| Time | Ganap | Expenses |
Personal Notes
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| DAY 1 | Tsim Sha Tsui | HKD | Peso | |
| Saturday, September 03, 2016 | ||||
| 4:00 AM | Meet-up @ NAIA 3, bay 5 (OFW Entrance) | ₱100.00 | Uber from Office to Airport. Yes, straight from work. Imagine the fatigue. | |
| *Pay Travel Tax | ₱1,620.00 | When will this be gone? aish. | ||
| *Check-In *Check-in baggage *Immigration | We only have 1 checked in baggage, Yani's luggage. All our liquids were in there, and strictly 7kg only per person for hand carry luggage. | |||
| Breakfast - Tapa King | ₱155.00 | Have breakky before going through the immigration. Food is much cheaper, and more options! | ||
| Bottled Water | ₱25.00 | |||
| 6:15 AM | Boarding Gate | Waiting game.. | ||
| 7:15 AM | MNL - HKG (5J110) | ₱4,558.38 | We got our tickets from a seat sale, but mine is still pricey. huhu | |
| 9:25 AM | Arrival | @ Hong Kong International Airport | ||
| 9:40 AM | Toilet | Freshen up | ||
| 9:50 AM | Train Ride within Airport | 1st taste of how cool their transport system is. | ||
| 10:00 AM | Immigration. | Present Passport and boarding pass. | ||
| 10:30 AM | Baggage Collection | Conveyor system *trivia: my Tatay used to work in HK for the installation of this conveyor system in HK Airport. | ||
| 11:10 AM | SIM Card pick up | ₱134.04 | We bought 2 sims with 3GB data for 5 days. | |
| 11:20 AM | buy MTR on loan tickets | $150.00 | On Loan - ($50 deposit - $100 stored - $9 service fee) so $41 should be refunded to you when returned. | |
| 11:40 AM | A1 bus ride to hotel | Go to the Bus stations and look for A21 Airport to Hung Hom Station Route. Departs every 10-15mins. Approximately 40-90mins ride to Bus Stop 14 - Middle Road, Nathan Road. | ||
| 1:15 PM | Guesthouse check-in | ₱1,576.00 | Pr****** Guesthouse @ ChungKing Mansion (Booked back in June via Agoda) | |
| 1:30 PM | Settling down in hostel | Boo! not recommending this place. Please avoid chungking mansion at all! | ||
| 2:00 PM | Hunger and Panic and Hysteria | Girls going hysterical with our place, smelly and scary. All hands on web searching for a hotel to transfer in. | ||
| 2:15 PM | Hunt for Food | Because we're all hungry, we thought food must come first so we can think more clearly. | ||
| 3:00 PM | New Forest Diner | $49.00 | I highly suggest not having a meal in a restau, but walk around Kowloon and look for food stalls instead. But food in this restau is delish! Highly recommended, staff are also very friendly and accomodating. After we eat and started roaming TST again, food stalls are everywhere and looks very appetizing but we're so full we didn't get to try any. | |
| 3:45 PM | Money Changer | HK$1,540 = 200 USD - This is the ₱9440 I exchanged back in Manila (PHP to USD) HK$76 = 10 USD - Nanay gave me her 10 USD that's just in her wallet hihi | ||
| 4:00 PM | Roaming around Nathan Road and Shopping | $300.00 | I need comfy shoes for day 2 and day 3 so I just had to buy. | |
| 7:00 PM | In front of HK Cultural Center | picturessss and met up with another college friend who's also in a vacation in Hong Kong | ||
| 8:00 PM | Symphony of Lights | |||
| 8:15 PM | Back in Nathan Road | Tired but still happy with what we see. | ||
| 9:00 PM | Water and Snacks | $5.00 | 1 gallon of water is 18 hkd. since we're 4, we are just dividing the cost. | |
| 7/11 snacks | $11.00 | Tuna bread + milk tea | ||
| 10:30 PM | Back @ hostel | |||
| 11:00 PM | Booked another hotel for day 2 and day 3 via Agoda | |||
| $515.00 | ₱8,168.42 | TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DAY 1 | ||
| DAY 2 | Lantau Island & Hong Kong Island | HKD | Peso | Notes |
| Sunday, September 04, 2016 | ||||
| 5:00 AM | Wake up and start prepping All luggages prepared for transfer | |||
| 8:50 AM | Leave hostel for Day 2 | |||
| 9:00 AM | Pictures around Nathan Road | Busy street OOTD shots | ||
| 9:10 AM | Breakky @ Mcdo | I'm not hunggry since the snacks I bought from last night served as my breakky. | ||
| 9:30 AM | Shopping along Nathan Road | $60.00 | Malls and stalls were checked out. I bought a cap that would complete my Day 2 OOTD hihi | |
| 10:10 AM | Pictures @ Subway | Very few people were there and feels like we own the place. Walls are perfect BG for OOTD shots. So just imagine how long we stayed there for photo ops. | ||
| 10:45 AM | MTR Ride to Tung Chung | MTR is a challenge at first, but we all feel like a boss for getting it right. Line transfers can be confusing, especially for us who only knows MRT & LRT. Insert PNR for more options. But don't worry, their maps are easy to understand. | ||
| 11:45 PM | Arrival @ Tung Chung | Met up with a friend of a friend who helped us tour Lantau and Central. | ||
| 12:00 PM | Milk Tea @ Gong Cha | $22.50 | Gong Cha in Hong Kong? Feels like drinking a legit milk tea! haha | |
| 12:30 PM | Bus Ride to Ngong Ping | Cable car is closed that weekend for maintenance. So we had to take the bus instead. | ||
| 1:10 PM | Arrival @ The Big Buddha | Do what you gotta do. PICTURES!! | ||
| 1:45 PM | @Ngong Ping Small village | |||
| 2:00 PM | Bus ride back to Tung Chung. | |||
| 3:00 PM | Shopping @ Citygate Outlet Stores | Perfect place to buy branded stuff. SALE SALE SALE EVERY WHERE! | ||
| 3:45 PM | Late lunch @ Food Republic | $50.00 | 10pcs of pork dumplings @ 36 HKD. 1 cup of hot lemon tea for 14HKD. | |
| 4:15 PM | Shopping @ Citygate Outlet Stores | |||
| 6:00 PM | MTR Ride to Causeway station | $50.00 | Top up of $50 load to our Octopus Card. | |
| 6:30 PM | Walk @ HK Central | |||
| 7:00 PM | Chocolate shopping @ Prizemart | $104.00 | Prizemart is a popular store for Pinoys buying pasalubongs. | |
| 7:30 PM | HK Time Square | |||
| Uniqlo Shopping | $356.00 | Taking advantage of Uniqlo Sale. huhu I kenat | ||
| 8:10 PM | Busy streets of HKG | The city vibe at night. I love the hustle and bustle of the streets. | ||
| 9:00 PM | Lost @ IKEA | IKEA's marketing strategy! Galing! But we were really lost inside. hahaha | ||
| 9:30 PM | MTR ride to Ferry Station @ Central | The fast paced life of the HK locals. Everyone is in a hurry. | ||
| 10:00 PM | Walk to Ferry Station. | The place looks like MOA in Pasay. Wondering if the developers are the same? | ||
| 10:15 PM | Ferry ride back to TST | Fast ride to cross the city for just below 4HKD! | ||
| 10:45 PM | Check in to new hotel | ₱1,458.51 | Back to our beloved Nathan Road, we transferred to our new hotel. This time, it's a hotel! The comfort and ease is worth it. | |
| 11:20 PM | Nathan Road at Night for more shopping. | $34.50 | Found a store for more Chocolates shopping hihi | |
| 12:00 AM | Snacks at 7/11 | $11.50 | Banana Milk to help my tummy process everything and not ruin the trip. IYKWIM. | |
| 12:20 AM | Back in the hotel to freshen up | |||
| $688.50 | ₱1,458.51 | TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DAY 2 | ||
| DAY 3 | Disneyland & Mongkok | HKD | Peso | Notes |
| Monday, September 05, 2016 | ||||
| 6:00 AM | Prepping for Disneyland | |||
| 8:45 AM | Met up with a friend for more $$$ | My officemates were also in HK but leaving for the day, so their remaining HKD$$ were given to me. hihi | ||
| 9:00 AM | Walk to MTR East TST Station | |||
| 9:10 AM | Buy bread snacks as breakky | $17.50 | cheesy garlic french bread - $9.5 Choco Brownie Croissant - $8 | |
| 9:20 AM | Train Ride to Sunny Bay | MTR Pros already haha | ||
| 9:25 AM | Disney train ride to disneyland | Cutie Train dedicated for Disneyland guests. | ||
| 9:40 AM | Arrival @ Disneyland Station | Picturesss | ||
| 9:50 AM | Disneyland Entrance | Just outside the Disneyland train station, is the famous welcome Arch. | ||
| 10:20 AM | Eat breakky | Before all the fun activities, we ate our bought bread breakkies from MTR. | ||
| 10:30 AM | Entrance @ Disneyland | Happy activities, START! | ||
| 11:00 AM | FUN FUN FUN | Plan your day. Get the Park Map and strategize well on how you will utilize your time. Get a pen and mark all rides you're done with. Try to ride all rides! Also don't forget to catch the shows! ENJOY! | ||
| 2:00 PM | Lunch @ Royal Banquet Hall | ₱694.31 | Klook offers Disney Meal. If you register from a referral link, you get 150 php savings. Create and purchase your voucher from this link to get the discount: https://www.klook.com/invite/B44GK | |
| 7:00 PM | Waiting Game in front of Castle. | All park guests sitting on the ground, waiting for the fireworks show. | ||
| 7:30 PM | Fireworks Show | DISNEY FEELS!! | ||
| 8:00 PM | MTR load | $50.00 | We have loaded our Octopus cards again with another 50hkd | |
| 9:00 PM | Mongkok | After Disney feels, Time for more shopping. This time, in Mongkok! | ||
| 9:10 PM | Ladies Market | $40.00 | Vendors are very aggressive and doing hard selling, so be careful. This is where we bought some of our pasalubongs and other remembrance. | |
| Food Trip | $17.00 | Food Trip HK Style Noodles - $8 Mochi - $6 ($24 for 4 pcs) Egg Tart - $3 ($8 for 3 pcs) Some food were bought by other girls, then buraot na lang. Sharing! Ganern. | ||
| 11:00 PM | Looking for Bus stop going back to our Hotel. | We know it should be MTR, but since we're already in Nathan Road, we opt to ride the Bus instead. | ||
| 11:20 PM | Bus ride to hotel | We rode the A1 bus, used our Octopus cards for payment. | ||
| 12:00 AM | Back in our Hotel | Freshen up. | ||
| 12:30 AM | Fixing of luggages | We have 30kgs checked in baggage that we can all divide to ourselves. All the shoppings we did need to get home in Manila, right? | ||
| 1:30 AM | Rest for Macau | |||
| $124.50 | ₱694.31 | TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DAY 3 | ||
| DAY 4 | Macau | HKD | Peso | Notes |
| Tuesday, September 06, 2016 | ||||
| 8:00 AM | start prepping for macau | Woke up late because of too much activities yesterday. If you can, wake up early for more time exploration. | ||
| 10:30 AM | Hotel Check-out | Thank you, Imperial Hotel!! | ||
| 11:00 AM | MTR Ride to Sheung Wan Station | Sheung Wan Station is where the Ferry Terminal is located. | ||
| 11:30 AM | 7/11 Shopping | We still have remaining credits in our Octopus Cards, and we decided to use that to buy snacks in 7/11.You can also just exchange this to the Ticketing booth to have your $$ refunded, just less $9 for the service fee.I used up all my credits and even incurred negative of 50 cents. So I only got $40.5 refund. | ||
| 11:45 AM | Ferry Ticket to Macau @ Cotai | $124.50 | Buy your ticket @ Cotai, they are the ferry who sells cheapest ticket to Macau. The ticket costs 165, but I used the refunded $$ I got from Octopus. (165-40.5) | |
| 12:00 PM | Hong Kong Immigration | Before boarding the ferry, you will have to cross the HK Immigration first since you're now leaving HK. | ||
| 12:30 PM | Ferry Ride to Macau | The ride was smooth. We ate the snacks we bought at 7/11 and catched some zZz. | ||
| 1:45 PM | Arrival @ Macau | Immigration of Macau. The process was faster compared to HK, probably because only a few passengers were on board the ferry we were in. | ||
| 2:00 PM | Shuttle Bus to Venetian | We did not shell out any $$ for transportaion in Macau. Hotel Shuttle buses are eveywhere! Take advantage of it and know your routes. | ||
| 2:20 PM | Arrival @ The Venetian | We have encountered a lot of Filipinos in Macau. All are very accomodating and very helpful.They even thought that we were under aged (maybe because of height) | ||
| Luggage Service | $12.50 | Each luggage will cost you 10hkd. (BTW, Macau accepts HK currency) We have 1 luggage for check-in where our stuff were all shoved into, so we had to divide the cost for that one. | ||
| 2:40 PM | Grand Canal photo op | We were taking photos every chance we got! But took our time to take in the beauty of this man made canal copy cat of Venice.I think our version in McKinley is more havey, once it is in full operation. I just hope the our water turns to blue instead of green. huh! | ||
| 3:00 PM | Walk to the Galaxy Hotel | The Venetian's Grand Canal is located in the East side, so our exit was also in the East. The Galaxy hotel is what you'll see outside East exit. So we had to walk to the Galaxy to take advantage their free shuttle bus going to Sam Po (Where Ruins of St. Paul is located)But I highly suggest that you go to the City oF Dreams instead. The walk going to COD is better since you'll be passing The Venetian's facade. | ||
| 3:30 PM | Arrival @ The Galaxy Hotel | Fancy hotel. All hotels in Macau are fancy and enormous! | ||
| 3:40 AM | Shuttle Bus to Sam Po | |||
| 3:50 PM | Arrival @ Sam Po | Once you arrive @ Sam Po, Just Ask how to get to the Plaza. We just asked around, and followed the people's wave. Most of them are going to that direction anyway. | ||
| 4:00 PM | Senado Square Plaza | Pictures | ||
| 4:10 PM | Arrival @ The ruins | Pictures | ||
| 4:40 PM | Free Taste | The street just before you reach the Ruins, stalls and stalls are lined up selling jerkies, offering free taste. Drinks, Cookies, Pork and Beef Jerkies. | ||
| Food Trip & Pasalubongs, Shopping | $120.10 | Fishball - $10 ($20 for 4 pcs) Pork Jerky - $85.80 (1lb of garlic pepper flavor) Ref Magent - $13.30 Tony Moly Face Mask - $6 Dimsum - $5 for 3 pcs | ||
| 5:40 PM | Walk back to Sam Po to catch COD's shuttle bus | |||
| 5:50 PM | Bus ride to COD | Unlike their shuttles here in Manila, they don't ask for your membership ID. Their shuttles are open to everyone. | ||
| 6:00 PM | Arrival @ COD | Once you have arrived in COD, walk to The Venetian. Just in front of COD. And of course, pictures!! | ||
| 6:20 PM | Get luggage | Claim baggage and wait for shuttle going to the Airport @ Hotel Lobby. | ||
| 6:30 PM | The Venetian's Shuttle Bus to Airport | |||
| 6:40 PM | Arrival @ Macau International Airport | Macau International Airport is just beside the Macau Ferry Terminal. | ||
| 7:00 PM | Dinner @ Mcdo | $44.00 | I want every HKD I have down to the very cents used up so I won't have to worry about it in Manila.So I ordered the meal that would cost me exactly what I have left. | |
| 7:30 PM | Check in | ₱275.00 | Our baggages were booked a week before our flight. 275 php per head for the 30kgs, so each of us were entitled for a 7.5 additional baggage that can be checked in.Than you Yani, for letting us use your luggage for check in! | |
| 8:30 PM | Macau Immigration | |||
| 9:00 PM | Waiting game @ boarding area | Freshen up, as I will have to be in the office before 2AM. | ||
| 9:45 PM | Gates Open | |||
| 10:15 PM | Flight back to Manila | Catched some zZz | ||
| 12:05 AM | Arrival @ NAIA 3, 20 mins earlier | At the Arrival Hall, We opened up our checked in baggage for distribution of stuff haha | ||
| 1:10 AM | Office | Thanks to the GRABNAIA promo, I did not pay anything from Airport to office! yay! | ||
| $301.10 | ₱275.00 | TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DAY 4 | ||
| $1,629.10 | ₱10,596.24 | TOTAL EXPENSES (Day 1 - 4) | ||
| 10018.965 | 1629.10 * 6.15 | |||
| ₱20,615.21 | TOTAL EXPENSES IN PESO | |||
I'm pretty sure I listed everything, but my expenses did not match. Haha.
Or I'm just really bad in math.
| $2,036.00 | Total HKD I have | |
| $1,629.10 | less expenses in HKD | |
| HKD 406.90 | PHP 2,502.44 | VARIANCE |
So there you go. This is not exactly a tipid trip, but still amazed how we were able to pull off with this kind of budget.
Videos and photos are still in production. Ha! LOL.
A separate post will be up for all the Travel FEELS! See ya! Thanks!
