Trip - HK Day 1

This morning, we rushed to get to the Taishan bus terminal.  We had tickets for the 8:45am bus.  The terminal is only 10 minutes away from the hotel so we thought checking out at 8am will work.  But we didn't realize that checking out in China means that the house keepers have to inspect the suites before they give us the go ahead to leave!  So we didn't leave the hotel until 8:30am...and we got to the bus terminal at 8:40am.  We were all so worried...  Jas says bye bye Taishan!

The Wong relatives helped us buy the bus tickets, from Taishan to HK. We had to exit at the China/HK border, cross the border and then get on the next bus.  Unfortunately, it was then that we realized the bus tickets we had only dropped us off at Prince Edward in Kowloon and we needed to go to Wan Chai in HK.  This meant that we had to find our way to Wan Chai with all the kids, inlaws and luggage. 

As soon as we got off the bus at Prince Edward, we purchased a SIM card for HK, called the landlady to figure out the best route to get to the apartment.  She said MTR should be ok since it is not rush hour and we are only a few stations away.  We took the MTR and it took us about an hour to get to the apartment.  (we should have just taken 2 taxis).  The apartment was clean, had 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  It was small but considering this is HK, it's actually a decent size.  

We had dinner plans with Lai Lai's relatives in Tuen Man so as soon as we got to the apartment, we dropped off our luggage and went out again.  It took us an hour on the MTR to get to Tuen Man.  Dinner took a long time and by the time we took the bus to get home, we were all ready to pass out.