Friday, January 14, 2011

Eat my way to Hong Kong - The whole Peak is so damn crowded!

I've never been to the top of the Peak and my friend has never been to the Madam Tussauds, so this time in Hong Kong we decided to go up hill. What we didn't expect was the super duper long queue just to buy tickets for the Peak Tram! And the best part? After queuing for more than half an hour, we found out that the queue for the Madam Tussauds and Peak Tram combo ticket was on the other side, and a shorter one! DOTZ...

Even after we got the tickets, we had to merge in the crowd (no, I didn't see any proper queue...) to squeeze ourselves onto the Peak Tram. What a Peak Tram experience...

The moment we reached the Peak, we got into the Madam Tussauds museum. It is pretty small compared to the one in London and perhaps due to the limited space, you have all the different politicians, historic figures, singers and actors all over the place. With the large number of visitors who will snap at almost every statue, whether they know who they are, it is really not easy to take proper pictures.

Except for our dear MM Lee KY. We chanced upon him at one corner and since nobody else was interested, we could take our own sweet time to take some pictures with him.

There're definitely more politicians and historic figures in London's Madam Tussauds, and it was a more educational trip. They even have one big stage for King Henry VIII and all his wives! While there are more singers, actors and other famous China Chinese in Hong Kong's Madam Tussauds, we found that a lot of them don't really look like the real deal, like Leslie Chueng and Anita Mui. My friend was wondering perhaps the Madam Tussauds team is better with ang mors?

Madam Tussauds museum - IP Man

Madam Tussauds museum - Chan Po Chu

Enough of wax statues! Let's move on to the famous Hong Kong night scenery!

Night scene of Hong Kong from the peak of the Peak

Night scene of Hong Kong from the peak of the Peak

Night scene of Hong Kong from the peak of the Peak

Night scene of Hong Kong from the peak of the Peak

View from the Peak, Hong Kong

So which night scenery is better? Hong Kong or Singapore?

Marina Bay Sands - Night scene from Sky Park

Time to get down the Peak, which means time to queue up again! Hey, if you think this is a long queue, the one going up was worse!

HUGE crowd taking the Peak Tram down!

After all the hassles, time to eat! While we had initially planned for wanton mee at another restaurant, we settled for the Chee Kee near our hotel. But hey, wanton mee anywhere in Hong Kong is still going to be good! The noodles are crispy and bouncy, the prawns in the wanton super fresh, and most importantly, the soup is thick and fragrant!

A bowl of wanton mee in Hong Kong

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