Hello Hong Kong again...

To be honest, Hong Kong has not been my vacation destination of choice for almost 10 years now. Too crowded, too stressful, always 买东西吃东西，买东西吃东西 (shop and eat, shop and eat).... The older generation of hongkongers also come across as for the lack of a better description "no-patience-don't-take-your-sh*t-therefore-can-be-quite-rude" kind of people.Disclaimer: Of course this observation is a generalization of the older generation of hongkongers at large and therefore if you're hongkonger and reading my blog please do not be offended because i'm sure you are the sweet and nice.

Somehow, we ended up in Hong Kong for the 2nd time this year because A. No visa needed given the short time to plan, B. It's cheaper than Taiwan. C. We preferred somewhere warmer so we could pack lighter.

We enjoyed ourselves because we got to spend time together as a family. Mountain Boy brought us a lot of joy with his weird antics and he was surprisingly easy! Not easy as compared to his day-to-day but he was very cooperative. By the 2nd day he was taking 2hr naps in his stroller and he only woke up once to feed at night and went back to sleep fairly quickly, this was a far cry from the usual 4-5 wakes on holidays. He was still nursing a diarrhea but he ate like a horse on the first 2 days. He doesn't like to be fed much anymore so he takes matters into his own hands.

Out of the blue, he can feed himself using the fork and spoon!

Of course he gets tired and gives up halfway. Hands much faster.

To ensure that he was well-hydrated, we gave him alot alot of juice.

Mother/Son picture of the trip. Now i feel bad that i don't take such good pictures of Father/Son.

This trip i must say is quite different from other 买东西吃东西，买东西吃东西 trips. With Mountain Boy in tow, we took our schedule easy and decided to explore more children friendly places. We went to the Citygate Outlet Mall which was quite a disappointment because most of the fashion was off season, but we made friends with a father/son duo who brought us to a huge outdoor playground nearby. We spent a good mid-morning basking in the sun, letting Mountain Boy work off some serious steam.

One of our key destinations this time was the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Now I would like to do all future family tourists to Hong Kong a favour by clarifying that the HKZBG is not in Hong Kong park, and neither is it near to Hong Kong park. We've had different directions given by different people, some say admiralty station, some say central station. Took a cab straight to the Hong Kong park only to discover that we had to climb the Great wall of "China" with a 12kg stroller and a 10kg baby before we got to our destination. To make things simple, just take a cab and tell the driver you want to go to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Hong Kong is seriously not child-friendly because of the multiple flights of steps and no options to take the lift or go up the ramp.

Lucky thing Mountain Boy enjoyed seeing the animals upclose so we didn't waste our breath climbing those stairs.

The loot. Well... Unlike other trips i didn't buy any clothes/shoes, in fact we were at different bookstores most of the time! I stocked up on parenting books, and the first 3 installments of the Charlene Harris' vampire series. Mountain Man got his usual non-fiction business stuff that i say kills imagination. Mountain Boy also didn't buy much, all he wanted was a storybook with a pig on it and tht's what he got. I splurged on a couple more books for him because he really loves to read and China is severely lacking in English bookstores.

I was however bestowed upon 2 gorgeous gifts from the generous, loving, handsome, humorous, very athletic, has great skin amongst other good qualities husband. *wink*

Miu Miu Bow Satchel in Palissandro.

Not a good picture- Cartier Trinity, regular size, without diamonds.

I've always been attracted to this ring because i love how playful it is. This is an advance for our 3rd wedding anniversary next year.