3 Nights in Hong Kong

Sunday, 10^th Dec 2023

Since it was early morning, I pre-booked Grab, we were 1 minute late and it triggered the $3 waiting time penalty. Great start for the holiday, jeesh. Check-in and Cathay Pacific flight was good, custom clearance at Hong Kong Airport was a breeze.

We arrived in Hong Kong Airport and now to get to our Hotel in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island. Prior in Singapore, I had checked on Uber app that Uber XL (for 6 passengers) was cheaper than airport transfer on Klook so did not book any airport transfer.

Made our way to Uber pickup point 2 and and booked the ride on the app then. There were actually 3 and I had no reason to go to Pick-up point 2, but chose this, aiya. It turned out to be a mistake, the driver could not find us – I typed we are outside elevator (where else can we be, surely not inside duh) and he thought we were outside carpark 4 and was waiting outside. So, I should not even say we are outside the elevator. Finally the driver found us, after having us walking around the carpark and texting on the app and we were charged waiting time penalty, ouch (see the foreshadowing in our early Grab ride).

Here is the link to Uber pick-up points in Hong Kong Airport https://www.uber.com/en-HK/blog/airportpickup/

It was only a 30 min ride to our stay at iclub AMTD Sheung Wan, of course via all the expressways, total damage $90 (was expecting around $50) and yes same price as Klook Airport transfer. On our third day back to the airport, we saw a number of 5 passenger taxis in queue at arrival, so this may be a cheaper option.

2:00 pm check-in to hotel and after a short rest, off to get lunch and ride the tram. The recommended eats at Sheung Wan were all closed on Sundays so we just walked-in to one that was open, a Cha Chan Teng that has everything toast, roast meat rice/noodles, fried noodles – everything tastes good but I don’t know what is the name of this restaurant (oops).

I did not have any itinery for our 3 nights stay in Hong Kong, just going with the flow.  We boarded the tram and decided to go to Toy Street https://maps.app.goo.gl/6Z9zJ81t6KuZH1d18 as this place closes early. As it turned out the tram at Sheung Wan is the terminus and we could get seats easily as we boarded. Later, more people boarded and there were passengers standing even on the upper deck.

To be continued….let me jump to Okinawa first.