My family have went to Hong Kong quite a few times so we were quite familiar about the place and how to navigate around using their public transport. My mum and dad both knew how to speak cantonese so it was easier as we could ask for what we want and the people there understand us.
We went to various locations to eat and shop. As we did not go there for the sake of going to tourists attractions, we did not need a tour guide. We went to this famous seafood place in Hong Kong which sells a variety of seafood and there are various restaurants to go to to enjoy the food you ordered. The place is called 鲤鱼门 and they sell seafood that we do not get to eat in Singapore. If there is a chance, go and try their seafood! The restaurant i went to had a sea view and there were no people in the restaurant other than my family and the waiters and waitresses. The atmosphere was very serene and we enjoyed the food.
I found out an interesting fact about Hong Kong people, which is they have their meals later by about 2 hours. They eat lunch at 2.00pm and dinner at 8.00pm. We went for lunch at 12.00nn and dinner at 6.00pm and we were surprised to find out that there was no one there. We went to the restaurant with my aunt and seeing our surprised faces, she explained to us that in Hong Kong, the people have their meals late.
Let me introduce to you some places that you can go if you go to Hong Kong free&easy. You can go to these places by the MTR. MTR is Hong Kong's version of our MRT. You can go to the station called "Tsim Sha Tsui". They wrote it in English alphabets so it is easier for us to understand them and alight at the correct station. However, they also do write it in Chinese but it may not be the usual chinese characters that we see. They write it in Chinese alphabets but some are Cantonese-written characters. There is also another interesting place in Hong Kong called "SOGO" at the MTR station "Tung Lor Wan". SOGO is a shopping centre that sells all kinds of things ranging from female accesories, to men clothing, and baby needs. It is a very interesting place to go if you are there for the sake of buying things and shopping. If you are going there for the sake of eating Hong Kong (street) food, you can go to the MTR station "Sha Tin". Att he Sha Tin station, there is also a shopping centre and it links to various shopping centres around the area. If you exit the building to the outside of the shopping centre, there are many food stallls to eat from and the food there is VERY nice!
Please go visit the above places if you go to Hong Kong and hope you enjoy your trip there! I hope my introduction of Hong Kong enlightened you of how Hong Kong is like and hope you enjoy yourselves!
-Jia Xuan 2E 2014
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