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Hong Kong Disneyland! (Part I)

10:43 PM

Hong Kong Disneyland definitely is a must place to visit in Hong Kong especially for all Disney's lovers like me. I love Disney so much! My childhood life is filled mostly with Disney even until now and it always become my dream to visit Disneyland. Luckily for me this is the second time I visit Disneyland, the first one was at Tokyo DisneySea in Japan. I'm always excited when I land my feet in this magical land, no matter how old I am I think I will always excited to go here.

It is so easy to go to Disneyland by MTR because they have Disneyland Resort Line. You will ride this cute Mickey Mouse themed train that will bring you directly to Disneyland. Finally we arrived at this magical land! We go directly to the ticket counter to buy the park ticket, the tickets are themed from the movie Toy Story. I take Slinky as my ticket because I had a dachshund before. Now we are ready to play at this magical land.

The first thing we do after we enter Disneyland is to go to the park information shelf. We take the park map and show schedule. It is very important to arrange your time here because Disneyland offers many shows and entertainments that you can see and enjoy and you don't want to miss it.

We were welcomed by Disneyland Band at the Main Street, U.S.A. After passing the Main Street, we decided to play at Tomorrowland. We played Space Mountain and Autopia. Time flies quickly here, it's afternoon already. Don't forget to grab a lunch because we still have a long day to go. We had our quick lunch at Clopin's Festival of Foods, they serve Chinese food here.

Meet Alien! One of my favorite character in Toy Story. I'm really happy when I get this balloon so I wear it around my arm the whole day. To get this you must find this balloon man that will walking around the park, you will need to answer three questions before he makes it for you. Besides Alien, the balloon man can make Pluto and Rose.

Jungle River Cruise in Adventureland

Don't forget to try their delicious ice cream. It's really good to eat ice cream on sunny day. Me and my friends buy different kind of flavors, they are buying Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bar and Dole Chocolate Banana Dippers. For me, I choose Stitch Sherbet Bar because I love Stitch so much! Stitch's paw is really cute and the blueberry flavor really refreshing. I'm a happy kid now.

"If you can dream it, you can do it."
- Walt Disney -

Welcome to Toy Story Land. In this land we ride two exciting attractions. First is Toy Soldier Parachute Drop and the second on is RC Racer. The RC Racer ride quite scare me, because it has a big drops and moves really fast and I'm not really good with thrill rides. There are seven lands inspired by fairy-tale dreams that you can explore. I already mention four of them, the other are Grizzly Gulch, Mystic Point and Fantasyland.

I'm ending these Hong Kong Disneyland, Part I posts with one of my favorite ride Mystic Manor. Have a great day!

Hong Kong Disneyland

Lantau Island

Hong Kong

Photos: Albert Wijaya & Me

food

Time for Tea

12:17 PM

It's a pretty afternoon in Hong Kong and after being tired walking around in this beautiful city, it's a good time to have a break. Let's have a tea! There are two types of person, a coffee person or a tea person. For me itself, I'm a tea person. I like coffee too, but I prefer tea more. So me and my friends decided to have an afternoon tea at Teakha or you can spell it -t-e-a-k-h-a.

Teakha is a tea cafe & zakka located in Sheung Wan. All of their teas are organic, handmade and made using traditional methods. Besides organic teas, they also serve light snacks and baked goods. If the day is bright and cool, you can enjoy by sitting at the outside. They place this green rug that looks like a grass and small tables. It's like having a picnic with your friends or loved ones.

(left) Matcha Snow Chiffon Cake; (right) Genmaicha

Teakha 茶。家

Shop B, 18 Tai Ping Shan Street

Sheung Wan - Hong Kong

Photos: Albert Wijaya & Me

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The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT)

5:20 PM

Today we are supposed to go to Lantau Island to see the Big Buddha. But because me and some of my friends come back home very late last night, we can't wake up early and we have to cancel our trip to Lantau Island. So we changed our itinerary to go to The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) in Kowloon. First I didn't know what place this is, but my design friend says that this building is designed by a well known architect. As a design student, it's my pleasure to see beautiful design so we decided to go here first.

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) is the new home for the university's design students which offers a creative environment. The tower consists of lecture hall, classrooms, design studios and workshop spaces and exhibition areas. This is the first building from well known architect Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong. Zaha Hadid is the founder of Zaha Hadid Architects and she was the first women to be awarded with the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. Hopefully this school can make the design industry in Hong Kong to be more creative and innovative, also it can influence all the designers around the world as well.

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hung Hom, Kowloon - Hong Kong

Photos: Albert Wijaya & Me

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Flower Market

7:29 PM

It's my first time to go to Flower Market when I'm on my holiday. Usually I go to cafe or restaurant or other places that you must visit based on Tripadvisor or Lonely Planet. Hahaha.. When I go out from Prince Edward MTR Station (Exit B1) I got lost. I became confused because I'm not a good map reader. Thank God I'm not going alone, so my friends decided to lead the way. Luckily we headed to the right directions. We can see a lot of people passing by with flower bouquet or cut flowers in their hands.

The Flower Market isn't that big, but you can see a lot of greens and pretty flowers all over the place. You can see gerbera, hydrangea, lily, orchird, peony, rose, sunflower, tulip and many more. Besides cutting flowers and growing plants, there are also florist selling bouquets and flower arrangements. It's definitely a right place for you who loves and want to buy greens and flowers.

Before we leave this beautiful market, I bought a sunflower for a memory. I'm really happy with my sunflower. Because it's my first time experience walking around at flower market and buy a fresh flower. It turns out I'm really happy, it really gives me different experience and perspective. I really recommended to all travellers to try it. Sadly I didn't get a chance to take photo of my sunflower, maybe I have to buy it again another time.

Flower Market

Flower Market Road, Prince Edward

Kowloon - Hong Kong

Photos: Albert Wijaya & Me

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Wong Tai Sin Temple

9:26 PM

Still exploring the heritage in this city, we continued our journey to Wong Tai Sin Temple. Wong Tai Sin Temple is one of the most famous temple in Hong Kong. It's located in the north of Kowloon. This temple is known for making wish come true, many prayers get answered here. The temple is in traditional Chinese style. You can see grand red pillars, golden roof and colorful carvings.

When we arrived, there are so many people. A lot of tourist (like me) and also people praying, you can see many the joss sticks and candles burn. Many prayers has been said and asked in this temple. Hopefully many prayers will get answers too.

"When words are both true and kind, they can change the world."

- Buddha -