Hong Kong at its best

March 2012 - Our story to HK, Asia's World City. It was my second time in HK and the first time for my family. The kids were so excited as the trip will cover interesting places such as HK Disneyland, Madame Tussaud and the Peak. It was hot during the day and very cool and nice at night. The trip to HK this time was the first with family. Massive smile on the kids' faces.

 Shopping? make sure you have HK Dollars filling your pockets... HK is just like Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and any other shopping cities where lots of shopping malls and designers boutiques can be found around the prime area. One best about HK is the night markets. Shopping for souvenirs and stuff, we can proceed to ladies market, stanley market, temple street market and for sports can go to sports street. We did not have enough time to visit the branded factory outlet, maybe next time. We spent most of our time at the night markets. From Mongkok MTR Station, just walk and walk and walk explored the area..

 Sightseeing and interesting places? the double-decker bus for sightseeing was very cool for us as we managed to tour the city of HK all in and out. You can hop on and stop at any of its station during the tour but must make sure of the timing for the last bus to pick you up. We went to HK Disneyland, Exploring the Peak, the tram, visited Madame Tussaud, Arena of Stars and Harbour View.

 Halal food? Halal food is not a problem in HK. We can get many halal restaurants own by the Arabs, Pakistanis, Indian Muslims, Bangladeshis in HK especially near the mosque and shopping area in Kowloon and some Indonesians market and restaurants in HK Island. There are also quite a number of Halal Chinese Muslim Restaurants in HK Island (Islamic Centre Canteen) and Kowloon area. Another best thing is we can dine in Halal Restaurant in HK Disneyland (certified by HK Islamic Board). The best is @ Chungkin House where there are two Indian/Pakistan smalls shops selling bariyani rice, "teh tarik", white rice, tandoori chicken and etc. There are also Istanbul Kebab near to Holiday Inn Hotel @ Nathan road but we did not have the chance to eat halal dim sum halal and varities of chinese muslim recipes @ Shaik Omar Mosque located in Wan Chai. Next time then... hahahahaha..

Children friendly? Yes, definately! HK is a family destination. Kids must love it here as HK has many things to offer.

 
Transportation? the public transport is excellent, just like in Singapore. No problem to get a taxi, anytime, anywhere. The MTR (like our Putra LRT, Underground in UK, Subway in America) goes everywhere, very convienient, stroller friendly and even the terminals, stations are very clean and easy to move around. What we do is just, get the MTR map and you are ready to go. Another thing, buy Octopus card at the airport/nearest train station. Very useful and cheap fare. We can use it for train, bus, ferry, The Peak and airport express. The kids were so impressed to see the tram in HK Island.

A place that we will make a return one day....