Day 1 - Friday - 19 August 2005
We arrived in Hong Kong shortly before 12 pm only to be greeted by a heavy downpour. In the 5 seconds it took for us to dash from our coach to the entrance of the centrally-located Prudential Hotel where we were staying, we got soaked. Exhausted from the lack of sleep and frozen from the powerful air-conditioning in the hotel room, I huddled underneath two blankets while sipping the cup of Nescafe Intense so thoughtfully provided by Valuair to thank us for our patronage.
Rain, rain, please go away.
Left: Hong Kong Island from one side of Harbour City
Right: HK Island from the other side of Harbour City
Our HK friend, S., arrived and decided to take us to Harbour City, the city's largest shopping mall, because he assumed that we, being the girls that we are, wanted to take in some high-end shopping. In the end, he was the only one who ended up buying something.
Later on, we went for dinner at Peking Garden where we partook of an amazing 6-course set dinner including a round of incredibly good Peking duck where we met up with another person from our university who I recognised but had not met before. Pity that, for I thought he was quite good-looking for a Hong Konger.
Anyway, after dinner, we went to meet my colleagues for drinks at Kee Club (6/F, 32 Wellington Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central) before going clubbing at the very exclusive members-only Volar (thanks to S.'s connections and much to the surprise and envy of my other HK friends who hadn't gone there yet. Add: B/F 39-44 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central) where DJ Wild was playing. The club wasn't anything special, however, and the music, while not bad, couldn't match Zouk's standard. So off we went for supper at Tsui Wah (a 24-hour restaurant similar to '97 in Leicester Square, London) before stopping at Jewel (a classy lounge, 37-43 Pottinger Street, Central) where both of us fell asleep and then back to the hotel.
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