Hong Kong - Ocean Park & Stanley Market

Wherever we travel, we usually take their local transportation rather than taxi thou it will be faster but yet expensive. Usually Dear will do his research and plan the route. So for Hong Kong, he was hardworking to do his homework. The day we went to Ocean Park and Stanley Market, we also took the public transport.

We took the city bus route 629 from Central (Ferry Pier) and paid in cash. I remember it was a double-deck bus and I enjoyed watching the scenaries of landscapes and buildings along the streets of Hong Kong.

You can get more information on how to get there http://www.oceanpark.com.hk/html/en/plan-your-visit/transportation/

Finally about 40 minutes ride, we arrived at Ocean Park. The first thing you need to do is to purchase the entry ticket and get their park map!



A partial view of Ocean Park theme area... They have quite a bit of rides and many animal show schedules which you can find the schedule timing on the park map. Me and Dear only took a few rides and watch the animal shows.

 

Everytime we go to a theme park and if there is game stall, I would always ask Dear to play the shooting game and try our luck to see if we can win a prize. Anyway Dear loves shooting game and he is quite good at it too! The tiger you see in the photo is the prize he won! A souvenir from Ocean Park for us to take home!

They also have this mini-cable car ride which take you from the upper to lower part of the park which is about 10 minutes ride? I cannot remember how long the ride was but it was enjoyable.

At the other end of the park, there were the homes of a few panda. One of it, the female panda named "Ying Ying" if I remember correctly was happily eating her bamboo meal...

After spending 3/4 day at Ocean Park, we headed to our next destination. For more information on Ocean Park, check out their website ahttp://www.oceanpark.com.hk/html/en/home/

We took the mini bus outside Ocean Park to Stanley Market. It was sunset when we reached there and I managed to take this sunset shot! Lovely sunset...

At Stanley Market, there are shop houses and small shops that sells local/other types of food. I remember we bought a take away fries served with honey mustard sauce similar to Ireland's Potato in Taiwan. Yummy! Enjoying the food and walking along the sideways watching sunset! There is also some chill out places around there so you may wanna check it out and enjoy the sound of sea waves.

The ride is a very winding road as there is much turning involved in going up. For those who get car sick easily should prepare themselves and even standby some sweets! Also, bus 6, 6A, 6X or 260 that are air-conditioned and more comfortable from Exchange Square bus terminus in Central will take you there.


An alternative way would be to take the MTR to Chai Wan station, leave the station via Exit C and catch green minibus 16M which will also take you to the Stanley market. Otherwise, the fastest and most comfortable way is to take a taxi which most drivers will know the English name "Stanley"

For more information, you can check out: http://www.hk-stanley-market.com/