My Goungzhou and Hong Kong Trip

[beerlaodrinker]

Fantastic place

[beerlaodrinker]

The wife was getting seafood cravings again so we hopped a taxi for the short ride to Aberdeen

The view of aberdeen and its typhoon shelter


Arriving in aberdeen we hopped a sampan for the tour around the harbour and a visit the the Famous jumbo floating restaurant


The skipper was a little old lady

[beerlaodrinker]

[beerlaodrinker]

In Aberdeen, Modernity meets tradition with skyscrapers overlooking a community living on traditional junks


Plenty of hongkongs rich park the toys down here







The Jumbo floating restaurants can accomadate 2300 diners i had read somewhere. it was also a bit pricey so we gave eating there a miss, Had some noodles instead

[beerlaodrinker]

I was all for finding a pub and parking my arse for a while but the wife was relentless and suggested ocean park which wasnt far away .


Ocean parks sort of a poor mans disneyland , it has a cable car , Funicular Train and numerous rides for the thrill seeker, i think we paid about $hk 350 for entrance which includes all rides and attractions




The wife was a bit pissed off when i took her to this after getting noodles for lunch instead of seafood

[beerlaodrinker]

The Grouper




Next up was the Panda, they only had the one and he was a bit hard to see.


Pandas suck

[beerlaodrinker]

I always think of the old TV show ON THE BUSES when i see one of these

[beerlaodrinker]

Here we go yet another cable car ride, this one also had some fantastic views over the bay and the theme park












There was some pretty scary rides

[beerlaodrinker]

To get back down we rode the Funicular train which goes through a tunnel and you dont really see anything



That was us pretty much done in hongkong , back to Causewaybay and the hotel
Up early again in the morning for the Train Back to Guangzhou,

More pics of that later

[Bobcock]

Hong Kong Disney is a lot smaller than the Disneys in Europe, America and Tokyo.....

I reckon the rides at Ocean Park and more better spent.

Just no Micky and Minnie!!

[beerlaodrinker]

Arriving back in Guangzhou we headed for the Sofitel sunrich hotel, The bathroom was bigger than the room i had paid $200 a night for in hongkong , this place was $152 a night, excellent gaff it was

[beerlaodrinker]

Didnt have much planned for the last day so we just headed for Beijing Lu which is another shoppingarea to pick up some toys for the kids and a prezzie for the mother inlaw for looking after them


Good place for a bit of people watching to

[beerlaodrinker]

The smoke shop bloke testing his products


Tasty chinese Biltong



Prawns for lunch

[kingwilly]

Great thread; you've done more in HK in 5 days than I've done in a dozen trips. Good effort.

[beerlaodrinker]

With the shopping sorted it was time to head back to the hotel for a swim and a beer before heading for shamian island and the pearl river



On the 7th floor the hotel had a heated pool and spa, No moob pics , sorry Dillinger


When in a new city i like to sample the local beer,


Draught beer in a can eh? as with most chinese beers ive tried so far it was watery and weak

[beerlaodrinker]

The hotel also had a Roller , for downtown excursions if you are cashed up


We took a taxi

[beerlaodrinker]

Shamian island was the foreign concession in china and an important port for guangzhous foreign trade,The territory was divided into 2 concessions given to the french and the British and connected to the mainland by 2 bridges





Some great old buildings in good condition here


They had turned this old carriage into a restaurant

[beerlaodrinker]

you've done more in HK in 5 days than I've done in a dozen trips. Good effort.

Its the wife willy, she has the travel bug something severe, cant get enough of it , wants to see everything. i was knackered when we got home

[Loy Toy]

Hong Kong is the first Asian place I visited and that is where I fell in love with Asia.

After seeing your pictures I must take my kids there. I reckon they will love it.

[Bobcock]

I love Hong Kong, Like LT It was my first stop in Asia, been three times in the last few years. I was booked to go there when my Mum was taken I'll and had to cancel and then booked there with just my Dad two years later when he was taken ill and died.

Luckily I am not Asian so none of that will stop me going again, I'm thinking of going with the wife in a fee weeks time and having a splurge for my birthday. Best of everything. Also going to the HK tens where my son is hopefully playing next year. My kids love it as well, so vibrant, everything I don't find in Singapore.

[Gilbert]

I'm thinking of going with the wife in a fee weeks time and having a splurge for my birthday. Best of everything. Also going to the HK tens where my son is hopefully playing next year. My kids love it as well, so vibrant, everything I don't find in Singapore

It seems to be many peoples first stop in Asia, mine as well.

[Yasojack]

Great thread again BL well done.

No been to HK for a few years now, is it expensive now, when last there could see the difference.

Is the three storey restaurant in stanley with the balconies still there ?

[beerlaodrinker]

is it expensive now,

For Hotels , yes

Is the three storey restaurant in stanley with the balconies still there

Not sure about that jack we just wandered around the waterfont and market

[beerlaodrinker]

Still banging around shamian island






A flash looking starbucks



Shamians really an amazing sea of tranquility compared with the madness of downtown, guangzhou has over 12 million population

[beerlaodrinker]

Wandering around here it feels like you are in europe