by Puteri | June 19th, 2008
We have never been to Hong Kong except for the stop-overs at the airport on our previous trip to and from Malaysia. This time when the cheapest tickets we could find on Cathay Pacific required a long lay-over, we took the opportunity to spend the night at a hotel in Lantau Island which is where the new Hong Kong Airport is located.
I left the hotel reservation job to Doug after I had stated my preference. Doug would not be Doug if failed to look for cheaper accomodations! It turned out the hotel he had chosen was a 30-minute long and winding drive up and down the hill from the airport! Boy, was I frustrated at having to waste 30 precious minutes in a taxi!
What was worse, the hotel did not have a room with two full-sized beds! Duncan and I occupied the bed, and Doug and Denice slept on the floor. Even though I complained about the standard of the room and the long drive to and from the airport, the location of the hotel was really quiet and beautiful.
The beach which was practically at the door-step of the hotel. It was only 5.30 a.m. but already there were people walking about and riding their bicycles on the bricked path along the beach.
Dragon boats?
Doug and the kids were already up and about at 5.00 a.m.! After a few hours sleep everyone was awake due to jet lag. We were already sitting at a dim sum shop at 5.50 a.m. and enjoying our breakfast. None of us could speak cantonese but we got along fine just by pointing at what we wanted after I looked under the steaming baskets.
Apartments built on the hillside near the hotel. Lantau Island used to be very rural and a large part of it still is, but with the airport and the Convention Center built on it, it has grown quite a bit .. as told to us by the English speaking and friendly taxi driver who drove us from the airport to the hotel.
Next time, we vowed to stay a couple of days in Hong Kong and visit Hong Kong proper.
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