Hong Kong DIY Trip Part 1 - Welcome to HK and Avenue of the Stars

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Thanks to Cebu Pacific’s Seat Sale, we were able to grab RT tickets to HK for roughly 4k/pax. Sweet! My first ever out of the country trip (Yep, you read it right)

I was designated to come up with the itinerary and to scout for accommodation. Good thing is all you have to know is in PEX, GT and YouTube! Thank you cyberfriends!

I prepared our itinerary, maps, budget computation and packed my bag!

We had the first fly out (which is 5:40am) so we headed for the airport around 3AM, excited much! Since it was holy week, there are a lot of waiting passengers in the airport. Our flight was even overbooked and CebuPac offered a RT tickets to any destination and a confirmed booking to the next available HK flight for the person who would give up his seat. La la la it was a good deal but my schedule was restricted:p.

After arriving at the airport I instantly do the following:

1.       Go to the check-in counter. Give itinerary and passport. Deposit check-in luggage.

2.       Pay travel tax (You can also do this first).

3.       Go back to check in counter, show travel tax receipt and get boarding tickets.

4.       Pay terminal fee.

5.       Go to the designated gate and wait for boarding.

After the 2 hour plane ride, we were greeted by the sunny HongKong airport and it was huge!

I immediately changed some dollars, got our passports stamped, got our luggage, bought octopus cards and ate breakfast at Burger King. This is it! We followed the signs going to the bus terminal and rode the A21 double decker.  We rode on the 2^nd floor of the bus for a better view of the city.

When we reached the famous Nathan Road, I am already alert because we might miss our stop (I think we did). We went down near Mirador Mansion and walked back to Golden Crown Court building. Anyway, the room was not yet ready because it was only 10am so we left our luggage and stroll around the area (btw 2 of the housekeepers in Golden Crown are pinays so we felt really safe there).

 

We walked down Nathan Road to go to Avenue of the Stars. The good thing is that the weather is still somehow cold compared to Manila so walking at noon was not really a problem.

Hello Avenue of the Stars! For me this place is the most popular in HongKong. Most of the people I know who already went here has a photo in front of Victoria Harbour. So it’s a mandatory photo op for me:p

We went back to Golden Crown to rest a while.

While we were on the bus from the airport we saw a Yoshinoya branch so we decided to eat our lunch there, from Golden Crown we walked (big mistake! It was far!), I think it was in Yau Ma Tei already!!! The funny thing is the next day I discovered that there is a Yoshinoya branch on Cameron road which is a few steps away from Golden Crown. A big brain fart moment!

After eating we decided to explore the area before going back to the hostel to get a good night sleep.

Stay tuned for the next leg of my HK adventures :)