Very exciting to have visitors in town! It's been more than ten years since my mom and auntie visited the shores of Hong Kong. I think dad has been here a little more recently, but even then, that would have been when I was still living in Soho, which would have been at least eight years ago. The lead up to the visit was a little stressful as this was the first time taking advantage of my sister's family perks at work which meant, stand by tickets and continuously hawking the load of seats on each of the flight. That combined with the fact that this airline only has one flight per day meant that they did not know if they were going to fly up until the last moment. Weeks out, this flight had looked the most likely with availability, however as the day drew closer seat allocations slowly filled up. On the day of the flight, all seats had been sold, yet they decided to head to the airport and try their luck. Call it luck, but there were two no-shows. Success. Hong Kong here they come!
Unfortunately, we were short at work so couldn't take time off, but did manage to see them after work and on the weekend. This, in my opinion is the best time of the year to visit Hong Kong. Although upon arrival they were greeted with fairly chilly conditions, however the city warmed up after the six days. Lots of activities showing them all my favourite spots. Picked them up from the airport, and checked into the hotel, they weren't so hungry and watched me eat some Vietnamese food in Pacific Place. They had arrived with lots of goodies, lentils, faba beans, fruit and snacks. Day two, exploring TST, although admittedly, Hong Kong isn't terribly exciting if you're just walking around. You kind of need to know where to go. I met them after work in Jordan and we strolled Temple Street and the ladies market and ended up at Hing Kee for clay hotpot rice. One thing they would soon learn is that, all popular places in Hong Kong will have a queue.
Friday they went up to the Peak and met them after work at Kam's for goose dinner. "Too tough!" haha, followed by dessert. Saturday we met in Causeway Bay after my (half) hair cut, grabbed an egg tart from Bakehouse and walked through Victoria Park to Sister Wah for beef brisket noodles, followed by a post meal walk to the Eastern Corridor promenade for some harbour views before catching a tram to North Point. Walked down to Sau Kei Wan, caught sunset and took a boat to Lei Yue Mun for seafood dinner. Sunday, dim sum in Central, walk through Hong Kong park, afternoon tea at the Conrad and then dinner at Above and Beyond, walk along the Avenue of the Stars and Star Ferry back to Hong Kong island. Monday they explored Causeway Bay before heading off back to Sydney. Please visit more!
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