Tag: hong kong

  • Hong Kong: Street Photography – Causeway Bay 铜锣湾

    Hong Kong: Street Photography – Causeway Bay 铜锣湾

    Hong Kong: Street Photography – Causeway Bay – Picture speaks a thousand words. Throwing up a lot photos taken during my trip to Hong Kong last December at Causeway Bay, the vibrant and happenings shopping district. =) I love Hong Kong, I love big city.

    MTR Central Station.
    Look at the number of people on the street. Somewhere around Times Square.
    World Trade Centre with shopping mall below.
    Hennessy Road as seen.
    Night is prettier than day at here, it’s so bright and ‘sunny’!
    Wayfinding pole.
    Middle of the road.
    Simply awesome street food. I like curry fish ball and 牛什.

     

    Hello Aunty!

     

    Bonjour, a cosmetic chain store in Hong Kong.
  • Hong Kong: Big Buddha, Toufu Fa, Lantau Island

    Hong Kong: Big Buddha, Toufu Fa, Lantau Island

    Hong Kong: Big Buddha, Toufu Fa, Lantau Island – One of the cool place to visit in Hong Kong is Lantau Island where the Big Buddha statue is. It’s not only just visiting the statue, you can get some nice moment off from the vibrant busy city life of Hong Kong.

    You can take the MTR to Tung Chung Station, then do some shopping at Citygate Outlet, then you can pick to use the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car or go up by bus. It was a super long queue at the cable car station and we bought a package of going there by bus and coming back by cable car. It’s cheaper and faster too.

    We did some shopping at Citygate, there’s many brands at there, selling at a discounted price. Then we took the bus to go see the Big Buddha statue. It took us about 20 minutes ride to there. It was nice to look at the scenery around.

    Big Buddha is situated on top of a hill, it’s huge and very beautiful. One must not miss is the 山水豆腐花 Toufu Fa, the beancurd toufu far is so smooth and mouth-watering. It’s a bit different with ours as it has ginger in it.


    After touring around Po Lin Monastery (official name), we went back down through the cable car. Aduhainya, we queued 40 minutes for the cable car!

    Fun, but won’t visit the Buddha again, maybe next time can go there for hiking!

  • Hong Kong: Apple Store, Central 中环苹果店

    Hong Kong: Apple Store, Central 中环苹果店

    Hong Kong: Apple Store, Central 中环苹果店 – Let’s fly to Hong Kong today and check out the Apple Store located at Central area of Hong Kong Island. I’ve been to one at Nanjing Lu and another one at Pudong, Shanghai, both of them are very cool.

    Actually, most of the Apple Store around the world looks the same, they have the same interior layout, the famous glass spiral stairs, and what’s difference is the language and visitors. It’s Hong Kong and it’s Chinese all around. Same as the two stores in Shanghai, this one in Hong Kong was very crowded too!

    I feel that Apple Store is one of the attractions in Hong Kong as there’s not much Apple Store located in Asia.

  • Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old School Starbucks Coffee @ Central – One of the coolest place in Hong Kong to me is the old-school style designed Starbucks Coffee outlet located at Central area. I went there last year, and it was in one of my visiting list. What’s so special about this Starbucks Coffee outlet is the old-school Hong Kong coffee house design which local called it 冰室 (Bing Sutt).

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    This is a good blend of western coffee in to local Hong Kong culture. Although, the original Bing Sutt (Hong Kong’s kopitiam) design was not so dim, yet it brings out a warm, relaxing and mysterious feeling in the cafe.

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    It was full of people. It’s an attraction in my opinion and it has a unique Starbucks Coffee design. Mom went to shopping around Central area and me, dad and brother were enjoying a hot brew of coffee here.

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    It’s a little bit hard to spot out at Central area as you have to turn into a street and walk up a flight of stairs. Anyway, I’ve included a map below for your reference. =)

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Starbucks Coffee (Bing Sutt design), Central

    Floor M2, Baskerville House,
    13 Duddell Street, , Central
    Hong Kong
    Telephone: +852-25235685

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  • Nick Chan’s Year-End Flashpacking China Trip

    Nick Chan’s Year-End Flashpacking China Trip

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    Nick Chan’s Year-End Flashpacking China Trip –  Hello fellow friends and readers, I will be going for flashpacking trip to China and Hong Kong in this coming two weeks. Flashpacking is a travel type somewhere between budget backpacking and a normal trip, and still uses a backpack. This is  my first backpacking trip – traveling with just a backpack, camera and myself.

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    Well, not trying to promote AirAsia but since the desktop wallpaper so nice, so I share it up here also. Haha. AirAsia is my flight to Hangzhou (Shanghai).

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    Zhouzhuang Ancient Water Town – Venice Of The East.

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    Manhattan-alike of the East – Shenzhen. Photo by defence.pk

    The trip basically covers a little bit of Hangzhou, more of Shanghai, a little bit of outskirt Shanghai like the ancient water town in Suzhou – Zhouzhuang, Xi Tang, then to Shenzhen for some gadget and electronics hunting, ending the trip in Hong Kong for some awesome Chinese dimsum.

    China blocked Facebook and Twitter, luckily I still have Nick Chan Dot Net and Away From Computer. Follow me on my blog, Twitter and Away From Computer for latest updates! I update more on Away From Computer as I constantly post image to there.

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  • Apple Opens Its First Store In Hong Kong IFC

    Apple Opens Its First Store In Hong Kong IFC – It’d been a long wait for Apple fans in Hong Kong to visit a real Apple Store, officially from Cupertino based Apple computer. There are currently 5 stores in Mainland China and this one at the Hong Kong’s tallest tower, International Finance Centre (IFC) marks the first store in Hong Kong SAR (Special Administration Region) of China.

    Featuring the Apple’s interiors design concept, a spacious interiors with minimalist furniture, well lighted with huge amount of natural lighting from the glass panel. as well as the famous spiral stair case same as the one at 5th Avenue, New York. First floor is where all the Apple’s products are showcase and the 2nd floor is where you consult for technical issue and where the Genius Bar is located.

    At the opening, Apple gives out 5000 free t-shirt to fans and I want one too! Too bad, I am not in Hong Kong now.

    Well, this means that the Apple Store is now added to my place-to-visit-in-Hong-Kong list in my next visit to Hong Kong somewhere during Winter.

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  • Hong Kong: Causeway Bay And Somewhere Around

    Hong Kong: Causeway Bay And Somewhere Around

    Hello my friends, I will be writing quite a few posts about Hong Kong this few days because I realized that I still have quite many photos to share with you guys about my Hong Kong trip during Chinese New Year this year. Although it’s late, it’s still nice to share and bring back my memory when I was in Hong Kong. This makes me miss Hong Kong so much.

    As you know, one of the famous place in Hong Kong is Causeway Bay 铜锣湾 which is a mid-high end shopping district and people like to go there to shopping and also number one hang out place for Hong Kees. =)

    Everytime go to Hong Kong must go to this place because of the crowds and it’s the most happening place on the Hong Kong island, whereas on Kowloon side will be the Tsim Sha Tsui and Mongkok area.

    The famous Times Square shopping mall also situated at there but I tell you it’s quite boring inside, looking old and dull even it features some international brand at there. I don’t really like walking inside.

    One cool thing about this place is that if you comes at night at 1am, there’s still people hanging around, it’s like a place that does not sleep at night. Very happenings.

    I don’t know why Hong Kong has so many happenings place. Unlike Malaysia, Penang or KL. KL has the Bukit Bintang area and that’s all, and Penang, I can’t think of any happenings place, perhaps Gurney Drive? But on the weekend only. I like to go out and join the fun.

    One thing that you must do at Causeway Bay, Times Square area is that go to the street food stall opposite of Times Square and grab some local street food like curry fish ball, mixed beef organs, sausages and more. They are real awesome and my dad love it very much.

    It’s a trend that people either stand by the roadside to eat, or grab and eat and shop at the same time. It’s really an Hong Kong culture, that you probably can’t find it here in Malaysia.

    Causeway Bay is a real shopping district, given you want to find cheap stuff at Jardine’s Crescent, or some young stuff and mid-end fashion at Sogo and Island Bevely Shopping Arcade, if you want high-end, go to Times Square. =D

    Brother and I were actually walking pointlessly, and almost lost the way of going back to Times Square. Haha, but we didn’t went back there, we went to somewhere else we didn’t know where it was. We keep walking and walking to explore the place around.

    And we found World Trade Centre. A office place revamped into a shopping mall too and I found Muji, my favourite Japanese minimalism item store. I wonder when Muji will come to Penang or Malaysia.

    There’s plenty street food corner in Hong Kong, you can find them at almost any corner, so no worry of being hungry in Hong Kong because you can get food easily.

    We also found the famous in TVB series, 打小人 hit small people, which literally means hitting the paper man with the name of the person you hate or want to curse. It’s kinda famous and lame, but still there’s people visiting these grandmas.

    =D D24 Durian at Hong Kong’s Hui Lao Shan.

  • Hong Kong: Sai Yeung Choi Street #3 And Mongkok

    Sai Yeung Choi Street really is love because I just love that street so much, all the neon signs, peoples, shops, LED display and huge TV, and also the night market on the next street parallel to it, it’s really a super duper happening place in Mongkok.

    I went to Sai Yeung Choi Street twice during my last visit to Hong Kong and spent a little while at Fa Yuen Street which features street market.

    The street market selling mostly ladies clothing is not really my type of place to go, we were just accompanying my lovely mommy to go shopping and what’s interest me more is the Sai Yeung Choi Street South. However, nothing much for us to buy already, it’s just that that day was Saturday and it’s a crowded day, we wanted to go there to take photos of crowded people on the street. Haha.

    I am a very weird person. I love Penang for being peaceful and relax and I also love Hong Kong for being fast, happenings and people-ful. Somehow, I don’t like Singapore. *finger cross*

    It was only me and brother Yikhung at Sai Yeung Choi Street as dad and mom went back to hotel early for a rest. You know, you need to have a good stamina if you want to travel to Hong Kong because it’s all about walking, walking, walking and walking, and walking.

    Tired, yet fun. Look at the people, it’s just everywhere on the street. Perhaps their house is small and there’s nothing much to do at home, so they come down for a walk and window shopping, whereas in Penang, home is beautifully designed and packed with entertainment, people felt lazy to go outside the hot weather and don’t want to be stuck in the traffic jam.

    Let’s get the photo shooting started.


    Slow shutter. =D

    One cool thing that will only appear in Hong Kong is that there’s so many mini booth on promoting their local cable and Internet service. It’s just everywhere on the street. They put up a bunting, a mini booth and there you go, a promotional booth for their Internet and cable service.

    Don’t you think the place is so nice?

     

  • Hong Kong’s Central-Mid Levels Escalators

    Don’t you feel awesome where you can take the escalator from the bottom to the middle of the hill. What a nice invention of technology and machinery. In Hong Kong, the Central-Mid Levels Escalators 中环至半山自动扶梯 is a very famous escalator in the world and Hong Kong which commute people up and down the hill.

    In Hong Kong, the hill is not green, it’s all concrete buildings and Central area where the CBD is, is on a slope of a hill. A visit to Hong Kong must check out the escalator, even though it’s just an escalator, it’s long and bring you up very far like 500m or more.

    We thought of  going up Mid-Levels 半山 from Central, then will reach the tram station which goes up to The Peak, but we failed. We couldn’t find any tram station on top. Though, it’s a nice walk through the escalator up Mid-Levels and we saw many thing.

    Mom was busy shopping so it was me, brother and daddy.

    Here we go. The escalator was only available for going up and people have to walk down the stairs if you want to go downwards. There’s so many people, working people, residents and tourists taking the escalator. At the lower level, it’s quite crowded but as you go further up, it become less and less people as there’s less commercial building and it’s all residential area up there.

    It’s a nice walk up the older side of Hong Kong and so cool that we were on a slope of the hill. All the buildings were built very nicely too! With old Hong Kong architecture blends with British architecture, real cool.

    At some point of the escalator way, there’s this mini station which encourages people to tap their Octopus card where you can get 10HK$ rebate. It’s a good way to stop people down and also encourages you to walk and use their service. Octopus Card is actually equivalent to our local’s Touch N’ Go card. You can see in the photo above where people queue up just go for a tap. I tapped my card too. =D

    It seems nice to live at there but then imaging commuting up and down everyday like this also will tired.

    Don’t be surprise to see flats, apartments up there as far as I know, this place is rather super expensive in Hong Kong as it’s so near to Central.

    We reached the highest point of the escalator which is Mid-Levels or just known as middle height of the hill, we thought we could take a tram up to the Peak but then we couldn’t find the station anywhere near us. We walked around, asked and no one seems to know where’s the tram station is. Guess the riches up there don’t know what’s tram and only know about cars and chauffeur.

    At the highest point of the Central-Mid-Levels Escalator is high end residential area. We were tired and thought of taking a cab down there but it seems ridiculous so, we just walked back down slowly.

    And we were back to the lowest point in about 10 minutes. =D

  • Chinese New Year Thematic Lantern Exhibtion At Victoria Harbour

    Chinese New Year Thematic Lantern Exhibtion At Victoria Harbour

    Haha, this is so freaking old post where Chinese New Year was but I still find it interesting to share it up with you guys, hope you guys like it. I actually went to travel to my favourite Asian city, Hong Kong during the last few days of the Chinese New Year.

    We thought of it would be very happenings in Hong Kong during Chinese New Year but unfortunately not during the last few days of Chinese New Year. Luckily, there’s still some mini Lantern Exhibition at Victoria Harbour for people to check it out and take photos.

    On our visit to Victoria Harbour, we spend a little time to check out the lanterns and also the famous light show.

    I got to tell you seriously that their lantern exhibition was real cool and neat. All were high quality and exhibited nicely and neatly which I think it’s not possible to happen in Malaysia. Hmm hmm.

    There’s also some Chinese opera going on at the performing stage and I think they were pretty cool. Enjoying opera and lantern show in a very cool 13 degree celcius weather were fun.


    Yikhung!


    Foggy Hong Kong.

    What a nice place and night at Victoria Harbour.

    There’s cute rabbit too!

    Photos taken with Canon 400D and Canon 50mm f1.8.

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