I flew to Harbin on 28 December and, by coincidence, to Hong Kong exactly a month later on 28 January. If only I could take a flight every month :D
HK Express had one morning flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi, UO540, and one from Hanoi to Hong Kong, UO541. The flight numbers were different, but it was the same aircraft. It’s a low-cost airline like VietJet. It works best if you pack light. Ultra Lite included a small under-seat bag up to 7 kg, Lite added overhead carry-on, and Essential added checked baggage. I like taking very little, so I went with Ultra Lite :D I'm going for 6 days so I bought extra hand luggage, 7kg but my backpack is only more than 2kg that I still want to drop 😎
One way ticket $71.60, plus $7 credit card fee, about $2037.
The flight home cost HK$645, about 2.15 million đồng. I didn’t see any extra charges on my credit card.
I found there could still be cheap tickets close to departure, and early morning prices could be lower than at night :D I woke at 5:30 a.m., saw the cheap fare home and booked it half asleep. The night before it had been nearly 3.5 million đồng.
The flight time of HK Express is not delay much, less than 10 'but flying quite shaky and shaky: D can not be compared with Cathay Pacific ticket twice as expensive, the flight back better, not shaky and waved less when lowering the altitude.
Chek Lap Kok International Airport is quite big, there are three tram stations, automatic trains, get off the plane and get on the train to the entry area: D
Fast entry, I've prepared in advance the things that customs might ask but I gave each visa and was passed, no more questions 😋
The Airport Express was pricey at HK$115 for 36 kilometres in 24 minutes. It ran from 5:50 a.m. to 1:15 a.m. The hostel for my first night was closer to Kowloon station, but a woman came over to help me at the machine and I went with Google Maps’ route to Hong Kong Station. From there I took one more train to the hostel.
Look for the exit.
In the hold.
At Hong Kong station, walk to Central station, this tram station is pretty nice, peach colored:D
Walk to the hostel.
First meal in Hong Kong, I had rice with three more onion buns, the rice was not good, I ate it all, the buns were normal but I didn't leave any leftovers.
After eating confidently held the credit card to pay only see on the wall written cash: D, I'm just normal, find a way to pay, no money to pay only worry but how to pay is not lacking. I only had HK$20 in cash and couldn’t remember who’d given it to me. They couldn’t take Octopus. I couldn’t open an AlipayHK account, and regular Alipay wouldn’t read the AlipayHK QR code. I finally paid with WeChat Pay. HK$71 was 65 yuan, but I didn’t want to keep going back and forth, so I sent 71 yuan and lost six.
The room address on Trip is written quite detailed so find to the building with hostel easy (new notice there is the word Hotel Hương: D)
I went to apartment 1511, the housekeeper told me to call the phone number on the door, I didn't understand the English, but I found the right room with reception 307, I went to pick up the room, the receptionist wrote down the instructions for the next room.
I'm in flat 306, the door code is 0268, room 31, the room code is 1234#, to find the room is quite expensive: DDD to receive the room there is one uncle Egyptian, I'm at the dorm, no curtains, talking all kinds of things, after I'm so tired go to sleep: D 6:00 p.m. that tired 6: 00 can leave the room
The church was only a kilometre and a half away, but by the time I figured out the bus, Mass was nearly over. My unlimited CSL SIM had cost 230,000 đồng and included a Hong Kong number. The data was quite slow on my phone, which made finding the bus hard. It might have been the phone itself rather than the network.
New Year's Eve, but at 6:00pm:D Saint Teresa's Church
I waited until the end of the service and did not see the fruit of the word of God as in Vietnam, I think that the morning service on Monday morning is only worth it to go to the next morning service.
The ceremony ended at about 7:30 pm, so I walked back, went through the flower market on Christmas Day, strawberries, blueberries, flowers, crowded as in Vietnam, there is each flower that I find strange and beautiful: D
I was walking around and saw this menu and I went in and ate it. It's the best meal in Hong Kong.
The staff asked how many people and showed me to a seat. There was a QR code on the table to order and I could pay then or after eating. There were seats for solo diners and tables for two or four. It was busy without being noisy.
The curry is good, the beef sauce is good, and the ice cream with tea is bad. $92~300k, but still cheap, not even a plate of ramen I ate in Central.
After dinner, I walked around and saw a bar selling drinks, so I went and bought a drink.
I was tired but early so I walked to the Avenue of Stars, Victoria Harbour.
Looking towards Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Island side has a more Hong Kong feel.
Going for a walk, watching the wind, taking pictures at the port, and seeing the parade on the evening of the first day of the New Year, standing to see, to wait until 12:00 pm there is fireworks but I went back, because there is no information fireworks New Year's Eve, only information fireworks on the evening on the second day of the new year.
The bus dropped me near the hostel around 12:30 a.m. It still felt early, so I sat by the road taking photos and random videos. I didn’t get back to my room until one 😎
