Last day...

In less than 12 hours, I will be flying off from HK to Japan! Can't wait...have been counting down the days for so long that I somehow feel a little surreal that the day has come.

I had a fabulous time in HK and absolutely love it! Got to meet up with an old school friend of mine here whom I have not met in 7 years.

Time really fly past in a blink of a second.

I'll probably not have internet access while I'm in Japan so this wil be my last post for a while till I come back!

Scenery

After going to the Wong Tai Sin Temple, we headed to a place that supposedly has some pretty amazing scenery. So we found ourselves trotting to look for the "Chi Lin Nunnery". I have to say that it is quite majestic looking. Very pretty.

It was connected by a bridge to a garden called the "Nan Lian Garden". The scenery is spectacular as you can see. Imagine walking through the garden with soft music flowing in the bakground adding to the atmosphere. You really feel like you are in another place. Definitely a place to come to. We spent quite a bit of time there as well as many photo clickings!

Duk Ling Ride

My sis heard about a free boat ride on the "Duk Ling' from central to Tsim Tsa Tsui and we decided to take it for the experience. You need to register with your passport at any one of the Visitors Centre as it is exclusive to visitors. The boat only operates every Thursday and Saturday.

On the day itself, we were a little worried as it started to rain lightly. The boat ride was not cancelled and we had a one hour boat ride. Imagine cool wind breezing past you while you engage your vision with the sights of both HK island and Kowloon and the numerous skyscrapers! Fantastic!

Add the experience of being in an ancient times boat and that makes it even better!

This was the boat that wewe were on and the other picture is where we were standing and having the wind breeze past us.

This is one of the views that we were looking at. Looks all romantic with the mist and all doesn't it? Not sure if it was the morning mist or air pollution. :P

The Peak.

I remembered going to the Peak 10 years ago when I was first here but couldn't recall much! Thus, I made it a point to go there again this time.

The view is simply fabulous and the air....cold and crisp! My sis and I had sooo much fun up there and was laughing our heads off a few times....it was truly a great experience.

There are a few lookout spots and we only went to two of them. Picture taking wasn't the easiest as our hair was blown into disarray constantly by the wind.

I also managed to find the best exchange rate counter so far in HK which is here at the Peak. Haha...

As I have not sat on the mini bus (小巴）before, my sis and I decided to take it to get to where we wanted to go. Honestly, we went around in circles looking for it as it wasn't with where the rest of the buses were. The first pic is where all the buses are, there is a double decker bus that goes to "The Peak" but if you suffer from motion sickness, not the best one to be taking. I was suffering from a headache when I took it to come back down from "The Peak". Had to discover this the hard way! :(

You see the little gap next to the trees on the right? That is where you have to go to take the mini bus.

Honestly! We were going around in circles looking for the bus stand. So for anyone taking the mini bus, it is actually at the "International Finance Centre (IFC)".

The mini bus is actually cheaper than the double decker bus but for those who have the Octopus card , The tram is the cheapest from what I can tell from the price list in the picture below. You would also have a pretty cool view and unique ride.

And here comes some of the pics that I took of the fantastic view and the sun setting....