Hong Kong Trip - Day 5

Day 5 was the start of our Disneyland exploration. Early in the morning, we took the MTR to Disneyland. The train itself is uniquely designed with Mickey Mouse logos ....

Even the handles are in the shape of Mickey Mouse .....

The journey took about 3 minutes and we finally reached the Disneyland station. Even the station was designed with Mickey Mouse theme ... see Mickey magical hat as the pillar ....

We decided to check into Disneyland Hotel to offload our heavy luggage before we start our disney magical adventure ....
Going down Main Street, we headed for the FantasyLand as our first stop. Because it was Halloween festival, they had quite a number of Halloween related decorations and mascots

The famous Disney Castle. Mummy has been to Tokyo Disneyland, and they really had Cinderella inside the Castle there. But the Hong Kong one is so small, it really is just a prop for people to take pictures from outside.

To start me off, Daddy and Mummy chose the non-adventurous rides so that I can get used to such fun .... considering that I can get scared even watching cartoon movies.

Flying Dumbo ... exciting for me, but must be boring for Daddy

Spinning teacup .....

And the Carousel .... in fact, I was quite scared to go up there, until Daddy said I can choose my own horse to ride on .... so that managed to get rid of my fear

Then we proceeded with more adventurous rides ....

Going for a honey suckle ride in Winnie the Pooh story land. Since there was quite a queue, so we took some photos while waiting for our turn

Finally .... Hello Daddy !!

The ride was about the story of Winnie the Pooh and his friends .... in fact, the journey started OK at first until it came to a section of the ride which was pretty dark .... the story was about sky becoming dark since it was raining and flashing lightning and thunder .... then I got a little frightened and had to grab onto Mummy .... until the next section came when the sky cleared and the sun was out .... then I became my usual self again .... Daddy and Mummy thought the design of the ride was really good, and all the cartoon characters were really well-made

Next came the "It's a Small World" theme. For this ride, I enjoyed myself a lot. Throughout the ride, they kept playing "It's a Small Small World" song, but in different languages since we moved through different countries .... in fact, at the end of the ride, I could sing the chorus in English ....

Then we came upon photo taking sessions with all the Disney cartoon characters .... so of course I insisted on taking photos with each and every one there, even when the queue was pretty long for some popular characters ...

Gooffey ....

Then came Winnie the Pooh .... he is so much bigger than me !!!

And Mickey Mouse was the one that was very popular with a long queue .... but worth waiting for

Pluto came along later

And how can I miss Mickey's girlfriend, Minnie Mouse. In fact, her popularity was not far off from her boyfriend .... really 金童玉女 ???.

Definitely cannot miss out Donald Duck and Daisy Duck ... but they looked so different in their Halloween customes.

We were tired from all the walking (although the place is really small)....so decided to take the train that circles around Disneyland

From Fantasyland, we moved on to Tomorrowland. Dun think I am so skinny, I do have a lot of strength .... see my lifting the globe up with both hands .... tomorrow shall depend on the little princess, Jing Ting !!!

Dun believe me ??? Close up view on how I managed to lift the globe up.

Then we saw this very interesting robot ... it was a character from Muppet Show (err ... dunno his name already) .... he was doing an interactive show with a little boy from China ... and you know, Hong Kong people are not that good with Mandarin so the dialogue was really funny and hilarious ... in the end, he gave up and everyone had a good laugh, Watch the video and you can see how hilarious the Mandarin was

After my afternoon nap, we saw this High School Musical Dance performance on the street ... Daddy told me that this was really popular with the older teenagers ... the singing was really great although some of the performers were foreign talents (Filipino).

Towards the end of the performance, the performers started to get all the kids up on the performance "stage" and get them to follow the dance steps .... since I was sitting right in front, I was also "invited" up the "stage" .... Daddy and Mummy were surprised that I followed them ... see me in the middle of the video trying hard to follow the dance steps .... good or not ???

Next, we went to experience driving the car ... since I was below the height limit for a driver, I can only be a passenger beside Daddy .... while waiting for my turn, Daddy taught me a new song to prepare me for the driving experience ....

(Sing in the tune of "When you are happy")

We are driving in the car, in the car

We are driving in the car, in the car

We are driving in the car

We are driving in the car

We are driving in the car, in the car

Saw the street parade ....

After watching, we moved on to the last destination : AdventureLand. This is the place that I was most afraid of ... cos they featured tribal theme.

We took a river cruise in the boat .... something like the Safari, with elephants, zebras, alligators and monkeys...... they were so life-like!!!

See, even water sprouting out from a volcanic eruption .... I was quite scared and Daddy had to hug me very tightly.

On the streets of Disneyland, they have little carts selling souvenirs. See how I enjoy bursting the bubbles from the bubbles machine..... every time I walk pass them, I will stop to play with the bubbles for a while. Which explains why we couldn't cover all the sights in a single day although the place is really small.

Eating dinner by myself so that I can watch the Halloween parade later. We decided to visit this cafe as it was stated in the menu that they can cater to food allergies. So I managed to have a specially catered allergy- free kids meal!! YEAH!

Waiting for the Halloween night parade to start....

Finally started.... But I was scared...... partly because of the extremely loud music, and the scary Halloween characters. Mummy sort of regretted coming to Disney in Oct as they have the Halloween theme which I am scared of. Should have come in Dec for the Christmas theme?

The finale for the day ... FIREWORKS !!!! and guess what??? I AM SCARED OF THE FIREWORKS!!!! (Daddy and Mummy really don't understand why I am sooooo timid! Have to expose me to more things already....)

After the fireworks, we went back to the hotel for a good night's rest so that we can continue the next day.

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Hong Kong Trip - Day 4

We woke up early and checked out of our hotel and took the MTR to Tung Chung (Lantau Island). Left our luggage with Novotel Citigate and decided to explore Lantau Island.

On one end of the Citigate Outlet Mall, we actually found this! Looks familiar ???? They actually have this franchise over in Hong Kong .... selling all the familiar Singaporean food such as laksa, chicken rice, ba chor mee, etc by "famous stalls" from Singapore. Don't play play hor... each plate of Sergeant Chicken Rice (not set meal hor) costs almost S$8 !!!! Daddy and Mummy decided that they don't miss Singapore food so decided not to walk in. Besides, it was so early in the morning.....

Then we took a bus from the interchange to Tai-O. The journey took about 40-45 mins and the bus went uphill, then downhill, then uphill again .... the slope was really steep, as steep as 1:10 ratio. And there were caution signs for only first gear to be used .... luckily, the bus was air conditioned and so not that bad. I felt asleep during the ride and when I woke up, I was already in Tai-O.

Fishing boats and houses along the sea .....

Tai-O is famous for their really fresh seafood and dried products. Dried cuttlefish, dried salted fish, dried oysters etc .... In fact, Daddy bought some back to Singapore, because they smelt really nice (not pungent at all), especially good ingredients for Cantonese soups !!!



Tai-O is pretty much self sufficient. Almost all the essentials are available.

A place to say prayers to the Gods and send blessings to family members and friends

A primary school .... and during recess time, there were quite a good number of students having fun


Post office .... looks pretty modern inside

Fire station ... if it were to depend on other stations outside Tai-O, the place would have been burnt down by the time help arrived .... imagine taking 40-45 mins up and down the mountain roads to get to the fire ....


Substation to provide electricity ... 2nd storey provides accommodation for those who work in the substation ... why do they need so regular maintenance at the Substation ???


Clinic sponsored by the jockey club. Did not go in to look, in case my immune system kenna attack by germs over there

And a place called Shaolin for those who like to learn Wushu. In fact, they do send representatives to take part in competitions, so looks like this is serious stuff


Once again, I requested to take pictures with all the statues there.... hehehe....

For lunch, we went to this family owned restaurant for a 3-course seafood meal for less than S$40 .... The prawns were really fresh and quite a lot for just Daddy and Mummy. I do not like prawns although I'm not allergic to them.

Next came the green vegetables. Not much seasoning was used because we could taste the freshness of the vegetables .... just like the kind that was just taken directly from the farms

Next came my favourite steamed fish !!! Again, just little seasoning so as not to mask the taste of freshness. I took quite a lot of the fish

After lunch, we continued our journey at the Heritage Centre, catered more for tourists to understand their culture.

In the late afternoon was shopping time for Daddy and Mummy at the Citigate Outlet Mall. And that was also the time I got bored .... shopping is just not for me .. so in order to entertain myself, I started to dance in every shop that Daddy and Mummy went into .... as long as the music in each shop was different, I can easily entertain myself ... Daddy and Mummy got the hang of this and asked me to dance so that I dun disturb them .... luckily Daddy and Mummy are not shopaholics so I did not have to dance for long .... In the first place, the things there are not that cheap, its about the same price during Great Singapore Sale, just that there are more variety here cos all the big names are together at a discounted price.

Dance at Club 21

Dance in Sisley



After dinner, we went back to Novotel Hotel early to rest for the big day .... onto DISNEYLAND the next day !!!

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