A Mother's Journey: Our family trip to Hong Kong (14

We finally went ahead with our first family trip to Hong Kong recently! It was certainly the most last minute holiday we've ever planned so far...haha..reason was mainly due to the H1N1 situation around the World. Actually a few months earlier, we had set our hearts on going to Australia during June as I had this 1 week 'off' that was company wide. But as the date drew closer, the flu situation seemed to take a turn for for the worse in Australia, which was why we decided to switch to Hong Kong. And just before we left, the number of H1N1 cases seemed to start to rise again in Hong Kong...but we still decided to go ahead since most of our stuff were all booked..so all I can say is Thank God for his protection on our family throughout the entire trip! God is good!

It was a free and easy trip, so we basically took our own time and pace to shop around Hong Kong as well as visit the Victoria Peak for its view and finally Hong Kong Disneyland :) Maybe it was a good idea that we went to a country that was only a 3.5hr flight away. Kendrick managed to sleep on the plane to and fro for about 1.5hr at least, so that really helped to cover about half the flight journey without him misbehaving! However, when we were in Hong Kong, Kendrick did misbehave on several occasions, throwing tantrums now and then and he was really sticky to me. He kept wanting me to carry him at different points in time. Even when his father carried him, he would make noise and wanted me to carry him. We certainly built up some arm muscles during this trip! Not only that, I guess Hong Kong is not really child friendly. When we took the MTR, we had to carry his stroller up and down stairs to get in and out of some stations. So no doubt, it was quite tiring for us, but it was still great that we got away together on our own, spending family time and feeling the 'holiday mood' in a foreign land!

The happiest bit about the trip was of course staying in Disneyland resort and paying a visit to Disneyland Park. True that Kendrick will not be able to fully appreciate it yet and probably can't remember much, but we'll have the photos for memories. I think I was also the happy 'kid' at Disneyland. Haha. Can't help feeling happy and spendthrift when there seeing all the gift shops and Mickey Mouse & friends. Pity the weather was pretty hot, not quite ideal. Nevertheless, at least Kendrick got to know a few Mickey Mouse & friends characters and he was really happy when he took a photo with Pluto! I guess it's because the friendly character hugged him alone and took some individual shots with him. Now that we are back and when Kendrick sees those photos, he says 'toe-toe' for Pluto :) He also learnt to say 'Pooh Bear' as a 2 syllable word.

Here are some highlights of the photos we took..too many to upload :)

Departure gates at Changi Airport T3! First time going inside for me and happy to take SQ!

Family pic in our hotel room in Hong Kong (Kowloon side)

The buildings light up in a lovely symphony of lights every night at 8pm. We caught the sight at the Avenue of Stars

We took the tram up to Victoria Peak for a view of the city. Wanted to go in the evenings but somehow we could not make it due to timing and weather. So we went on one of the mornings instead. Cloudy day I must say...