Angel's Travel Diary

Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Administrator — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:08:22 +0000

This must have been the longest period I have taken to post on a travel story!!

After a whole long day at Ocean Park, we headed off to Aberdeen (within the vicinity of Ocean Park) to pay a visit to the grand and famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant; which holds the reputation of a splendid and magnificient view particularly at night. We made our way to the jetty area to board the free boat ride (shuttle boat by the restaurant to take us to there).

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We had a short boat ride of an approximate of 15 minutes before spotting the grandeur appearance of the restaurant; adorned with the lightings - a really magnificient view and definitely almighty in her outlook.

If you were already in awe at the exterior lightings and design, you will not be disappointed by the distinguished view of the frontier and the interior which stood grandly to greet the court guests. You will feel like you are slowly taking slow marches into a forbidden city; a mighty palace holding her royal inhibitants

The dining hall (restaurant area)

The black classic menu

Our food

Freshwater prawns steamed. The bowl contains XO with lemon juice; used for rinsing your hands and not for drinking. I read somewhere that the Queen has drunk this before unknowingly!

Me; the future heiress to the throne of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant?

Hehe…this was a rather attractive spot for royals wannabes!

There’s also costumes to put on for picture-taking!

We were dining in the Kam Luen Din

I managed to spot a pic with the chef!

Ocean Park

Administrator — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:15:01 +0000

After spending the earlier part of the morning at Stanley and getting a glimpse of Repulse Bay, we headed over to Ocean Park, the famed recreation park in Hong Kong which was endlessly mentioned in the movies whenever it comes to leisure.

Arriving there on good time and while waiting for the queue to purchase the entrance tickets (yes, there’s lots of people there!), I took the opportunity to snap photos of the sea; it was pretty cloudy that day.

The entrance of Ocean Park was crowded with local and also foreign tourists; brimming the gates and waiting for their turn to enter as soon as they obtained their tickets.

Upon entering, you should see this pond of flamingoes where the thin-legged creatures stood, flanked in colours of pink and peach

You should be able to spot a Panda House somewhere nearby as well; it will not be hard to miss with the bamboos and also lamp posts guiding you

I find this place just like our Sunway Lagoon with a flavour of Sentosa Island added to it; as it was basically a recreational theme park with lots of fun rides and games stalls and at the same time, they also offer a glimpse of the wildlife and also the aqua marine come to life on the stage, offering an amazing live performance to charm the crowd.

I was especially enticed by the seals; which were more outstanding in their performance as they truly filled crowd with laughter with their antics

Dolphins have never failed my expectations with their intelligence although I must say the seals actually surpassed in their performance over here in Ocean Park.

There were also sharks and jellyfish for your viewing pleasure. On a personal note, sometimes I really pity these animals (in general) for losing their freedom; a wild and bornfree life in exchange for a cooped up life and to endure the stares from weird creatures which cannot be reached from their world. It’d be so frustrating and I’d really hate that!!

This is an unique dessert found here; rather a big portion in a large cone

Anyway, don’t forget to take a ride to the other side of the Park via the cable car; one that you should not miss. There will be a long queue but not such a long wait as there were a lot of cable cars all the way and I am serious, they really look like a whole galaxy with the brightly coloured balls hanging in the sky!

The great big pandas reside over here; with four of them from the dangerously on the verge of extinction species. They were again cooped in their own space but available for visitors to peek a glance at them.

It was a pity looking at them; and I couldn’t help feeling sad. Some of the pandas refused to exit their incubator rooms to their exhibit area due to the noise dispersed from the large crowd; I guess it really scared them off.Poor Pandas…my heart went out to them; especially the last 2; Lele and AnAn

There were other rides available over on this side of the horizon; whereby you can try out the hot air balloon (long queue), the kiddies’ world and also go-kart for racing enthusiasts.

We ended our tour to Ocean Park with the Bird Show; which was not exactly up to our expectations due to the bad weather and the birds refused to cooperate with the trainer; leaving the trainer standing in the rain and looking so forlorn

It was an enjoyable trip although I do not see anything amazing compared to other theme parks I have gone to; but I do agree that this is a great place for a fun outing with family and friends

To be continued…

Hong Kong - Day 2

Administrator — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:04:52 +0000

On the second day, it was again a rainy day shrouded in dark clouds looming above us and we decided to scout around the area for a while and we spotted a pastry and a soya bean shop.

Interesting egg tarts…

And their bean curd custard (tau fu far) comes separately with the brown/orange sugar…added to your own liking

we were traversing on the bus around the Hong Kong Island.

One would never miss the bright red taxi often spotted in the movies; in fact there was an abundance of them here.

And that includes this tram and also the buses

The house of the rich and famous in Repulse Bay

And the famous landmark of Repulse Bay

Disneyland Day 1 - Part 2

Administrator — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:02:21 +0000

Back to my post; part 2 of Disneyland….I continued with photo-takings (what are vacations for, right?) And they don’t invent cameras or to be specific, digital cameras for nothing:p

Now I am Captain Sparrow…but where’s my crew? All hiding? No one next to me !!

With pirate comrades; Pluto and Goofy!! They were sooooo playful!! Hehe…

Ooooo…Pirate Mickey…so handsome!!!hehe….I was one of the lucky few who got to take pics with him before he was whisked off to the parade!

Then we proceeded to the parade; the Mickey’s Waterworks Parade…only for the summer!!!

Why waterworks? Coz the trick here is they will squirt water at you if you weren’t careful!! Watch the cameras!!

Pinocchio with his dance

LOVELY princesses!!! I love Aurora!!!

Here comes Minnie!!

Minnie and Daisy Duck!!

Donald Duck!

Mickey again!

Toy Story gang!

Me with the planet!! These annoying people just couldn’t wait for their turns!!!!

I am in another planet!LOL!

Christy and Buzz Lightyear!

Greetings Earthlings

Cookies and candies house

My Mickey World!! How I wish they were all mine…My Mickey Library!!

I have Mickey and Minnie with me now!!!

Me with Pooh!

Getting late

Don’t recall I took pic of this place in the morning

We managed to catch the Golden Mickeys Awards show…sorry, no photo-taking allowed but I can say that it was SUPERB…so touched to see them until I almost cried

Good night Disneyland…an amazing ending with the fireworks over the Sleeping Beauty Castle!!

Bye Bye Disneyland…sob sob*