Hong Kong May 2008

Instead of throwing Cayden a huge birthday party like last year, I managed to convince hubby that we should bring him to Disneyland to celebrate his 3rd birthday. Took some convincing, but we made it in the end!

We spent 5 days there. It was fantastic! It was not our first trip to HK, but this time, I had a totally different take of the place. I think we appreciated the place more, since we spent the last 2 years in ulu Mongolia. If we were still living in Singapore, I think we won't appreciate it so much.

So what did we do there? Disneyland, of course. The touristy thing we did were visiting Lantau Island and The Peak. We also went shopping! I tracked down some specialty baking shops and bought so many things! Things like whipping cream (yes, we do not have whipping cream in Mongolia), green tea powder, Mickey Mouse baking tins, cookie cutters, baking chocolate etc... The list goes on...

Obviously the main focus of this trip is Disneyland. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. For me, it was my first time at Disneyland too, so immediately, I was drawn into the fairytale world. There is something magical about that place. 

One thing that hubby noticed was the lack of HUGE crowds. He said that when he went to Disneyland in the States, he had to wait at least 1hour for each ride. But here, we waited 15min, maximum. 

Here are some pictures we took at Disneyland:





Mickey Train


With Winnie the Pooh. Cayden was so scared, yet he wants to go near him.


Cayden loved the TeaCup Ride. We took it 3 times

All in all, this trip was a success. Now we are planning for our next trip. Tokyo? Maybe... 

Beijing and Singapore, here we come!

29 Jun 2007


We finally got our flights sorted out. We will leave home tomorrow morning at 4am (horrors!!!) to catch a 6am flight to Beijing, stay over for a day and night, and depart Beijing for Singapore on Sunday 4pm.
It is a safer alternative, instead of leaving Mongolia on Sunday morning and connecting to the same 4pm flight in Beijing. The flights flying out of Mongolia is often delayed. The reason is unknown. The representatives of the airline often blame the strong winds and bad weather, but it was too often to be true. And usually it was the Sunday flights which are delayed. Strange, huh? We only have a short 2 hour transit in between and I don't want to take the risk of missing our Beijing/Singapore flight. If we do miss the flight, we lose another precious day in Singapore! I would rather leave early and spend the day in leisure in Beijing. I think Cayden will have fun too since he hasn't been there. Must take a photo of him in Tiananmen Square. Such a touristy thing to do!!! haha.