9 days, 8 nights in Hong Kong, the Philippines Raiders
19/02/2009
2 large and a small one, 19/02/2009 9: 20am fly from Shanghai, Shenzhen, due to take off relatively late, arrived in Shenzhen has more than 12-point, catch the bus corridor: 30 shifts of 12 (Shenzhen bus half hour), the ticket price of $ 90, but we are a travel agency by Taobao (free travel), $ 75, but also through their reservation for the hotel, the price is cheaper than directly to the hotel, a two-day stay in Hong Kong, namely playing Ocean Park and Walt Disney, is through their booking tickets, hotels and tickets and tickets for a total of $ 420.
Get off at the point of the Jordan, and our hotel is only one Metro Station Road, but with a big box, we're playing, met a man, can't understand Mandarin, opened the road to 2 minutes, to us $ 18, and a lot of money don't accept, because there is no change, no $ change, he received US 20 Yuan also does not change his argument he not know, can only be bad luck.
In Hong Kong Street renminbi places a lot, but we are told when redemption must be RMB 1000 Yuan.
Their taxi prices starting prices have now to $ 18, jump up, also particularly fast, unless you have deep pockets, impersonal, as far as possible, or by subway, Metro extending in all directions, have quickly. Overall impression: very clean, particularly crowded, the efficiency is very high. Particularly crowded feeling a deep, many skyscrapers, are in close proximity to each other, so that the person is very sympathetic to people who live in it. Walking in the street, really feel what is the "old", uncomfortable, although many people also Shanghai, room a lot, but the density or make me surprised. Feeling people really have put all the parts can be opened using up. Most of the hotel Torre, despite prior informed the hotel are very small, have a certain psychological preparation, but when we pushed open the door and into the room, or envied. The door in, bed in front of blocked, into the bathroom, it is unbearable: a wash-basin, is the size of the kindergarten children to use the bathroom, you can feel comfortable to use, because you can never fall, 1 big 1 station, there is no way to turn, so careless feet sliding is not any longer. Of course, the we live is a budget hotel, maybe the difference. But oddly enough the next day as the Internet problem, hotel help us put an Internet room, go find the toilet and bathroom are much more than 1, it is not the same grades, doubt is beginning to us is the worst of the room and not the "standard rooms".
20/02/2009-21/02/2009
Hong Kong Disney has a bad reputation, and we do not have great expectations, as long as the child had been happy, found no legends so bad, though not as good as Tokyo Disney area, but if you take the kids to play with is enough, then big day playing incomplete, so exactly, although made preparations, we head off to some of the projects, because with the children, and we all love to watch it carefully, the comparison of the ponds, so think one day to play through it is quite short.
My surprise was the evening of fireworks, feel surprisingly good. Plus the many spectacular performances, personal view is that Disney is an exceptional value, light at these performances is worth the price. As many people do not think it would be fun, I guess because on adults, Disney inside play project too Pediatrics, only suitable for small children, the majority of less stimulation, seem naive. Therefore, the marine park is more suitable for adults to play that many project quite exciting, but we took the kids, you're essentially playing, and marine park is overhaul, do not think that is fun, the worst part is Aquarium show, probably too much, Tokyo, Qingdao, Dalian, Xiamen, Shanghai itself has two, in short, this is the worst, I nearly fell asleep in the past. But Hong Kong Ocean Park has two good is he in the mountains, but have the escalator up, do not have their own climbing, there is a tram can take the tram, which is what I have seen the most luxurious, so that is good. Adults go or are an exceptional value, but if you take our kids to play on almost anything, a little value.
22/02/2009
Days off we rose up and catch a plane, so this is in Hong Kong is empty, no shopping.
Probably many of my friends will feel bad, good shopping in our family's been on have not any special hobbies, or, originally, passing through Hong Kong's transit, no additional handling what EEP, so think nothing. However the CTF shop a lot, sasa is our road wanderaround saw several. Interested friends can watch.
Hotel out of minutes there is direct access to the airport bus, 33 yuan/person, 1 hour, our convenient here also have reflected, airport bus is overnight has and every 10 minutes.
Arrival at the airport quickly completed all the formalities pity to Cebu flights take off late half an hour, so over there late, I almost miss the 16: 30 in Cebu to Mint's ferry. In accordance with the predecessors, do not call directly in a outlet, followed by the local people, it really is true that quoted the exit of the driver, we note the 250p and found a lot of people towards the opposite side of the ladder, looks after the discovery of the locals, is by meter, so it looks like, but when a driver or dishonest, actually open a later we found out that he did not play table and asked him how much say 150p, from Cebu airport to Pier4 only ten minutes, or expensive, but I think it is better than black drivers good point. To instantly have a Pier4, enthusiastic people to help us hauling, help the formalities, etc, then give him 20p also too few 40p, however, because of our time is up, with his help was able to speed up a little speed, so they do not talk to him about it. Finally arrived in 18: 00 BoHol, very lucky in the ship hit two Chinese counterparts, saving a lot of behind the cost of travel, and get a good time.
Alona Beach buggy to, I read online that are 400-500p, but the drivers offer 600p, and offer a half-day won't less likely and later on, he also said that his car was how well, think again on day immediately black, they go together.
About half an hour to go before the AlonaBeach, a friends place cherry ' s home, 1200p/day, when you look away from the sea far away, we discuss a half-day, or to find a new place, the driver drove us to the Bohol Divers Resort, said here House cost-effective, but we ask that only 2800/3500p one night's room and went to his later a hotel, offers life and Campo price to 1500p 1200/p, I can't remember the name, it is a family hotel that looks like an uncompleted, the room facilities to better, have air conditioning and hot water, but the decoration tastes is large, so the next day or a busy struggling to find a new hotel.
23/02/2009
Breakfast, we began looking for that first to Bohol Divers Resort, say only one room, original price 3000 2500, now with a half-day, how are not cheap, we also continue to seek, in Korea the White House and the people of Sweden's ISIS are seen, but no room, finally made it to the Bohol Divers Resort villa room, because the room is large enough, the bed was very big, my heart is sea view room, standing on the balcony you can see the sea and the swimming pool, the price is good.
Then immediately move, after lunch, made a massage, offer 300p, coupled with his hands and feet beauty total 400p. In bohol on the first day at leisure in sent. Find a boat out to sea, quote, because I assure 1800p massage old too about it, said the boat 4-5 people in 1500, 7-8 persons 1800, big ship, more than 20 people 3000p if we were in the boat, the price was OK, no longer Kham price.
24/02/2009
5: 30 in the morning, offshore wind and weather and sunshine, so when Yin or some cold, but fortunately I see Raiders to sun belt for towel, then full use, but still wear too little, afraid of the cold man to wear points and then out to sea.
1 hour Balicasag Island, but haven't seen dolphins, then many vessels in the distance, speculation should be set to see dolphins, rush in the past as many, jump in the water, the poor they received so many onlookers, the vessel soon escaped. Many users say Balicasag Island snorkeling on Board will be changing the boat solely so that they, in fact, there is a long beach is very simple, and they offer 150/person, General water reasonably good doesn't need a boat. But we took the child, or a boat, price 100/person, child 50/person. Because tanned in Hainan, even though the weather was cloudy, UV or very strong, I do plenty of sunscreen, swimsuit try to cover the area to large, coloured high sunscreen and olive oil, as long as you leave the water covered bath towels, walk on the beach must include, for the children in these basis also wear long-sleeved white shirt, so I and the children which have no obvious tanning, safe and sound. Comparison to the effect that her husband to his sunscreen and olive oil coating was not serious, the result is sunburn, Crimson, pain.
There is only one hotel on the island, in a unique resort, we just found a great gears, took some went to the Virgin Islands, and later repented not, as in diving Balidasag to inquire the boatman, said 2700p can diving two times, and each half hour or so, than the Alona Beach offer much cheaper, but then did not go directly to the Virgin Islands.
Virgin Island is a small desert island, unusual in that there is a 200-metre curve-shaped Beach, it is said that every morning will Mey, afternoon can be felt to walk, the scenery is beautiful, saw some people where grilled fish, there are a couple of fishermen with their grandchildren to catch of sea urchin attire in a bottle, large bottles of 100, small bottle 50p, small bottle inside a minimum also has more than 20 Sea Urchin, its price of Lim made us to marvel at, so I bought a small bottle, unfortunately this stuff could not save, you have to eat that day, otherwise we would buy more back. However buy back found not accustomed to eating flavor that gave the hotel waiter, the little girl was a ran three feet high, said: this is a good thing.
The schedule for tomorrow is Mint Island Tour, private 2000p.
Should not cheap, I hear that for as long as 1500, it all down, think tourists are always to be slaughtered, just how much of a problem. But the day had a tired, too lazy to find a lot of people ask price.
25/02/2009
Today in their hotels breakfast, the breakfast is found here and here to eat the best, it is recommended that you later in Bohol Divers Resort restaurant breakfast inside.
Half past nine in the morning, go to the chocolate hills, tickets 50p, is along the stone steps climb up five minutes, and then taking photographs of it, looks strange, like wowotou compared, there were no scenery to be seen. And then went to several other attractions, it is worth mentioning, are a few minutes to figure it out. It is worth mentioning or Loboc River, we got there only to find actually managing the project, there are several, if interested, you can look at a different pitch, they put their own buffet pictures are very large, the price should have different, because the original did not know that there are several, followed by the driver,Quote 300P/person, here certainly have Maoni, because we saw the driver subsequently a pig on the boat, it is estimated that every driver has a relationship with cooked shops. However this price then feel that it is not too kill people, after all, you want to include a buffet and a boat tour, by contrast, the beach hotel can be considered a profiteering in profits.
The look of the place is really monkey eyes so we plunge glasses a, turned out to be a shabby little shop, and a few small tree, not to a total of ten days their eyes monkey is sleeping, so almost motionless looks sluggish, but still quite lovely.
26/02/2009
Going to Cebu this afternoon, a day in the morning in the hotel's swimming pool and the sea inside, 14: 30 in the shipping back five, go straight to the booking of hotel Holiday Plaza, ask the hotel to the free map, to a local mall Ayala Center to eat, how to find a circle is a fast food restaurant, the only class that has a local famous chain restaurant Jollibee, is actually a KFC and McDonald's fast food, the taste was bad.
Originally wanted to go to Karl this market at night, and later many inquiries found that place is not safe at night, there are a lot of the theft Act, would not dare to go.
27/02/2009
Morning in the hotel with buffet, directly to the airport, as needed, so in Manila to Manila, we'll ask the bus to go the driver touching Intramorus, is not a good man, his flesh, like mafia, because from the airport by so much debt we 20p, we know that there must be fraudulent, because the front also in Manila to fight this thing, but with no change, he would not change, only defect the 10p.
Intramorus tickets 75p, is also very small, one hour to play. And then we are ready to go to the nearby SM of eating and shopping, as the Manila local had a strange human four-wheel, we deliberately took slightly more expensive than Taxi also price took a rickshaw. There is also and the SM Cebu, not a decent restaurant, full of fast food restaurants, so class yourselves to the point, no time shopping go straight to the airport.
This journey is a little tips to share with you:
1, Hong Kong Hotel and tickets can be booked directly online, than directly to go cheap.
2, Philippines airport departure tax to 750p/person, really black.
Domestic departure transfer to airport fee200p. And by boat and by plane, you have a lot of checks and terminal fee. Enter the large SM too should have a check, in short, their order is not very good, so check.
3. you can want diving in to find diving point Balicasag, cheap.
