Last Friday, Sandy, Irene, and I went to Hong Kong as our annual mother-daughter family trip.
The reason why my dad is not included is because someone needs to stay home to take good care of that two Yorkshire terriers (Maroko and Dou Dou). So my dad is the poor one who stays home to take good care of the dogs and waits for his souvenirs. ; P
We got a Columbia jacket and a water bottle ( this is for his cycling), 2 hiking socks ( for our hiking trip), and 3 shirts for his business suites ( since we all think that he needs to have some new shirts). As for me, I got tons of shirts so that I can wear them during normal working days. Sandy got a lot of stuff, and the only one who doesn't buy a lot is Irene since she already bought a lot of stuff in the states. So... she doesn't need that much ( quoted from Irene).
We flew to H.K. on Aug. 1st. Sandy and I got a day off and three of us took the earliest flight to H.K. The earliest flight leaves @ 8:20 AM, which means that we need to arrive the airport 2 hours earlier. : ( We slept on the way to H.K. and so energized after arrival. For the Beijing Olympic Games, H.K. hosts for the Equestrian games in Shatin. As we steped out from the luggage claim, tons of Equestrain posters and signs are decorated in the airport. You can really feel the love and passion we Chinese have for the Beijing Olympic Games. We took the aiport express to Kowloon and then the free airport shuttle bus drove us to Sheraton Hotel, where we stayed for 2 nights.
Once we got evreything setting down, we first went to the "小肥羊", a famous hot pot restaurant in H.K.. The one we went for is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, closed to the Mirage Hotel. This restaurant offers really good lamb hot pots and different lamb dishes. This restaurant uses really fresh lamb and offers great chili hot pots. Three of us had a lot, and started walking around after finished this meal. The picture on the left is the appetizer, the fresh cucumber salad.
The picture on the right is the chili hot pot. Even though the red soup looks really scary, and the white soup seems like a little bit oily. Trust me, they're really good! Sandy and I love spicy foods, but this red soup is way too spicy for me. Most of the time, Irene and I shared the white soup. PS: the red soup is named "麻辣湯底" and the white soup is called "白湯底" in chinese.
The rest of the day, Irene stayed at hotel because she is still trying to get over with the jetlag. Sandy and I went out to the downtown Tsim Sha Tsui for shopping and having our dinner. This is our first day in H.K.. PS: some of the useful traveling information are listed in the botton of this blog. Meanwhile, if you purchase the H.K. tour plan from Eva Air and also choose to stay at Sheraton, your check-out time is extended to 3 in the afternoon. What a great news~
PS: MTR route map http://www.mtr.com.hk/chi/train/system_map_pop_up.html
MTR lightrail route map http://www.mtr.com.hk/chi/lr_bus/lightrail_route_popup.html
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