We woke up early to get an early start.
I stepped into the bathroom, and was all ready to bathe when I turned the tap and find that no water is flowing out! Got dressed quickly, and was going to go to the reception area when I met a neighbour (he's 2 rooms down the passageway) and he told me that the staff had told him that a water pipe had broke in another room and they are trying to fix it now. In the meantime, there will be no water supply. I didn't know whether I should laugh (at the hilarious-ity of the whole matter) or cry (because I couldn't take my morning shower)...I was just so thankful that I had not soaped myself. Else, I wouldn't know to do... Anyway, Xiuyue and I decided that we'll forego our morning shower and go ahead with our day's programme.
We decided to visit Tai Tam Reservoir and Nature Reserve （大潭自然公园）on Hong Kong Island. We got onto a MTR to Shau Kei Wan (loosely translated to Basket Bay) to get a bus to the nature park. Once again, we got a little lost but received assistance from helpful MTR staff at the MTR control station.
When we got out of the station, we were once again hungry and thus decided to pop into a tea-restaurant （茶餐厅）to have porridge for breakfast. Haha... the moment we stepped in and sat down, some of the other customers were looking at us. It took us a moment to realise that apart from us, the rest are above 60! We felt out of place but still went ahead with Peanut Cuttlefish Porridge in there!
After breakfast, we took a walk down to the bus stop as directed by the helpful MTR staff and waited for bus 14. After quite a long wait, the bus came and we hopped on.
Upon alighting at the bus stop, we admired the view that greeted us... hills that surrounds the reservoir. Lovely! And once again, we got a little lost searching for the trail when Xiuyue finally (after about 45min) got us on it! We met an elderly couple walking on the trail and after exchanging a few words, found out that they come to the nature park and take their nature walk every weekend! Wow... we were impressed!
The walk through Tai Tam Nature Park was nice... Greens and blues greeted us along the way... Xiuyue and I took some corny shots of ourselves (three cheers for the 10-second timer function in digital cameras!) as we made our way through the park. Some parks were rather challenging as it was at steep incline... but at the end of it, it was every bit worth it!
It was cool in the nature park, but because of the physical exertion, we were also emitting heat. That resulted in us putting on our sweater and windbreaker (when we were in the shade and walking downhill) and taking them off (when we were near the top and walking uphill) and that process repeated quite a few times. Along the way, we even saw guys who run up the hills... we were simply going, "Wow... "
We started our nature walk at 12noon and we reached the ParkView (posh apartments built at mid-hill) at 3pm! End of nature walk! Yeah! Great walk! We walked a little more to get to the main road where we could get onto a public bus. On the way, we passed a really really expensive-looking mansion... and the address of the mansion is Number 1, Repulse Bay （浅水湾）. We also saw a few luxurious cars parked in there... and the whole place just shouts "Extremely Rich!"
We got to the bus stop, took Bus 5 to Causeway Bay （铜锣湾）where we had a late lunch of porridge (yes, porridge again. We just love porridge!) before taking the MTR to Central （中环）.
We then walked to take the Peak Tram. And then, another saga unfolded! We didn't have loads of cash with us, and thinking that the Peak is a tourist attraction, they should accept VISA for payment. But the staff told us that they do nto accept VISA payment for anything less than HKD300. I almost flipped. We walked to the Citibank Building to attempt to withdraw cash but couldn't find the right ATM. Was piping mad when I told Xiuyue to empty all our coins and notes and make up that HKD88 for both our tickets. We managed to have just enough.
We took the tram up to the Peak and I marvelled at the view. It's really pretty. The lights, the buildings... I loved the view. We saw a Girodano Junior outlet there and saw a lovely pink stripped knitted top and I just knew I want to get that for Kat. Wanted to get one for myself too but they didn't have another piece! Sigh...
We took one more look of Hong Kong Island from the Peak before taking the tram down to earth! Ha...
Then from Central, we took a MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui and walked to the Harbour to enjoy the Hong Kong Island buildings and the lights that greets us from across the waters. It was chilly as the sea breeze blew on us... It was a wonderful feeling, walking down the Avenue of Stars, looking at Hong Kong Island across the waters, eating warm popcorn...
After our Harbour stop, we got back to our guest house, put down my shopping bags and then made our way to Ladies Street （女人街）. By the time we reached, they were closing for the night... again!!! Urgghhh!!! So, we set our mind on having the yummy snacks on sticks （一串烧）for dinner-cum-supper. We couldn't find it initially and were really disappointed when we saw this huge crowd... and we knew we found it!!! This time, we got more sticks (5 sticks!) of snacks and happily chomped on it.
By now, we were really beat... so we took the MTR from Mong Kok back to Tsim Sha Tsui (thank God for Tourist MTR day pass!) and finally took our shower in our guest room!
And guess what? It was 2.30am before we finally got to lie our heads on our pillows!
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