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Hong Kong
On Saturday we got back from Hong Kong where we spent 3 nights at the recent Cosmopolitan Hotel. The weather was warm (around 25°C), humid (90-95%) and cloudy, but at least no rain. It was a shock to come back to a cold Tokyo (about 5°C), on Sunday it even snowed a little bit, brrr.
Our stay at Cosmopolitan Hotel was very nice. The room was clean and modern-looking, the staff was nice and helpful. We were on the top, 25th floor and had a nice view over Happy Valley which is mainly the site of weekly horse racing. The hotel's location was alright, a bit of a walk from MTR stations Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The hotel does have a free shuttle bus service to major locations around Hong Kong island, however it's also our only complain about the stay as it's incredibly off schedule... we learnt by mistake that we shouldn't have paid so much attention to the timetable found in our room. Taxis are cheap though (from $15HKD) so it was easy to get back to the hotel when tired of walking. There's also a useful tram stop right in front of the hotel.
Our trip mostly focused on shopping and eating out. We tried doing a bit of sight-seeing, but an attempt to go to The Peak (a high point recommended for beautiful views of the city) was doomed because of a lot of fog... we just couldn't see anything at all.
Here are some views from our room.
The elevator picture shows that numbers 4 (associated with death) and 13 are avoided. I've also posted that one to The Mirror Project.
Posted on March 14, 2005 at 12:55 | Tweet
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i was just browsing through my flikr contact list and i was quite surprised to see your hong kong pictures up. i think we were there at the same time (though we stayed in kowloon) ... strange time for all the ex-pats in japan to be fleeing to hong kong. or maybe just a lucky coincidence? ;)
Posted by julie on March 15, 2005 at 15:30
Funny coincidence indeed! Just like the Shimura-3chōme one. :)
I hope you had a good time too! I'll sure be looking forward to your pictures!
Posted by Patrick on March 15, 2005 at 15:36
cool! but what about floor 14?
Posted by jens on March 15, 2005 at 17:02
No 14 and no 24, because they contain a "4". :)
Posted by Patrick on March 15, 2005 at 17:13
long weekend trip to HongKong ... not bad at all .. i bet you got some nice food ... and how about the shopping ?
Posted by Peter on March 15, 2005 at 20:29
that's weird about 4. here 4 would be avoided(but mainly in places like hospitals - i live on the 4th floor and it's not considered a big deal) but 24 or 14 wouldn't be.
did you see johannes' band ultralounge perform while you were in hk?
Posted by william on March 16, 2005 at 03:13
Oh ok! Well it's a hotel so they may tend to be overly cautious. :) When we stayed in New York we got room 1313 (!), and it sucked (maybe not because of the number, but it sure didn't help us being positive about it). http://www.chipple.net/mt/2004/04/07_000656.php
I didn't know about Johannes' band [playing]! I'd have loved to check that out...
Peter, more about the food and shopping later. :)
Posted by Patrick on March 16, 2005 at 10:36