Ronnie & Joyce: Hong Kong Day 6

通達食店 Coordinates: 22.313902,114.170817

Congee Set Rating: 2.5/5

Luncheon Meat Noodles Set Rating 3/5

Had breakfast at a Cha Chan Teng shop near Cityview Hotel, 通達食店. The Congee Set cost HKD14 and the Luncheon Meat Noodle Set cost HKD21. This place also servers a mean curry fish ball stick in the afternoon and night.

Wong Tai Sin Temple Coordinates: 22.342688,114.193476

Lanterns waving in the morning breeze

Lion statue standing guard

Devotees offering prayers

Shops selling incense and good luck charm

Right after breakfast, we took off to visit Wong Tai Sin temple. This temple, often reference in numerous Hong Kong dramas, is famed for 有求必應, which roughly translates into "have wish will get".

Even though we were there early, hordes of tourists were already there visiting. After offering our prayers, we took off for our next destination, one stop away at Diamond Hill Station.

Aerial View

Pagoda

Waterfall

Pond

Nan Lian Garden Coordinates: 22.338902,114.204723

Nan Lian Garden, open to the public in 2006, has rocks and trees sculptured in Tang Dynasty style. A walk in this peaceful garden in the early morning is very invigorating. Unlike Wong Tai Sing Temple, there were hardly anyone around! Beautiful garden and high on my list to revisit if I ever come to HK again.

Chi Lin Nunnery Coordinates: 22.340301,114.205121

Lotus Pond

Rock Sculpture

From Nan Lian Garden, we crossed over the inter connecting bridge to Chi Lin Nunnery. Again, there were hardly any one around. This nunnery has a Lotus Pond and house stones exhibits with quirky English translations.

Yipee Doo Dah, Yipee Di Dah!

Waffles Rating: 3.5/5

To reach Disneyland from Diamond Hill Station involves several switches. First we caught the MTR Green Line to Prince Edward. Then we changed to Red Line to Lai King, after which we took the Orange Line to Sunny Bay. At Sunny Bay, we took the Disney Line to Disneyland. We reached Disneyland at 10.30am and the first thing we did was to eat! Freshly baked waffles at HKD45 each.

Street Performers

Festival of the Lion King Show

Disney Parade

Minnie and friends

Girls just wanna have fun

We caught the Festival of the Lion King show, a colorful performance with plenty of singing and dancing.

Whats Disney without a parade? Although this is a pretty short parade, it was colorful and has all the usual Disney characters.

It's a mall world rid

We also took quite a number of rides here. The first one we took was Space Mountain.

Tip: Use your Fast Pass well. eg. When you first arrived there, grab your Fast Pass at Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, then queue up to ride Space Mountain. After completing Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters at the appointed time, grab the next Fast Pass and so on.

Mixed Vegetables Rating: 3/5

Wanton Noodles Rating: 3/5

Broccoli with Fish Slices Rating 3.5/5

Dim Sum Rating: 3.5/5

Took late lunch at 3pm at Plaza Inn. This restaurant is managed by the Maxim Group and serves Cantonese Crusine. Always worthwhile to go for the set menu and in this case, this particular set cost us HKD 389.

Tip: Try eating early or later to avoid the crowd.