For a pre-Christmas treat last year, hubby and I flew off to Hong Kong for a few days of fun and shopping.
The day started really really...horrible. You know, the usual canceled flights due to the storm. The Cebu Pacific personnel telling us that it's a budget airline and they have no contingency plans for things like re-scheduling or creating a new flight for say oh 300 or so stranded passengers. That kinda thing. Eventually they give in and get us to Hong Kong at midnight. Yeah, sweet. Just 14 hours delayed and I whole day wasted at the crummy NAIA.
Hubby and I opted to stay at the Shamrock Hotel. It's reasonably priced and it has a great location. We booked our hotel via precisionreservations.com. The MTR station is right beside the hotel so it's quite easy to get around. After checking in and settling in, we decided to venture out to get a meal. It was almost 2 am. We walked the streets and see what's available. We came upon a noodle place that has the cook standing on the counter barefoot to get something from the upper shelf. Uh, no thanks. We ended up just buying some grub from seven eleven. We figured it was safe to nuke some noodles. Some adventure. As we prepared for bed, we promised ourselves that we'll have a fabulous time in the morning.
The hotel room is a bit small. It has two single beds, toilet and bath, TV, mini ref, hairdryer, your usual comforts. It's very clean and they do give a complete array of toiletries and towels that they replace every day. Not a bad deal for HKD810/night.
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crummy, dirty, disorganized NAIA Terminal 1... I swear, they really should just demolish that monstrosity... it's not a good first thing to see in our country... as in!
Now I'm thinking twice about taking Cebu Pacific... their highly discounted fare notwithstanding!
it should be a breeze the next time we ride, now that we know how to go about their customer service system... definitely better than Air Asia... more leg room!... newer planes too!
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