October, the Halloween month… Disneyland was decorated with all the ‘creepy’ stuff as well…
Halloween Decor at the entrance of Hong Kong Disneyland
Halloween Decor at the entrance of Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland is located on a reclaimed land in Lantau Island and opened to visitors since September 2005. The theme park is part of Disneyland Resort which also consist of 2 hotels and the Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre.
Disneyland was the highlight of our Hong Kong tour. My eldest sister was the only one who had visited a Disney theme park (Tokyo’s Disneyland) prior to this visit, so it should be a wonderful experience especially for my 2-year-old niece.
The theme park opened on 10am; we got there a bit earlier via a shuttle bus from Hollywood Hotel, which is just minutes away from the theme park.
Welcome to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Disney’s Hollywood Hotel is one of two hotels at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (another is Disneyland Hotel which was a bit classier).
We checked in to the Hollywood Hotel around 5pm. The room was much larger than the hotel we stayed in Kowloon and was decorated with some Mickey figures here and there…
Welcome to Disney’s Hollywood Hotel
These are lanterns of Huanhuan (欢欢), one of the five Fuwa (福娃), mascots for Beijing Olympic 2008. Saw these just beside the Clock Tower; the lanterns were part of a lantern show in conjunction with Chinese Autumn Festival.
Huanhuan is designed to resemble the Olympic Torch…
The Flying Frenchman is a sculpture created by the late French sculptor César Baldaccini. The monument is located at Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, nearby the Clock Tower. It was donated by the Cartier Foundation to Hong Kong in April 1992.
The Flying Frenchman, by César
I am not an art enthusiast; I can’t really understand what the sculpture is trying to portray. It was pretty catchy though.
Avenue of Stars (星光大道) is located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui. The avenue is Hong Kong version of Hollywood Walk of Fame… honouring celebrities that have contributed to Hong Kong film industry over the years.
I am not really fond of checking the hand prints of celebrities. For me, Avenue of Stars is simply a great place to see Hong Kong Island across the sea.
Avenue of Stars
Dry seafood is commonly used in Chinese dishes; and Hong Kong has plenty of places selling this stuff. Besides a few markets that cater specifically for the dried seafood; we can find these things in some Chinese medicine shops as well.
A Chinese medicine shop in Kowloon, selling dry seafoods like dry abalone, shrimps etc.
A photo taken in Central district…
Street, buses, trams in Central, Hong Kong
It’s a simple photo, but it really represents Hong Kong in some sense. Metropolitan, buses and double-decker trams… you can’t find the combination elsewhere in the world.