Alas, luck was not with us and none of the restaurants at Times Square were open at that hour. We walk back to the area near the hotel and had to settle for breakfast at Da Jia Le.
They served American and Chinese breakfast. The serving was considered rather big (for me as I cant take heavy breakfast early in the day) but it tasted nice. One thing we realized in Hong Kong is that when you are ordering Tea, you do not need to indicate if you require tea with or without milk as Hong Kong do not seem to serve Tea – O, ie. Tea without milk. We settled for breakfast and went back to the hotel lobby to meet Louisa for our Ocean Park outing! Took a train to Admiralty station and took a bus 629 to Ocean Park. The bus ride was fast, prolly 15mins and I started to take lots of photos. We were there around 11am and boy, the weather is very clear and sunny. Hong Kong seems to be very hazy with lots of fog (but its not those high PSI thingy) and this day seems to be soo different from yesterday’s. We started to plan for the rides that we wanted to take and off we went for our first ride. Mine Train. As we were waiting for our turn, I realized that in Ocean Park, they have bag deposits beside the ride for riders to place their belongings while taking the ride at ease. I really appreciate this as for individual travelers, its really convenient to have safe storage place.
By the time we finish our ride, it was hot! The mine train was okay for a start. Nothing too scary or so. But Bee Kim and I did scream out loud and the camera captured me with my mouth WIDE open. Opps….
We started taking the escalator to go further up and past by a grill shop. Louisa is an Caucasian who is not too adventurous with Chinese food. So we thought we could have an earlier lunch at this grilled place so that she can have a better meal. By then, Louisa’s cheeks were really red as she was very hot and we were rather worried for her. Worried that she will suffer a heat stroke. Touch wood.
We decided on the raging river ride next, which is like a roller coaster ride, but in the water. It was a good way to chill out, we thought. We started queuing and there and then, after looking at the people who came down the slope and water started splashing on them, we start to worry about who should sit in front! Some of them came down dripping wet! Opps. I finally volunteered to sacrifice and sit in front as Louisa is wearing a white top and Bee Kim did not make much comments, so I thought the best and easiest way was to volunteer to sit in front.
We went on the ride, splashed the water on ourselves on the first slope, and made our way for the big slope. Down we went and the water splashed on me….not as much as the first but enough to get me slightly wet. Not too bad for a wet weather though. Bought an ice cone each after that to chill down but alas, the ice cone was simply TOO sweet. It was pure syrup! Thrown away mine after finishing the big crushed ice. Too sinful.
Louisa started to feel real uncomfy and suggested that she go back first while we go ahead. In the end, I suggested that we all leave together. Im rather ok with not taking the rest of the rides. There’s always another chance…..Took the cable car down. The view was scenic and nice as it went over the sea. While we reached the bottom of the hill, I was captivated by a guy doing ‘capriture’ portraits. I wanted to have myself drawn and got them to wait for me. In the end, Bee Kim decided to do one, with her boyfriend drawn in as well using a pic as a guide. We coaxed Louisa to do one as well and boy was she cute. We got her to have one drawn, where she is ice skating. And boy did she look sooo pretty in the pic. “You looked soo feminine in the photo”, I commented.
We soon make our way back and Louisa went back to the hotel, while Bee Kim and I went to Windsor place to have a walk. We went scouting for a Dim Sum place again and in the end, went to KTV at Red Dot. It was only HKD75 for 2.5hr and there is free 2 drinks each. The room was BIG, bigger than those in Singapore for a 2 person room and the sound system was real good! After KTV, we went walking around and started to help Bee Kim scout for her anniversary gift.
She bought a musical box with Forever Love music and we went Ikea, scouting for other gifts as well. She commented that I am a romantic, given the ideas that I suggested….hehe….no puking pls…
We sort of skipped dinner and instead, had dessert at Xu Liu Shan AGAIN near our hotel. Yes again. 2 nights straight in a row at Xu Liu Shan. I must say that the dessert was yummy, especially their Mango dessert. Best in Hong Kong man….Do try on your next visit. No regrets though……
Tomorrow is Monday, workday….sigh…..to be continued…day 3…
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