Hong Kong & Macau // Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Went to Hong Kong & Macau with my family - 3.5 days in Hong Kong and 3.5 days in Macau. First time to both places for me. Weather was perfect - nice and cool!
Hong Kong has many vegan options! Didn't get to go to many of them due to time limitations but pretty satisfied with what we had :) Macau didn't have that many (especially since Blissful Carrot was closed for the holidays TT ) but it was still manageable!
Here's the link to my Google Maps - went to only a fraction of the places.
I realised how awfully bad I am at reading Chinese. And I have zero knowledge of Cantonese lol. I could probably have learnt from Hong Kong dramas I watched as a kid but those shown on TV here are dubbed! You'd think that Cantonese can't be that far from Chinese but when people talk to me in Cantonese I just stare blankly lol
Here's what we did:
| TIME | ITEM | NOTES |
| Wed 28 Dec | ||
| 8.30pm | Arrive in HK | Buy Octopus card |
| Take Airport Express | HK$100 | |
| 10pm | Arrive at hotel | South China Hotel (North Point MTR) |
| 10.30pm | Supper near hotel | |
| Thur 29 Dec | ||
| 11am | Lantau Island | Take MTR to Tung Chung |
| 11.30am | Ngong Ping 360 | Standard car HK$185, Crystal car HK$255 |
| 12.15pm | Ngong Ping village | |
| 1.30am | Po Lin Monestery Vegetarian (11.30am-4.30pm daily) | General vegetarian meal
HK$98 Deluxe vegetarian meal HK$138 |
| 4pm | Victoria Peak | (too crowded, didn't go) |
| 6pm | Loving Hut (Wan Chai) | Egg tarts |
| 7.30pm | Green Veggie | BBQ veg pork buns |
| Fri 30 Dec | ||
| 10.30am | Tim Ho Wan (North Point) | vegan options: veg chee cheong fun & osmanthus jelly |
| 11.30am | Fa Yuen Street Market | |
| Ladies Market | ||
| 2pm | Three Virtues Veg (Tsim Sha Tsui) (10.30am-11pm) | Dim sum - xiao long bao |
| 4pm | Victoria Harbour | |
| 5.30pm | Central | Sit somewhere to rest - Kasa |
| 7pm | Veggie SF | 10F |
| 8.30pm | Ferry Terminal (Sheung Wan) | Buy tickets for next day |
| Sat 31 Dec | ||
| 11am | Travel to ferry terminal | |
| 12nn | Take ferry to Macau | |
| 1pm | Arrive in Macau | |
| 2.30pm | Reach Regency Art Hotel Macau | |
| 4pm | Casino Taipa | |
| 7.30pm | Taipa Village | |
| 8pm | Galo Portuguese Food | Yuen Ngai Fong was closed, Blissful Carrot closed for the holidays |
| 9.30pm | Parisian & Venetian | |
| Sun 1 Jan | ||
| 10am | Ruins of St Paul | Check shuttle bus from hotel |
| Senado Square | ||
| St Dominic's Church | ||
| Mon 2 Jan | ||
| 8.30am | Seng Kei Congee (7.30am-11pm) | |
| 9.30am | Taipa Village | |
| 12nn | Pou Tai Un Monastery - Sum Yuen veg restaurant | |
| 1.30pm | Macau Tower | |
| 5pm | The House of Dancing Water | |
| Tue 3 Jan | ||
| 9.30am | Ferry to Hong Kong Airport | |
| 12nn | Lunch at food court | |
| 2.25pm | Flight | |
I'll slowly blog about the trip in parts:
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