ok i shall blog about my hk/tw trip now before i forget/get lazy.

7/8/10 Saturday
Went to the airport to have lunch before our 1.35pm flight. my brother went to send us off. after lunch, when we proceeded to check-in, we found out that the flight has been delayed till 6plus. ~!@#$%^&* so we hung around inside. good thing changi airport has things to do, places to shop, food to eat. and we were each given $8 credit to eat -.- so we arrived macau at like 10plus. we rushed like mad to the ferry terminal only to realise we missed the last ferry to kowloon island. so we went to hongkong island and took a taxi over to our hostel. the hostel is called Tai Wan Hostel, located in Tsim Sha Tsui. when we reached, we were told we have no rooms, because the china receptionist said the previous china guests dunno do what and the toilet is clogged and the whole room stinks. he refused to show us the room (so we guessed our room was given away). so we had no choice and we 流浪街头 for the night. we went for supper, then camped at macdonalds -.-

8/8/10
since we were up and about so early, we went to the wholesale fruit market to look see look see. its just a huge place with many stalls preparing to sell their fruits to smaller markets and stalls. and many topless man unloading fruits from the lorry. the fruits were not for purchase from random shoppers like us though ): after that we had breakfast at a nearby place and had the worse dimsum ever. even thinking about it makes me want to puke. up till here, i've had the best holiday ever. after that we went to board superstar aquarius, had lunch and SLEPT! omg i love sleeping. and then we just enjoyed being on the cruise :D after supper we spend HKD40 to use the internet on board to cancel our next stay at Tai Wan Hostel and booked a 4star hotel on offer. haha. huge upgrade. lol.

9/8/10
Reached Anping, Tainan. i found out the wrong harbour from google maps, so i thought it was a short walk from the harbour to the touristy area and it turned out to be a very long walk. but we reached and we saw what we wanted to see. haha. photos are on facebook. the place with all the roots is the anping treehouse. it's a house that was built and trees starting growing all around and over it. ohh and OMG the oyster omelette is like SLURP! best one i've eaten :D

10/8/10
Reached Taichung. the harbour is far far away so we just got down and got a cab for the whole day at a standard rate after telling the driver where we wanted to go. we went to the wuci fishing harbour, lugang township, baguashan to see the big buddha which was under renovation -.- taichung city - metropolitan park and fengjia night market. all we did was eat. the park was lame. the taxi driver insisted on bringing us there. so we got down at the park, crossed the room to the shopping mall and shopped for a while. hahahahha. wooo love the night market :D

11/8/10
Reached Keelung. went to ruifang for lunch and my baked sweet potato :D continued up to jinguashi. hiked a bloody long way to see the yinyang sea. the route ahead (the curly curly one) scared us so we see the sea from far. hitched a bus back down to jiu fen. we had spare time, so we took a bus to taipei to do shopping. bought facial masks at a very cheap rate. haha. then we went to the keelun miaokou night market. i love night markets.

the paragraphs are getting shorter. hahahahaha.

12/8/10
whole day onboard the cruise. we just slept and recharged. and they had this fruit buffet. omg love it :D and there was a farewell chocolate buffet at night. wheeeeeeeeee~

13/8/10
reached hongkong! checked in at our 4star hotel at quarrybay on hongkong island. then we went for dimsum lunch at a place we found last time at paterson street. the dimsum so yummy :D then we went to the hk botanical and zoological gardens. it's free. the zoo part only had monkeys. but i didn't find thaddeus there. oops! then we went to the peak for a walk and to see the view. love the view :D then we went for dinner i forgot what we ate but u can look at facebook. ohhhh we ate at a dai pai dong in stanley. yummmmmmmmmmmy. then we walked around and went to lankwaifong beer bar for happy hour. i had a what you call that they serve in the triangular cup. i suddenly forgot the name.

14/8/10
went to cheung chau for a hike. hahahah. so hot and so long. but eat so much must exercise la hor? but the main point is, after the walk we had a very delicious seafood lunch which was cheap. the kind of price you never get in singapore. and their carrot soup very nice, can fight with mine. hahahahahaha. after that, we went SHOPPING! bought so many things but none of the things i set out to buy (winter coat/boots) -.-

15/8/10
we headed over to macau. after reaching macau we went to zhuhai which is like you get up the ferry then u get down already. even closer then jb is to singapore. haha. wanted to go for cheap seafood at the wanchai area, but the people were scamming us so we left and went to the gongbei border. walked ard at the largest underground shopping complex in somewhere and had this damn feng fu cheap meal. please go see the photos. we had like so many items and the total cost was like $20plus, less then 30. amazing and yummy. and so crowded eat already also shiok. haha. headed back to macau which is just like cross the customs u reach alrdy. dun even need a bus. lol. wanted to go see the dog racing, but we were too early and there wasn't anything to do nearby so we just went off to look see the casinos.

16/8/10
spent the day in macau, went to eat the famous margaret's portuguese egg tarts. oh damn yummmmmmmmy. best egg tarts i've had. like slurp slurp yumyum. we all had seconds. went to st paul's and then we went to the cotai strip which is supposedly like a mini vegas but i nv go vegas before so i dunno whether is it a mini vegas. but the casinos and hotels are so grand. so we went casino hopping, i went to survey all their toilets, watched shows and yah. i mean, it's macau so must go casino. haha. love the non-smoking ones. the nicest toilet is in grand lisboa. the nicest casino is city of dreams. and the nicest lobby is also grand lisboa. grand lisboa is the pineapple shaped building that can be seen from everywhere. my theory is that it is really shaped after a pineapple because pineapple is 'ong lai' (fortune come in canto) so yah it's a casino and the money must roll in. the toilet has hanging crystals (the black one with the dangling things) and the lobby has all these art pieces which are really wow and there is this 200 over carat diamond and emerald. flawless, supposedly (the certs say so). and 200 over carat each hor, not altogether. lol.

17/8/10
home sweet home. the macau airport has nothing. it was a boring wait -.- came home and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

ok read no use, go see the photos. in short, we walked and ate and ate and ate and ate :D