Friday, October 28, 2011

First- time Traveler/ Adventurer!!!

Unlike other kids, the first time I got to go out of the Visayas and the Philippines was when I graduated grade six. My mum and dad finally made my dreams come true. They gave-in and granted my wish to go to Hong Kong and Macau, as my graduation present.

I was so excited on our trip going to Manila (since it was my first time to ride in an air plane). I woke up super duper early in the morning (which I rarely do, since I think I'm insomniac) and proceeded to the airport. When we arrived in Manila, we were met/fetched by my aunt then we went to our hotel to unpack. Then we went malling afterwards to the place where i truly looked forward to going, in my opinion the best bookstore in the PH, FULLYBOOKED. Fullybooked is a place I describe as a bookworm's heaven paradise, where i finally get to splurge on various books I LOVE. the next day we left for HK.


WELCOME TO HK! From the Airport we went to HK DISNEYLAND, where we spent two day and a night. At Disneyland I totally enjoyed our trip, ridding almost all the the rides there and meeting the different Disney Characters and eating delicious American food and watching the magical castle awesome pyrotechnical musical display. Disneyland, is known as the happiest place on earth, well, maybe kids, since going there I felt like being a little child again. It was memorable and fun.



The next place where we went to was OCEAN PARK HK :))), the day turned out to be super cold and I scolded myself for wearing slippers instead rubber shoes which made me suffer because I wasn't able to ride most of the fun and extreme rides I wanted to ride, but I was able to ride some rides which were also fun. Though I could say I totally enjoyed going to Ocean Park, I was able to see very super duper cuuuuute pandas and watch an awesome dolphin and seal show. I also enjoyed looking at the different kinds of fishes and other animals. The place was a mixture of a theme park and an underwater- eco- park and and a circus. All I could say is that  want to go back there and to spend more time enjoying Ocean Park.

    


The next day was the day when we went to Macau. From HK we rode a Ferry going to Macau, in Macau we were able to visit various places like a Buddhist temple, a certain hotel where we ate our lunch, we also went to the Venetian.At the Venetian, you feel like you're at Las Vegas. It was crazy beautiful, especially the clouds that they drew at the ceiling it looked like actual clouds. The place is a perfect mix of everything. They had street performances like a man juggling knifes and person who could really rock a magic show. We were able to ride in a gondola (which was totally expensive but worth it), our gondolier turned out to be a girl, a Pinay from  Leganes to be exact. The ride was amazing I felt like I was in Venice, Italy. The place was so surreal and magical. I totally want to go back to Macau especially in the Venetian (maybe when I'm a legal adult, confession: I wanted to go to the casino just for experience :)))). At night, web went back to HK and the next day we had a free day which we used for shopping (since our hotel was near a mall). the next day we went back to the Philippines.



                                     

After arriving in the Philippines specifically in Manila, we got together with other relatives and went around different malls and we also went to Fort Santiago for a "learning and fun experience"! This is just the beginning of my adventures, I still have more places to go to and venture. My next destination... Europe esp. Italy, UK and Spain (hopefully I wish)


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