


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It's the circle of life....


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...and there's wireworks as well.


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You see those deco lines on the floor? Those are actually rails for these floats to go around! Great engineering design! 


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The quite empty Main Street at night.


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The Sleeping Beauty Castle :)


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The nightly fireworks on display hehehe :p


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They coordinated that when the pink fireworks went up, the castle would be adorned with pink spotlights as well :)


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The fireworks shots would be perfect if the exposure time was longer. But with no tripod and handheld, they are passable la :p


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Some fountain in front of some hotel in Macau.


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Stanley Ho's legacy.


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En route to get my almond cookies.


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Simply awesome crystals!!




I think that's all for now. All in all, I took 1000+ photos. So I chose the best few to be put up here. The next time I go HK, I'll visit the Giant Buddha for sure :) One of the very few places that I've missed out this time round.



Cheers


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