Trip to Hongkong

On 27th of December we started our journey to India. We stayed in Hongkong for 3 days on our way this time.We booked Regal oriental hotel from Korea . Hongkong is a subtropical country and the best time to visit is during the dry season thats the winters . Its easy to move around in Hongkong as most people know english . We visited some of the popular destinations like Giant buddha at Lantau island, victoria peak, symphony of lights show at victoria harbour, and stanley area.

Kunjal at incheon airport play area.

At Hongkong airport.

Taking the bus from airport to our hotel.
At the Regal oriental hotel in east kowloon where we stayed for 3 days.

Inside hotel room.

At a shopping mall near to our hotel.

Inside one of the subway stations. Its was nicely decorated with crystals for christmas.

Getting to the subway line.

The subway system of Hongkong is quite efficient and very good to move around.

At the Giant buddha's temple in Lantau island.

Ready to climb 268 stairs to reach near Buddha.

The spectacular mountain scenery at Lantau island.

Yummy chinese food. If you can eat chinese food then there is no dearth of options . For Indians there are many Indian restaurants too in the city.

The world trade center shopping center near the victoria harbour.

At the Victoria harbour.

The handprint of Jackie chan, Hongkong's most famous personality.

The symphony of lights show at Victoria harbour.

The huge buildings in Hongkong.

At the main bus terminal in central hongkong.

At Stanley, the south side of Hongkong island.

At Stanley market.

Beautiful structures.

A nice park to relax in central area.

The tall buildings like this dot the whole central business district of Hongkong.

On our way to the victoria peak. This tram climbs on 450 incline and its running since 1888!!

The city from tram.

At the victoria peak.

The awsome christmas decoration at festival walk . Its like a small city in itself with huge

mall plus cinema plus offices all inside the huge building.

We did some final shopping from here before leaving Hongkong.

Over all it was a nice experience .

2 Day Trip To Chiaksan

About Chiaksan: Chiaksan National Park is located in the Gangwon-do province of Korea.For detailed Information about the Location please check the VisitKorea Website.

Chiaksan National Park

We had reserved a Condominium for our stay in Chiaksan.Condo is good for people who like to do light cooking on thier own.Condos are equipped with Gas Range, Cooking utensils, Cup, Plate etc.

Mountain view from the condo.

Our small Team inside Chiaksan Koresco condo.Nishi,Chandra & Deepa

Nirupam guiding us with the Location MAP in his hand. Why would we need Tour Guide?

The trail to Ciaksan National Park.

We just reached till the point where hikers usually start their journey.With kids it would need some more preparation to actually move beyond this point. At that point there was a nice Buddha temple.We visited the temple and spent some time there and started our return journey.

Temple near Chiaksan.Kumar and Naveen Family.Where is Navodit.hmm may be behind the Camera?

Kunjal,Navodit and Nirupam posing near the pagoda.

On our way back we stopped at the stream and played with the water.The water was crystal clear and yes really cold but it didnot stop the kids from getting inside it.

The mountain stream was very refreshing

Kunjal with Papa .

We walked till the parking lot.Its around 1km distance. With greenary on both side of the road walking was not really tiring .

Picture of beautiful lush greenery on our way back.

walking back towards the parking lot.Chandra with Deepa.

On our way home we thought of visiting another place as we had time.We looked at the tour pamphlets and located a camping place and set our navigation for the new destination.

Within an hour we were there.It was not a planned destination.Out of sheer curiousity we got there but were amazed at the beauty of the location.It reminded us of the beutiful mountains in the movie Zurassic Park .There was a nice water stream where people were enjoying swiming. We could not resist either and were inside the water in no time.

You can see more photos of this place from the below link.I serached from net and added it here.

Ganghyun iwonji

Kunjal with her tube.

All enjoying in the water.

Kunjal trying to swim.Water was not too deep, so she really enjoyed.

Sand castle being made by the team of kids and parents together.

Day Trip To D.M.Z

About DMZ: It’s often said that the Korean Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, is the most dangerous place on Earth.It is the 4km strip of land separating the two Koreas bristles with troops, guard posts, tanks, missile, bunkers, gun emplacements, land mines and other tools of death and destruction.

For detailed Information about the Location please check the VisitKorea Website.

DMZ

How to reach there

We reached DMZ thinking it would be some hilly terrain with Army everywhere but the DMZ Entry was infact a big park with fountains and other facilities.

The park near the parking lot at DMZ.Navodit,Kunjal and Nirupam.

Another Picture of the park.

After spending some time in the park it was time to get deep into the border area. We got tickets to Visit the observatory from where North Korea is Visible.To buy tickets foreigner need to show their Passport and Residents require to show their Registration Card.Those foreigners who are residing in Korea need to show they Alien Registration Card.

We took the BUS and reached the Observatory in around 20 min.Now we could slowly see the Army guarding the border.From the observatory we used the binocular to peep into the North Korean territory.

Taking Pictures of the North Korean territory is not allowed.Some people took photos but the Security guard took their camera and deleted the picture and warned not to do it again.

At the border .

One can see the no mans land between north and south Korea through these telescopes.

On the way back we dropped by the Train station.The last station in South Korea.It was very clean and neatly maintained station.Not many trains came till here.Only a few tour train per day visited this station.

The last railway station of south Korea..

At the entrance of the platform with south Korean soldiers.Well the left guy is tall.

The bridge leads you to the scenic view of north Korea's border.

How do I look with this cool stuff!!

The memorial for north Korean ancestors.