Christmas in Hong Kong (Day 1 part 1)

I haven't mentioned that I'd be spending Christmas in Hong Kong in any of my previous posts, right? That's because this trip was unplanned. But I'm thankful that it turned out well. :)

Day 1

We left our home at 1 am to travel to Clark, Pampanga where we would ride the aeroplane going to Hong Kong. I only had an hour of sleep because I had to do chores and finalize our itinerary (which by the way, we didn't follow to the letter. You'll find out why later).

We arrived at Clark at 3 am. That night/day, I found out that a person can arrive at SM North from Laguna (where our home is) if the roads were not jammed with traffic. It really amazed me because it takes me two to three hours to reach SM North on an ordinary day.

Anyway, our flight was at 5 am so we had to wait for two hours. We didn't really had difficulty waiting because we were still sleepy - we spent the waiting with our eyes closed most of the time. ;)

PLUS, the waiting was worth it because we experienced walking on a tarmac (airport runway) FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Upon arriving at Hong Kong International Airport, the first thing we did was to grab a map. ..and have our pictures taken with it. :)))

We rode a red taxi cab (because it's the one that covers most of Hong Kong destinations; the other taxi cabs are blue ones and green ones) to get to Regal Riverside Hotel. It took us only 25 minutes to get there but we had to spend 265 HK dollars. :|

Anyway, we were greeted by this huge Christmas tree and pillars decorated with Christmas lights at the hotel's lobby. The festive feeling came back quickly. :)

 




















Our hotel was named Regal Riverside because it was really beside a river called the Shing Mun river. Unfortunately, the room assigned to us was not facing said river. BUT fortunately, it was just across our hotel so we took pictures of it and with it before heading to The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery  (which was our first destination for the day).

we even saw this little guy ^___^

to be continued. (because I'm getting dizzy and also, sorry for the monotonous travelogue. xD)