A weekend in Hong Kong

What’s the main perk of a family trip? When you would have stayed in a miserable hostel in the middle of Hong Kong, you instead have a incredibly spacious and luxurious hotel room all to yourself. Here's a few snapshots of the city, and what I got up to in the few days I spent there. 

My mate Jackie Chan

Food
Yum cha was on the menu daily, it was pretty much food heaven. I lived on BBQ pork rice paper rolls, prawn dumplings, sticky rice and chicken feet (don’t knock it till you try it). Outside of Hong Kong, in Macau, we also tasted the most amazing Portuguese custard tarts at one of their famous bakeries.

Along the waterfront 

Shopping

The highlights would have to have been the ladies markets for jewellery, bags and souvenirs, the aptly named ‘shoe street’ for all things footwear and the duty free at Hong Kong airport for all of the beauty bits I could ever need.

Stanley

Sights

We took two different day trips, one over to Hong Kong Island to Stanley. The views by the water were gorgeous, and we trawled round the markets. Our visit to Macau included casinos, Chinese temples, museums, watching people jump off the side of the (insert name) tower, and enjoying some of the aforementioned Portuguese tarts.

Macau

Of course, as usual, it always comes down to food for me – variety is the spice of life!

-Melissa