Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong

We made it to Hong Kong FINALLY! We had all sorts of funny, interesting, and scary things happen to us on the way. We both took off of work on Wednesday with the best intentions of being able to take our time packing but still able to leave for Atlanta at a reasonable hour. Well I have to admit that I was stalling all day long - I didn't want to leave my babies at home. To make things worse, they were getting in the suitcases as if to say that they didn't want us to go either. I cried when we...

After only 4 hours of sleep, we started the day off with a wonderful breakfast dim sum style. We met my aunt and uncle at the restaurant and were quickly seated. The food started arriving at our table almost as quick in either bamboo steamers or bowls which are delivered by women pushing carts around the restaurant. We had so many different dishes - most of which I can neither name nor spell correctly. About the only 3 that I can safely identify are the shark fin soup, pickled radish pastrie...

We started off the day with Dim Sum again. We tried our hardest to pick things that we had not previously tried. We were successful for the most part however we did haveto have beer again. That's just weird for us but when in Rome do as the Romans do so to speak. We then boarded the subway to Lantau Island. Thank goodness for us it goes out that way now. Previously you had to take a 2 hour ferry ride out there. The subway only took about 25 minutes. We rode the Ngong Ping cable car all the w...

We started the day off bright and early with no breakfast since we had to get to the marriage registration office on HK Island to take care of our final document verification. Things went surprisingly smooth and easy. I walked out of there with a huge sense of relief. I also vowed at that point to not walk anywhere else unless I can see my destination from where I am standing. For $15-$20 in most cases, you can get dropped off exactly at your desired location, not get lost, and save your poo...

Well the big day finally arrived. I had to get up early and just have pastries for breakfast before heading to the salon. My mom and I had to be there at 9. I was there for hair, manicure, pedicure, and make-up (although at the time I wasn't sure that the make-up was going to work out). They started working on my hair and nails at the same time which made it quite efficient. While they were doing that both the concierge and the salon receptionist were working on finding a make-up artist for ...

After a 14 hour plane ride from Seattle we finally arrived in Hong Kong. We rushed out of the airport, took the express train, and headed to the pier at Victoria Harbour to see the symphony of light show. Not quite as spectacular as we heard, but a great way to start our trip in Hong Kong. Next we found our hotel, checked in, cleaned up, then hit the town. We stayed on the kowloon side of Hong Kong which is a bit busy, but the streets are full of people, stores, bars and plenty of eateries. W...

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Is this confusing as this relates to Oct 2nd but I'm writing it Oct 3rd I am aware that not everybody starts their 'round the world' (or even 'half way there and back') experience in a five star hotel, however not everybody has Ian booking the accommodation on the back of his sales bonus at the Kowloon Shangri-La. Having said that, I'm not sure it was his accomodation we got after all... After a delayed flight to London and a slightly delayed 11 hour flight to Hong Kong we arrived, sans lugga...

Short break for a conference in Hong Kong. Stayed at the beautiful Shangri La Kowloon (www.shangri-la.com) , well located and real 5 star services. Despit my great conference, I will recommend several things: - Shopping: prices are similar to Dubai, so not impress my technology. Shall you like to buy gadget, you rahter go to Dragon Maart, one of the chinese area in Dubai (Near International City). - Suits: very good deal, i went outside of the hotel, ans was apporached by an indian man. He sh...

Day 1 I arrived in Hong Kong around 11 AM. I took the train into the city. That in itself was such an experience. The trains were amazingly clean and efficient. They even had flat screen televisions in every car. It made the trains in Chicago look really nasty. They even had a screen that showed your progression and announced the stops in quite a few languages. I don't think that they could have made it any easier for the foreign passengers. I got off at the train station and took a cab ride ...