Hong Kong through my lenses

So I promised to upload the Hong Kong photos... not many, cos the pics are scattered across 5 cameras and it appears that no one else has uploaded theirs.

Oh well.

Took the very painful 6.40am Jetstar flight... entered a ghostly Changi Airport.

See, everyone is still half asleep.

The only good thing about Jetstar... the view.

We touched down, dumped our bags, and headed out to score some dim sum.

Charlotte's friend Celia came to meet up and show us around.

My pitiful room which I shared with Peiwen.

Did a whole lotta praying.

Went to watch the Symphony of Lights at the HK Harbour. What a piece of crap, waste of money and utter futility. It's just a bunch of buildings lighting up and switching off in tune to some cheesy tune. A lot of tourists turned up, probably because we all read about bogus reviews in guidebooks. But really, it's a waste of time.

Only cool thing at the harbour.. the colonial clock tower.

Crap hotel, crap breakfast. Sheesh.

Sigh, when I take photos with the 2 tall ones, they have to squat. How humiliating.

Taking a cablecar to see the Giant Buddha. Or more specifically, the world's largest, OUTDOOR, BRONZE, SITTING buddha. Yes, it holds the record for having a very specific record.

I call this "ascending through heaven" to reach Buddha. A 28-minute ride from HK to Lantau Island. Crosses miles and miles of greenery. Super fly.

Walk through a tourist trap "village" to reach Buddha.

See what I mean?

Buddha demands devotion... through the climbing of a bazillion steps. We decided to do it at one go, resulting in us huffing and puffing VerY unglamourously at the top.

But our reward?

Buddha!

The whole place is overrun by tourist, FYI. Go early.

Next, it's off to Macau!

Which, sad to say, is either incredibly tacky (casinos-side), or depressingly run-down (the original town which has fallen into disarray thanks to the influx of casinos which have driven rent so high that everything is mostly closed).

The tacky Fisherman's Wharf with various hokey buildings.

We call this "Ana Guan Yin", aka the anorexic, size 0, Guan Yin. Apparantly brought in during the time of the Portugese. Hence, the slightly ang moh features.

Random pic at MGM.

The insanely crazy show which Wynn Casino puts on every half an hour. A real tree comes out from the ground, and a chandelier comes down from the ceiling. And both spin and glitter for 3 whole minutes. Insanity.

St Paul's Ruins. Only the facade is left of the once great Church, after being decimated by 3 fires over the centuries.

Largos de Senados. Was a bit apprehensive when our guide told us repeatedly to guide our belongings as the place is teeming with pickpockets. Hmm.

The most amazing thing ever!! Pork Chop bun. Sinfully mindblowing!

Rounded off with a visit to the Venetian, which is the largest, blown up, tacky impression of Venice. Not even close. Here, tourists ogle at a replica of a gondola.

We also went to the Peak, where our asses froze off. Note to self : don't wear short skirts that blow every which way!

Had to head to Lan Kwai Fong. Which was okkaayyy..... Went to Insomnia, which has live music. Some Filipino dude was hitting on these China girls, this Black dude was groping this White woman's boobs, guys were ugly...

but hey! the bar food was good and there was happy hour!

Oh yeah, how could I forget about this? Sweet steamed egg. Absolutely scrumptious! Had it almost twice a day.

So we ate...

And we shopped a lot!

Ok, off to New York tonight. Big Apple time!