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[The Intense Summer] TAIWAN DAY 1 (Part 1)

7/7/2014

 
On our 8th (?) day in Asia, we flew from Hong Kong to Taiwan, making a short stop at the EVA lounge before boarding.

But before heading towards the lounge, I made a quick trip around the stores they had at the Hong Kong airport.
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That white polo reminded me of Jackson's fencing uniform. XD (Now if only the 18 was changed to 852...)

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[The Intense Summer] HONG KONG DAY 5

7/6/2014

 
I'm the type that usually skips breakfast (or just has a smoothie or some sort of dairy-based beverage), but on our last full day in Hong Kong, my parents decided to take me to a Cha Chan Teng. It was an authentic Cantonese Cha Chan Teng by the name of Tsui Wah Restaurant.
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I don't know they manage to serve people so quickly, but the lineup we saw upon approaching was quite alarming. Normally, a lineup of that size (over 10 people) would have took at least 45 minutes in any given Canadian restaurant. However, the customers disappeared into the restaurant one by one, and in less than 5 minutes, we were the next ones in line.

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[The Intense Summer] HONG KONG DAY 4

7/5/2014

 
Our our second-last day in Hong Kong, we went to Causeway Bay to do some intense shopping.
Spotted this guy again on a Haagen Dazs mooncake ad on the MTR - seriously, there isn't a place where you don't see him!
(Well, it's not like I'm complaining though. I'll never complain about frequent K-Pop / Korean pop culture appearances. XD)
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I was also really happy to see this huge banner of Jiro outside the World Trade Center.
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[The Intense Summer] HONG KONG/MACAU DAY 3

7/4/2014

 
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On our third day (or second official 'full' day), we went on a day tour to Macau, and if I could sum up the entire day in one sentence, it would probably be along the lines of "toiling through immense heat while trying to snap as many photos as possible."
Well, at least, that's how it felt for me.

I'm pretty sure I was ->thisclose<- to getting a heat stroke that day. No joke.

Quite frankly, the day had been much too hot for a tour that involved walking for more than 5 minutes outside, but as we wanted to avoid as many other tourists as possible, we had chosen to go on our second day in HK.

After a quick breakfast, we boarded the ferry to Macau.
And seriously, you would not believe that amount of luggage-tolling Mainlanders there were at the ferry terminal. Not only did they clog up the main pathways with their ginormous bags, but they also made no attempts at unblocking your path when you politely asked them to move aside. A couple little monsters even shoved us aside while we made several desperate attempts to enter the gate to avoid missing our ferry.
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The ferry took about 45 mins, and we all made use of the time to catch up on sleep. "We", as in my family, that is.

Despite the safety posters plastered all over the inside of the ferry and the safety precautions video playing on the monitors at the front, the Mainlanders on the boat completely ignored the "Fasten your seatbelt" and "Stay seated while the boat is in motion" signs and instead all crowded near the windows to take photos. I don't think I've ever seen such an uncivilized mess of people in my life.

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[The Intense Summer] HONG KONG DAY 2

7/3/2014

 
The next day we explored the area around our hotel for a bit, and eventually ended up taking the MTR to Mong Kok for shopping/lunch.

My mom brought me back a yogurt drink for breakfast.
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Remember what I said about K-Pop celebs' faces being plastered all throughout the Incheon airport? Well turns out, your life can never be fully devoid of K-Pop while in Asia - Apink were the next group to be seen promoting for a cosmetic brand named "touch in SOL" at Watsons.
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[The Intense Summer] SEOUL/HONG KONG DAY 1 (Part 3)

7/2/2014

 
Continuing from Part 2, this post includes photos from our arrival at Incheon Airport and transfer from Incheon to Hong Kong.

We arrived in Seoul around 4 PM, and were welcomed by humidity and a thin layer of fog.
After a quick refuel at the airport lounge (which unfortunately did not allow photos, though I took some sneakily anway xD), we walked around for a bit to do some duty-free shopping.

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[The Intense Summer] SEOUL/HONG KONG DAY 1 (Part 1)

7/1/2014

 
This flight was probably the most intense international flights I've ever been on.

We left the house early in the morning, had lunch at the Vancouver airport, headed off to Incheon on a 10-/11-hour flight, waited a few hours for our transfer flight (whilst doing some speed shopping), and finally landed in Hong Kong around 4 AM PST / 4 PM HKT.
Since the airport is still quite a distance from our hotel, I didn't really get a chance to sleep until 3 AM HKT after settling. Geez, what a day!

And so here come the photos!

In contrast to Toronto Pearson, the Vancouver airport never fails to amaze with the number of culinary selections available both inside and outside the security check area. Upon my uncle's recommendation, we had lunch at a Japanese/Chinese restaurant called "Hanami", which, by far, scored the lowest in customer service rankings in my books. The (extremely oily) food was slow and the waitresses were extremely rude and unwelcoming; I would definitely choose an alternative next time I travel internationally.

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[The Intense Summer] SEOUL/HONG KONG DAY 1 (Part 2)

7/1/2014

 
<Continuing from PART 1>

This time around we flew Business Class and were provided with a rather extensive lunch menu.
As we were flying business class, we received complementary salted almonds upon take-off. (I actually fell asleep when the flight attendant came around with them, and just woke up to find them there.
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