Date: 25 Dec 2008 Monday (Day 05)
11:35PM Brunch
We were back to 春日茶é¤åŽ…. We had supper here on Day 03.
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Hotdog bread
Butter Toast
牛肉乾炒出å‰ä¸€ä¸
12:02PM Depart for Central
Road closure on Christmas day.
Groups of foreign workers having private picnics.
12:30PM Exchange Square bus station in Central
We couldn’t decide which to choose – Stanley Market or The Peak.
12:40PM Getting up the bus.
Bus 6X appeared! We proceed to Stanley Market! The green minibus 16M will also take us to Stanley Market but they are not as comfortable as this regular bus.
Good scenic ride.
æ·±æ°´ç£ Deep Water Bay
More private gatherings…
æ·ºæ°´ç£ Repulse Bay
Can you spot the hole in that building? This is the famous building with a hole – The Repulse Bay Building, site of the former Repulse Bay Hotel. As for the hole, it is said for 风水.
13:18PM èµ¤æŸ±å¸‚åœºé“ Stanley Market
JR choosing CNY clothes for our dogs.
Photo taken by JR
Photo taken by me
Stanley Main Street
On Stanley Main Street are pubs, bars and restaurants with a variety of different international dishes.
Dog shitting…
美利樓 Murray House
Murray House houses the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. It is a Victorian-era building that was relocated from Central.
Stanley Waterfront
A major redevelopment of the area, with a new boardwalk, was completed in 2008.
åœå…¬ç¢¼é Blake Pier
天åŽåº™ Tin Hau Temple
It is one of the oldest temples in Hong Kong.
14:45PM Heading back to Central
Bus-stop with wooden chairs.
Our names!
15:25PM Central
The Giant Dazzling Christmas Tree again.
We were back to the Exchange Square bus station.
Car on tow.
15:33PM Onto bus 15C
15:40PM Peak Tram Station
Our bus
So stunning! The Peak Tram Station was packed with people. We decided to forgo going up The Peak since we went there 3 years ago.
15:50PM Hong Kong Botanical Garden
The zoo and botanic garden is a few minutes’ walk above the lower Peak Tram station. We didn’t enter the park.
16:17PM Admiralty Station
We took the MTR from 金钟 Admiralty to 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui.
16:40PM æ˜Ÿå…‰å¤§é“ Avenue of Stars
We didn’t really walk along the æ˜Ÿå…‰å¤§é“ Avenue of Stars. We had been here during our first visit.
The sun is hiding behind the building.
The buildings behind were not clear as it was quite fogy that day.
So many people.
Helicopter flew by.
A large replica of the 2008 Summer Olympics Torch display.
å‰ä¹å»£éµè·¯é˜æ¨“ Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower
Undergoing maintenance…
We took a slow walk to 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station. Did some shopping at Esprit along the way.
18:04PM Back to town.
We took the MTR from 尖沙咀 Tsim Sha Tsui back to 油麻地 Yau Ma Tei.
18:57PM 油麻地 Yau Ma Tei
æ’香 Hang Heung
Yes, we were here to get the è€å©†é¥¼. We didn’t get the è€å©†é¥¼ from the main branch at 元朗 Yuen Long this time round.
19:17PM Heading back to Hotel
Heavy bags of biscuits.
19:41PM Dinner
We left the heavy bags in the hotel and left for dinner. Haha, we are totally in love with Watami.
Watami at 旺角始創ä¸å¿ƒ Pioneer Centre, Mongkok.
Plain rice
石锅牛肉野èœçƒ§ Beef & Assorted Vegetables BBQ in a Stone Pot – We ordered it again.
牛油烧带å Baked Scallops with Butter – again…
和风一å£ç‰›è‚‰ Bite-sized Beef Steak
ä¸²çƒ§ç››åˆ Assorted Skewer
20:55PM 金鱼市场 Goldfish Market & 西洋èœè¡— Sai Yeung Choi Street
This shop selling many different varieties of 包.
JR really loves the hotdog…
22:11PM Back to Hotel
Our purchases for the day:
3 tops from Esprit.
CNY clothes + cap for XX.
Chinese calligraphy
The pirate ships from One Piece.
One Piece key chain.
Stationery
Egg Rolls
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ç‚烧æä»é¥¼ Almond Biscuits
香脆鸡饼 aka 鸡仔饼 Chicken Short Cake
马仔
Gone…
Our hand luggage full of æ’香 Hang Heung products.
Our biggest luggage full with all our purchases.
Total expenses for Day 05:
| Item | Cost (HKD) | Cost (SGD) | Exchange Rate |
| Brunch at 春日茶é¤åŽ… | 99.00 | 18.82 | 5.26 |
| Dog CNY Clothes | 68.00 | 12.93 | 5.26 |
| Chinese Calligraphy | 80.00 | 15.21 | 5.26 |
| Ice-cream from The Peak Tram Station | 8.00 | 1.52 | 5.26 |
| Clothes from Esprit | 377.00 | 71.67 | 5.26 |
| æ’香 Hang Heung | 341.00 | 64.83 | 5.26 |
| Dinner at Watami | 193.60 | 37.02 | 5.23 |
| One Piece Pirate Ship (with figurines) | 159.00 | 30.23 | 5.26 |
| One Piece Pirate Ship | 130.00 | 24.71 | 5.26 |
| Hotdog | 8.00 | 1.52 | 5.26 |
| Stationery + Key chain | 77.00 | 14.64 | 5.26 |
| Bottle of water + Chewing gums from 7-eleven | 25.00 | 4.75 | 5.26 |
| Hotel Room Internet | 20.00 | 3.82 | 5.23 |
| TOTAL | 1577.60 | 301.67 |
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| * 5.26 Exchange rate from Change Alley and 5.23 Exchange rate from Citibank Credit Card | |||