Seriously! I am not kidding. If anyone intend to visit any of the museums in Hong Kong go on Wednesday because its FREE. Any bargain is a good bargain when you’re on holiday rite?
On the second day our plan was to explore Tsim Sha Tsui (that’s where most of the museum are). Since, we were at Mong Kok we took a train down to Tsim Sha Tsui which is about 3 stops away. I can’t remember the exact amount the ride cost us but its about 90cents (SGD). Syarfa’s dad told her to visit Nathan Road, but he left out which part of Nathan Road. As Nathan Road stretches from Mong Kok all the way to Tsim Sha Tsui.
According to my dear friend Syarfa (& her 2 sisters) it’s going to be 14 degrees or may be colder. So dear Shile was armed with thick winter jacket, which she didn’t get to use because.. the temperature was about 17 to 19 degrees and Shile’s intensive training in her air-condition room back in Singapore made the weather bearable for her. Oh, Shile lasted the whole day without any help from any kind of jacket whatsoever. As for RS, he love every bit of the cooling weather because it means.. no wet armpit for him!
The map below illustrate how we explored Tsim Sha Tsui. (not very systematic I guess)
1. Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee for breakfast. I just realise one of the best combination, Hot Latte & Winter. Ahhhhhhh! We manage to get the Starbucks with the kinda of the view that you can not find in Singapore.
2. 1881Herritage
1881 Heritage used to serve as the Headquarters of Hong Kong Marine Police. The Victorian architecture makes me fall in love with the building the moment I lay my eyes on it. The building now serves as a high-end shopping mall. As we did not intend to spend our money anywhere other than H&M and of course the streets market, we skipped all the shops (besides, we cld prolly only afford their paper bags hahaha). Since x’mas was around the corner,
x’mas decorations everywhere!
3. Museum
Well, according to our good friend Polly (who went to HK about few months before us), anyone can enter the museum for on Wednesday. so we did! RS said that this trip should not be only about shopping. we need to learn something. so taadaa. I plan for us to catch a 3D show at HK science museum, but it turn out that majority of the shows are in cantonese. English shows have designated timing, so we skip. The only regret i have was to not learn ANY history of HK. i think that gives me a good reason to go back to HK.
4. Lunch @ 36-44 Nathan Road
The place is huge but the sign board for “36-44 Nathan Road” is so freaking tiny. I think I saw it by chance. Lunch wasn’t hard at all! I think at 36-44 Nathan Road there’s have more than 5 halal cafe, but the cafes/restaurants mostly serve Indian food or Turkish food. so it was either curry or kebab! I think the restaurant we had lunch was Sharma or Shama. The food was ok. The portion was more than enough. We only ordered 3 plates of rice and it was more than enough for the four of us. Our lunch consist of curry, 4 pieces of tandori chicken and 3 plate of rice and it sums up to about SGD 30.
5. Symphony of Lights at 8pm
The show was in fact interesting. But it wasn’t something that we had never seen before. Everyone cramped up like sardine. Honestly, I think me & shile paid about 50% attention on the lights & another 50% of our attention goes to the the group of tourist whom we assumed was from some rural part of mainland china. their reaction was classic! one light change from green to red, reaction “WAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, another set lights changes colour, “OUUUUUHHH WAAAAHHHHH” and it goes on through out. why would I lie.
After a long day of walking, we continued walking.. at the night street market!
