After lunch, we proceeded to the 2nd theme park in our itinerary which is the Shenzhen’s Happy Valley. The kids had a fantastic afternoon in this theme park but being a weekend, the queue was too lengthy and the wait was just unbearable long.
Before the night ended on day 3, we took the opportunity to stroll the Dongmen Street, where the 1st McDonald outlet in mainland China is situated.
Day 4, we started our journey early to Hong Kong by rail. The hotel we stayed in Shenzhen is located just across the street from the railway station. We had to drag our luggage up the pedestrian bridge, then after a long and sweaty walks, we finally reached the railway station. It was swarmed with people, a daily affair in fact. The rail ride took us slightly more than an hour to reach Hong Kong.
Our first stop was the Bauhinia Square, a venue that saw the return of Hong Kong by Great Britain to the People’s Republic of China.
We then took a short coach ride to Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay. Here, the view of Hong Kong’s coastal line was just too mesmerizing and where the residences of the former colony’s rich and famous are found.
Before we adjourned for lunch, we were brought to the Aberdeen Fishing Village where we took a brief boat’s ride to view how the fishing communities get on with their daily lives here since the early establishment of Hong Kong. The Jumbo Restaurant is also located here but we were given the understanding that the owner, Macau’s King of Casino, Stanley Ho will be towing this landmark back to his territory rather soon. The boat ride costs us HKD50 per head and the funny thing was we had to pay the fare not upon reaching the jetty but in the middle of the sea which is rather odd. Sounds like being ‘slaughtered’, isn’t it?
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