Four years later, Zoe set foot on the Lo Wu crossing again.
1. Take a shuttle bus from Pingshan to Lo Wu. It takes an hour to wait for the bus*** and drive. Because Zoe is less than 120cm tall, she doesn't need to buy another ticket, but there are no seats, so I'm holding her in my arms. We got on the bus and set off. We walked from the front to the back of the public **** bus, but we didn't find any empty seats. We asked the driver if there was no room. The driver said that he had to pick up the kids and give his seat to someone else. Until then, we didn't realize that there was a spot in the front of the bus**** car. It was dangerous to walk from the back of the car to the front of the car. The car started and Zoe and I walked by ourselves. I hurriedly took her hand, and she was good at protecting herself by walking over with one hand on the seat.
Tip: Take your kids out for a walk. If you can, make sure you get on the bus first, get in the front of the line, and sit down before the bus starts.
2. I saw a traveler who had his wallet stolen at the Lo Wu port and he asked us to give him the fare for the bus. Because the fare was so high, I told him the best thing to do was to call the police. When he saw us calling the police, he rushed off the subway and demonstrated in front of his children. If there are problems, don't deal with them yourself. Let the police handle them. Kindness is necessary, but one should not lose one's life because of it. Cases like this happen all the time.
The best thing to do is, "If you're in trouble, call the police. Uncle is here to help."
Of course, if he had asked me for a fare of 20 yuan or less, I would have considered it. But he actually wants to go to Xiamen, and I want to go there too. If it weren't for the expensive fare, I would have gone there already and couldn't go. How could I give it to him? But after my classmate met me, she said there are a lot of such scammers in the ports. Fortunately, I didn't believe them. When you go out, you must call the police when you meet someone in trouble, and also remind yourself to bring some cash, about 100 dollars. Otherwise, if my cell phone gets stolen, I won't have a choice.
3. About entry
The main reason why you don't want to go to Hong Kong when you have children is probably because they are still young and it is more troublesome to get a Hong Kong-Macao Travel Permit. To clarify here, children's Hong Kong and Macau passes are processed in the same way as adults. The difference is that when crossing the border, adults can take the self-service channel and swipe their cards to enter. Children under the age of seven must be accompanied by an adult to walk through the manual channel. We went straight to the third floor and found the manual channel on the second floor. Right now 90% of the people are using the self-service lanes, except for those with children. That means there were very few people in the manual walkway. When we were there, there were only about a dozen people in front of us in line.
4. Note here that it is recommended to take your child to the bathroom after passing through the checkpoint on the mainland side. Because of the lack of familiarity with Hong Kong, it is not convenient to find a place to go to the bathroom. We have been there once while waiting for our classmates at the port. However, this is the best way to avoid your child clamoring for the bathroom on the way. Here it comes again. Don't bother, it's more of a hassle for kids to cry and pee on the way. Note: The restroom at the entrance is very clean.
5. Then out of the gate, the clearance is very fast, less than 10 minutes to do both.
6. My classmate and I came to say goodbye as she didn't need to get on the MTR. We had to go to Hong_ from Lo Wu. Zoe's father bought her a child's ticket before going to Hong Kong. A child may not need to buy a ticket, but to give her a sense of ownership. Or give her an Octopus card. The ticket for Lo Wu to Red_ is HK$19 for a small child. There is only HK$20 on the card. I recharged her HK$50 at the human service window.
7. On the subway. Small children, the first time to go out, inevitably excited. She lay down in front of the window and looked at the scenery outside. Sitting position adjusted, the opposite of riding the subway. Sometimes it is difficult to see the scenery outside the window excited, feet rubbing against each other, inevitably touching the next passenger. The person in the same seat is presumably Hong Kong people, we mainlanders are a bit ostracized. Once he accidentally touched his pants, and immediately slapped his hand in disgust. Every time I go to Hong Kong, I more or less have this feeling. This time, I made a move. I took out a tissue from my bag. Give it to him. He said, "I'm sorry." I was active, he was passive. Immediately, he waved his hand, his face became much softer, and he nodded, "It's okay, it's okay."
And Zo didn't feel anything. That was what I wanted. I didn't want her to feel rejected.
It worked well, we became humble and people didn't ostracize us too much.
8. When we got to the Red_ subway station, Zoe wanted a banana. She said she was hungry. I handed her a banana. Here, we went out with two durian cookies, two bottles of milk, two buns, two bananas and two small mangoes.
Exit A1 of Red_MTR station, the platform is the Cross Harbour Tunnel toll plaza. Nearby is the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which could be the purpose of our next Hong Kong tour.
Zo hadn't eaten two bananas before the 111 bus**** came. We quickly got on the bus**** bus. We were looking at the scenery along the way. Gigi Leung is going to have a concert recently. When you take a bus in Hong Kong, you must look at the screen carefully, the sound is announcing the stops, but you can't hear it clearly, so it's very quiet. I would look at the screen carefully, and also at the buildings and stores around me. When I arrived at the "Cinema Ming Road", I saw the "Hsu Liushan" candy store, Watsons, and a pharmacy nearby. I made a mental note to come back here and buy food at buy buy.
9. I finally got off the bus, but I had no sense of direction. I was surrounded by Filipino maids. The first time I took public transportation alone in Hong Kong, I couldn't understand how to read the bus route signs. I couldn't tell which way to go when I got off the bus, and Gordon wasn't open for traffic.
Can only look up and ask people, there is no difficulty when the road is in your mouth. I asked a middle-aged man from Hong Kong, "Can you tell me the order of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel?" Cantonese is better than Mandarin. He said it was in this neighborhood, just go to the end of this road.
10. Here, it turns out, the place we went to was Central. Every weekend is a holiday for Filipino maids. Hong Kong and the employer contract cost about 200,000 dollars. Once you go to work, you can't go back to your country for years. The way we vacation is to use some public **** place to hold a reunion.
The gem of Tianqiao is not only spacious and cool, but also has a free and unrivaled sea view. Thousands of Filipinos come here on weekends to build boxes, play cards, talk, sleep, eat buffets and dance. It's an exciting scene.
In fact, I think it's similar to our square dances, except that the people dancing are young, not old.
Filipino party
11. Then we found the Mandarin Oriental. In a word, item, we went in through the side door, passed inside the hotel, and came out. Here, Zoe asked me, "Mommy, are we going to stay here?" All I could do was tell her the truth. We were just walking. We don't live here anymore.
12. We found the Mandarin Hotel. At the side entrance, we saw many flower displays. This is where Leslie Cheung is worshipped. We followed the queue. Spent about one and a half hours here.
13. Zoe saw a big Ferris wheel across the street. If she hadn't coaxed her with this Ferris wheel, she wouldn't have followed me in the Leslie Cheung queue. The only way she could get a postcard and a refrigerator sticker was to get in line and get on the bus to read the biography of Leslie Cheung. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. You have to take it before you leave.
14. Finally got it and could ride the Ferris wheel. When I got to the Ferris wheel, I was amazed. Everyone was there. The ticket price is not expensive, HK$160 for the box, HK$20 for adults and HK$10 for kids. But there were too many people, we couldn't make it in time. Just to coax her. Next time, next time come with dad and sister.
15. In this park. Make sure to find the bathroom. Wherever there is a park, there is a bathroom. From the bathroom, we chased birds on the grass. Birds in Hong Kong can play with kids and are not afraid of people. Zoe chased the bird and flew away, then flew back. Fly away again.
Chasing birds in the park
16. When we arrived at the pier, I didn't know where we were going. Zoe told me, "Mommy, the daughter of the sea lives here." "Yes, mermaids live here." I was reminded of Star's The Mermaid.
17.At the pier, a woman in a kimono attracted me. Looking at her sign, it said she was from Japan and her dream was to travel around the world. I spoke to her in my broken English. She told me she was from Japan and then her next stop was Shanghai. She asked me where I was from and I said Shenzhen. She said she didn't know Shenzhen, but she only knew Shanghai, which was her dream city. She used the word dream city to tell me that she was holding a Japanese piano in her hand and invited Zoe to touch it. When she touched it, she held it up with her big fingers and said "musician". Foreigners are really good at compliments. I even said to Zoe, "Auntie is so beautiful." She heard me complimenting her and said "kawaii" to Zoe in Japanese.
We talked to each other, and when Ms. S heard that I had been to Shanghai, her eyes lit up and she asked me if I was from Shanghai. I hurriedly said no, it was a long, long time ago. It really is a book with less hate, usually accumulated sentences really more. I wanted to ask her about WeChat, but the thought of traffic not open me so sad. She told me that there will be fewer people performing today and more tomorrow.
18. We took pictures near the pier. As soon as we saw someone with a DSLR camera, we could ask them to come over and take a picture. That's when we realized that Cantonese was useless, they couldn't understand it, let alone Mandarin, so it had to be English "yes"
Can you take a picture for me?
Can you take a picture for me?" As long as you say it, they are willing to help take a picture.
Central Ferry Terminal
9. When crossing the street. You can do this when someone is taking pictures. No one can see the panoramic view of the Ferris wheel. This is a good place to take photos. It's true that you borrow from others' good things and bring out your own. Leslie Cheung is right.
Hong Kong Observation Wheel
20. Back to the underpass. Two guys are sketching the Post Office building and start coloring it before walking through. Terrific. It's so cute to be focused. Then we go back to the station and take the 111 bus*** back to Mindo.
21. Get off the bus. After seeing Watson's, we got off and looked at the bookstore. Was going to take the child information GOLDSEASON runners, no. We only bought a first grade OU and scrapbooking. Here it is people on the road. These two books are HK$64, but if you look through the whole package, it's only HK$60. The owner's wife saw this and took our HK$60. She told us that they are itinerant vendors and they are only here for a month. The owner finds someone to rent it, so they don't rent it anymore. Their rent is over HK$1000 a day, not a month. If they were in a shopping mall, it would be HK$2,000 a day. It's really expensive. It's pretty good to live in the mainland.
22. I had to find ointment for my aunt in order to buy a good book. After passing Xu Liushan, Zoe refused to leave, but she was willing to accompany me to find a few pharmacies and found five. The drugstore owner told me it was sold in designated pharmacies and only available in Mongkok, so I finally gave up. It's not a good place for kids to pass by places like the Lan Kwai Fong bar, so I really wanted to hurry up and take them out.
23. At Xu Liushan, I ordered Strawberry Banh Mi, which is $32 for two, and you can pay by WeChat and directly remit the RMB exchange rate with your credit card. Also, I packed mango bazan for Shan. Every time I go out, I always bring him something to eat. He has a soft mouth and can't say I have more. Food plan.
24. When I got to Watsons, I saw that I wanted to buy toothpaste, milk powder and shower gel. I bought everything and spent more than HK$500. I told myself, it's all for use, it's just a matter of where you go to buy it.
25. I saw Nike while waiting for the bus and went in to take a look. Even if 111 misses a shift, the original price of 899 shoes is only HK$499. I was really attracted to them, but when I put them on, I felt that the soles were too hard. I tried the soft ones again, and they were really good value for money. Asked the price, 1299. quickly said, time is running out, we have to go.
26. Waiting for the 111 bus to arrive, there were two Filipinos waiting together and they looked very unfriendly. Probably didn't understand Cantonese. Everyone is wary of each other. Get on the bus. Here's a word about buses. Taking a bus***s in Hong Kong is very expensive. HK$4.9 for children and HK$9.8 for adults. It doesn't matter how many stops there are. Get on the bus. Hong Kong is really expensive.
Here, I met a Hong Kong lady and I spoke to her in Cantonese. She said she couldn't learn Mandarin no matter how hard she tried. At that time when she was studying, the school taught Mandarin and she couldn't. She was surprised that I would say that, but my daughter wouldn't. Then she got out of the car and got into another chic middle-aged lady with makeup on. Zo asked me: what's that sound? The auntie next to me said we're at the bottom of the ocean and it's an underwater tunnel. That's when I realized that it's really possible to tunnel through the sea. This is the undersea tunnel we usually hear. Zoe said, we have become the "daughter of the sea", take the bus under the sea swimming around.
27. Get off the bus and transfer to the subway. On the footbridge, I saw an old street performer who was singing "Hands on Victory". Zo saw others giving money and asked me why we don't. I said we don't have money here, only our money, they don't take it.
28. We were on the MTR and Zo was doing it in the car with her newly purchased Level 1 OU, attracting passengers from the opposite seat. They were a family, visiting Hong Kong, and when they saw Zo doing the problems at such a young age, they naturally became the target of compliments. Zoe couldn't understand what they were saying, so she just did her own thing. And I stayed with her the whole time, not playing with my cell phone, as long as I got to the end of the line, I didn't even have to look at my cell phone or the platform.
Doing math on the subway
29. Getting off the subway. Here's the science, I always thought the MTR was the subway, but it's not. We took the train from Luohu. My classmates told me before that there is only train with rocks underneath, no subway.
30. Check the transportation. It's really heavy to bring powdered milk shower gel. When we arrived at the port, Zoe helped me to carry the formula diet. When we arrived at the bus stop, a black car driver told us that the last bus to Ping Shan had stopped running. A young man also went to Ping Shan. The driver suggested we carpool. After ￡100 per person, it became ￡80. Then a girl came along and said for three people, one would be 50. i didn't agree, though 50 wasn't much. The shuttle we took was 20, and it took the same amount of time for both the private car and the shuttle. But as a seasoned traveler, I decided to go to the window and ask. When I got to the window, I asked the staff. The staff just told us to wait in line and the others refused to say much. Wait for 10 minutes, get on the bus, and you realize that the last bus is at 9:00, and it's already 9:20, so the last bus is delayed because of traffic. Silently thinking, Leslie Cheung is still in heaven, bless us.
This was the end of the day's journey. It was also Zoe's first time in Hong Kong. All the rich girl could do was to take her for a walk, to grow up together, to see the world as I had seen it, to see the world as we had not.
Note: About the cost
Food first
Milk, durian cookies, mineral water and yogurt that we brought from home are not included.
Fare for two: HK$60 to HK$120.
Mango Noni: 24.83 RMB 16.02 RMB
Book purchase: HK$60
Shuttle bus from Ping Shan: HK$40.
And daily necessities milk powder: RMB 422.26.
This time it just so happens that Hei Hei's milk powder doesn't need to be purchased along with the household necessities. If you don't count it, then Zoe and I spent 272.85 on our trip to Hong Kong. we didn't have breakfast until 10:00am, and at 12:00am we bought buns from a breakfast store near our home and ate them at the station.
Our trip to Hong Kong was from 1pm to 10pm.
In the evening, we enjoyed strawberry bak kut teow.
Traveling fills the brain, just at the expense of the stomach. It's really okay to skip dinner once in a while. By nutritious, I don't necessarily mean eating well, and it's okay to eat poorly once in a while. She also screamed from hunger during the trip. Luckily, she had bananas to fill her up.