Our Trip to Hong Kong

Our Hong Kong trip was a good trip. I got to meet the rest of my hubby family and I got to see some new and old places in Hong Kong

We went to see the Big Buddha (Tian Tan Buddha) I was excited to see it since it was my first time but we decide to be adventurist and hike up...bad idea (◕︵◕) it was super humid and hot...it took us 4 hours to get up. So my advice...do not hike up in summer and also make sure you are in shape (out of shape since I haven't done any hiking in a long time) But overall interesting experience, my first time hiking in Hong Kong.  It was a foggy day but cleared up a bit and I was able to get some good pictures (｡◕‿◕｡)

We went to The Peak, it is where you can get a topside view of Hong Kong. We took a taxi up since the line up for the Peak Tram was long and we didn't want to wait

This was my 2nd time at The Peak. I went there with my family on my first visit to Hong Kong. But new discovery there is a trail (thanks to my friend who showed us) so we walked around the trail. There are residential houses along the path

We took Peak Tram down...it was really packed but we got in..just standing up during the slope-y ride down

 

We went to Victoria Harbour a few times. You can see Hong Kong City on the other side

Also there is a light show called Symphony of Lights every night...very awesome. My second time seeing the show. I saw it last time on a boat in the Harbour

My friend took us on a tram ride in Hong Kong City. For a few cents you can take a ride around Hong Kong City. It was a very interesting and fun experience

My hubby took me to the goldfish market and the his favorite bird garden

We went to the Temple Street Night Market. And my hubby showed me a garden/park in the middle of the big city called Kowloon Park

We had a good time in Hong Kong. This was my longest stay in Hong Kong and I got to see a lot. Hong Kong is a nice place to visit and we will probably be back again to visit my hubby's family again in the future

Our Hong Kong Wedding Banquet

My hubby & I went to Hong Kong to have mini reception for his family there. My hubby's aunt found us a place called Wedding Banquet Specialist. As you can tell from the name they specialist in wedding banquet so not a lot of people come here to eat for regular meals.

We booked 2 tables in front of their main stage, it looked like we booked the whole restaurant since only 2 other tables were occupied in the back for regular diners. For this reception we went with traditional Chinese reception...a lot of red. I wore my kwa. Two of my friends, one from Hong Kong and another from Singapore were able to attend our reception (ღ˘◡˘ღ)

The food was different from the dishes we had at our reception in Canada and this time I was able to try all the food. The food was only ok nothing special. But my hubby & I both had a great time. Thanks you to our family and friends who came to celebrate with us.

Thailand

So after our wedding we went to Hong Kong to meet the rest of my Hubby's family and had a mini reception there for them. During our 3 week stay there we took a little trip to Thailand as a sort of honeymoon. We stayed 2 nights.

 We were already wowed on the plane ride over. So beautiful from above.

We stayed at the beautiful Renaissance Resort & Spa in Phuket, Thailand. This was my first time staying at a resort & spa. It was so beautiful.

 Our room was really nice. It was big, bright, clean and comfortable.

We spend most of our time at the beautiful Mai Khao beach located behind the resort.

The water was so blue and clean. It was really relaxing sitting by the beach and playing in the water. We watched the sunset (ღ˘◡˘ღ)

Our stay included buffet breakfast, which we treated as our lunch. The food was good...we ate A LOT. Our first night (the day we arrived) we ate instant noodle for dinner since the food at the resort was expensive.

The second night we had food delivery from Kin Dee Restaurant. They have someone who understands English who took our order.
• Chicken Green Cury (◔_◔) ok
• Chicken Pad Thai (◕︵◕) had a wired taste to it...I think it had stinky tofu in it...yucky...so I didn't like it at all...so disappointed because I really like Pad Thai and couldn't wait to try real Pad Thai in Thailand
• Pineapple Fried Rice (◔_◔) ok  
• Kin Dee Crab Cake (◕ ◡ ◕) yummy
• Mango Sticky Rice (◕ ◡ ◕) I was expecting it to taste wired because it was mango and rice but it was really good
Over all the food was ok, it was a good amount of food for the price we paid..which was around $27 CAD (included tip & delivery).

So sad to leave...was too short of a trip but it was fun. My hubby & I would love to see more of Thailand next time, venture outside.