I will miss traveling. I will miss UAE, with its man-made islands. I will miss Australia, with its kangaroos and wallabies. I will miss New Zealand, with its penguins and sheep. I will miss Singapore, with its tall skyscrapers. I will miss Hong Kong, with its trains. And finally, I will miss Macau, with its beautiful buildings and ca...
Archive for: December, 2016
December 18th is my birthday so we decided to celebrate by going to Hong Kong Disneyland, the newest Disneyland in the world. We took the train there. First we went to Toy Story World. We went on to the RC Racer, a car that drives on a giant horseshoe. You get on to the car and it goes to the top of the horseshoe, and then it ...
My family and I found out that you can go to Macau, a special administrative region (just like Hong Kong). So, we embarked on a great adventure. We needed to pass Passport Control to get on to the ferry, and because there were no regular tickets available, we ended up being in premium class. They served us food and drinks and we got ...
Before we came to Hong Kong, the thing we wanted to see most was the Big Buddha. We went, got tickets onto Ngong Ping 360 and came in to the crystal cabin, a cable car with a glass bottom that would take us to the village (and the Big Buddha). It was the longest cable car ride that we had been on. We flew across multiple mountains an...
December 8, 2016 1 min to read
Our first days in Hong Kong: The Peak and the Symphony of Lights
Category : Travel
Our flight to Hong Kong was smooth and easy. We came to the airport at 7:00 o’clock PM and I was very excited. We took a cab to our apartment and, when we came, we were shocked by how tiny the place was (HK is one of the most populated places on earth so space is very limited)! There were 4 tiny rooms. 2 of them were bedrooms ...
Our last day was probably the best day in our visit to Singapore. In the start of the day we went to the pools on the roof of our house. They are very big and good for swimming. There are 4 of them. We swam around for about 2 hours and came back to our house. Then we came down and walked around for a little. After that we decided to...
In Dunedin, we met 2 cool people: Chris and Val. Coincidentally, they live in Singapore, and we met them on Saturday. They invited us to go on a tour of Singapore. We walked into a very old temple dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea. There were a few people offering things, praying and burning incense. I also learned that it was a la...
My Mom, Evan and I went to Gardens by the Bay, a very big, modern, futuristic botanical garden that we could see from our building. It is a world famous garden that even appears on a Singaporean coin. The garden comprises open gardens and two large domes, called the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest. We arrived, bought our tickets and...
It was late at night (7:00 o’clock PM) when we arrived in Singapore. At least for me it was, because it is a 5-hour difference from Auckland and I slept only 2 hours on the 10-hour-long flight. I was veeeeeery tired when I got off the plane and into Changi Airport. We needed to drive to Marina Bay because our apartment was the...