Picnic at Hong Kong Velodrome Park

January 1, 2018May 30, 2018 / anggapewe / 2 Comments

Summer has gone, Autumn has been coming. Nowadays, many people go out for picnic, for playing with their family including us. As we’ve tried to picnic at Tamar Park before, we seek another Park which more enjoyable and more convenient. For information, you can see all profiles, photos as well as information needed in website of Leisure and Cultural Services Department HK.

HK Velodrome Park, a 5.3ha park located at 105-107 Po Hong Road, Tseung Kwan O. To reach there you can take MTR to Hang Hau Station (exit B) or Tseung Kwan O Station (exit A). It takes about 10 minutes (700m) by walk from Hang Hau Station.

Surrounded by sports arena i.e Tseung Kwan O sports ground, Velodrome, skate park, and jogging track, as well as its facilities including model boat (R/C boat) pool, fitness corner for elderly, artificial lake, sport climbing wall, children playground, chess table, amphitheatre, and bike kiosk makes this park like a “one stop shopping” for outdoor weekend activity.

Just like the others, our main destination was central lawn.We had bought onigiri for lunch, and prepared snacks, as well as brought baby meal and mat.

Most people there brought tent for staying during their little kids playing in the lawn and playing bubbles is the most favorite. Caca, my 3yo kid, was very happy even she didn’t bring bubbles toy, but she chased bubbles in the air and popped them hahaa…
We allowed her running wherever she wants as we still can watch her. Then relaxing & having snacks, feeding 7mo baby (my little kid, Galih) as well as watching Caca playing were joyful moments.

After having fun in the central lawn, Caca saw a playground opposite the lawn. Of course as usual she asked to be allowed playing there. And………we had to spend another one hour in playground, waiting her until satisfied hahaa….
Anyway we were be grateful because Caca was more brave from time to time, having more interaction with her friends there.
One more thing, there is a handwashing water tap, one of the most important thing in playground. Not only for cleaning up as its purpose, but it also teach good habit to our kids to clean up after they’re finished playing.

Another attraction is bike rental. We can ride bike in the bike area or just following the track.

— That’s information about Hong Kong Velodrome Park and its exciting story, may be useful —
Happy holiday 🙂
hepihepijoy…..

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Inspiration Lake HK, a picnic site to spend a whole day in winter

December 30, 2017May 30, 2018 / anggapewe / 4 Comments

Located around 1km from the famous theme park Disneyland Hong Kong, Inspiration Lake can be reached by 15 minutes walking or by taking bus (R8) from Disneyland station. Just go to the bus depot, turning left from the MTR exit Disneyland station and take R8 bus.

Managed under Disneyland HK (by Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd which is an incorporated company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Government of Hong Kong), it shows us how to manage a beautiful public park without admission fee.

The main attraction there is lake itself. In winter, for enjoying this 12ha lake, most people bring their little family to stay in tent or have a picnic there including us hehehe. I brought my little family, wife and 2 children (Caca 3yo & Galih 8mo). After reading a brief information about Inspiration Lake, we prepared everything excluding lunch because we thought that buying there will be more effective. No need to bring much food from home. So we just brought some snacks (onigiri). After getting there, we only saw 711 store and no other restaurant or food stall. Then I just bought some drinks because queue was so long specially for the microwave…..
So happy when playing bubbles and football with Caca, she urged to finish her lunch so that she can play bubbles hahaa…My little boy, Galih, was so happy when watching Caca playing there.

Pedal boat can be rented for around hkd100/hour during 10am-5pm. Don’t worry you will tan or get sunburnt because all day suppose cloudy.
You can also go around this 30ha site by following 1,500m jogging trail or pedaling the surrey bike which can be rented for hkd100-120/hour depends on the seat capacity.

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Sources: picture 1 : http://www.wikimedia.org

I suggest you to rent pedal boat and/or surrey bike as soon as possible when getting there, if possible before lunch time, due to limited stocks. Otherwise they are all rented out. As per my experience, after had lunch and picnic, we would like to rent pedal boat/surrey bike but they were all rented out.

Last, Caca played slide and swing in playground located next to main entrance.

— That’s information about Inspiration Lake and its exciting story, may be useful —
Happy holiday 🙂
hepihepijoy…..

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Picnic at Hong Kong Velodrome Park
Hijaunya Hong Kong Park di Tengah-Tengah Hutan Beton
Tian Tan Buddha – Ngong Ping
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Tian Tan Buddha – Ngong Ping

October 29, 2017May 30, 2018 / anggapewe / 6 Comments

Yeaayy!!! Summer udah berlalu, di luar udah mulai dingin….saatnya keluar jalan-jalan….
Kali ini kita ke Tian Tan Buddha, Ngong Ping Village dengan patung Buddha raksasanya di daerah Tung Chung, Pulau Lantau.

Untuk sampe kesana paling gampang naik MTR Tung Chung Line sampe stasiun terakhir yaitu Tung Chung, abis itu turun menuju ke terminal cable car di seberang Citygate outlet. Saran gw sih sebelumnya udah beli online duluan tiket cable car di KLOOK, termasuk klo mau beli paket yang lain…karena klo gak mesti antri lumayan panjang banget lebih dari setengah jam. Klo udah beli online tinggal tukerin invoicenya dengan tiket tapi antriannya gak terlalu panjang, apalagi klo belinya di KLOOK hampir gada antrian jadi berasa VIP hehe dan lebih murah.

Harga tiket dan beli tiket disini:
Beli tiket online
Beli tiket online – Klook.com

Ada 2 jenis cable car disini, yg standar sama yg crystal. Bedanya klo yg crystal itu lantainya juga dari kaca jadi bisa keliatan dibawah kita ada apa, tapi buat yg parno sama ketinggian jangan pilih yg ini yaaa hehehe karena durasi perjalanannya juga lumayan loh skitar 20menit. Anyway ini pengalaman pertama kali naik cable car buat bocah2, jadi yaa Caca gak lepas pelukan kadang dia tahan napas malah hahaa…klo adeknya sih anteng ajaaa…

Karena deket airport, dari cable car nanti bisa liat dari ketinggian pemandangan HK International Airport. Persis dibawah lintasan cable car ternyata ada trek hiking, jadi ada banyak juga wisatawan yang jalan kaki dari Tung Chung sampe Ngong Ping Village. Kita salah gak prepare baju hangat, pas diatas berasa dingin dari angin ventilasi yang lumayan kenceng hehehe. Selama perjalanan ada beberapa spot foto yang bagus seperti ke arah Tung Chung Bay & perbukitannya, HK International Airport, Big Buddha, dan Ngong Ping Village, jadi jangan lupa liat brosurnya yaa untuk tahu spot fotonya. Begitu sampe di Ngong Ping terminal, agak surprise ditawarin mau/gak cetak foto yang tadi diambil waktu berangkat di dalem cable car. Jadi karena merek niat banget jualannya, gak jauh begitu turun udah ada sales yang bawa foto kita yang udah dicetak trus udah dimasukin ke frame 3D dan snow ball/globe yang juga udah dimasukin foto kita juga. Harganya klo foto aja HKD218 tapi klo sama snow ball/globe sekitar HKD388 klo ga salah. Begitu gak dibeli mereka langsung buru2 ganti sama foto yang lain, berani modal yaa hehehe…

Keluar dari terminal langsung ke Ngong Ping Village, banyak orang ngumpul di jalanannya ternyata sebentar lagi ada pertunjukan kungfu dari pemuda2 Buddha yang mondok disana. Karena penasaran pengen liat juga jadilah ikut nungguin, eh udah tinggal 5 menit lagi mau tampil, Caca udah rewel minta makan….yasudalah makan dulu di Ebeneezer’s, resto halal ala India & Timur Tengah. Resto yang lain ada mulai dari citarasa lokal HK/Chinese sampe Subway dan Starbucks juga ada.

Untuk ke patung Big Buddha tinggal ikutin jalan di Village trus nanti selepas gapura ada kawasan dimana ada banyak sapi berkeliran bebas begitu juga kotorannya pun bebas dimana-mana…jadi ati2 yaa jalannya hehehe…
Oiya tadi klo beli foto di terminal cable car, bakal dikasi tau buat disuru ambil foto lagi gratis di shop No.24 namanya HK Love Souvenir Shop. Disana nanti kita bakal difoto lagi di studionya beberapa pose untuk beberapa latar fantasy (edit) sama ada sesi foto outdoor ceileee….Yang gratis itu foto fantasy itu nanti pilih 1, ukuran postcard yang kualitasnya biasa aja sebenernya. Buat foto yang outdoor bakal ditawarin buat dibeli, tadinya udah males beli eh tapi liat yang ada foto Caca berdua adeknya Galih duduk berdua di jalanan Villagenya jadi mau gamau beli dehh, lumayan juga 2 foto + album harganya HKD288…hmmm…tapi kita dapet softcopynya kooo buat tiap foto yang dibeli.

Gak jauh dari kawasan sapi bebas keliaran di sebelah kanan udah keliatan patung Big Buddha nya. Emang sih buat sampe kesana mesti agak effort karena mesti naik anak tangga yang lumayan tinggi. Klo sebelumnya selalu buka stroller (kecuali di dalem cable car), begitu mau naik mau gak mau stroller mesti ditinggal dibawah…tenang ajaaa aman koo gada yang bakal ambil hahaha…
Begitu naik tangga kita bagi tugas, gw gandeng Caca nah Bundanya gendong Galih…untungnya Caca mau jalan sendiri gak minta gendong. Lumayanlah kita sampe hampir puncaknya, agak buru2 juga sih karena udah sore dan kuatir antrian balik ke cable car.

Daaann bener dooongg balik-balik antrian cable car udah di depan Starbucks aja dan estimasinya katanya sekitar 1 jam antriii…waduuhhh. Waktu itu sekitar jam 5an/setengah 6. Yauda bagi-bagi tugas lagi, gw sama Caca antri sementara Bundanya beli hot chocolate.

Perjalanan cable car pulang berasa lebih dingin karena angin dari ventilasi kenceng banget sementara kita gak prepare baju hangat kecuali buat Galih. Tapi Caca udah bisa gaya bilang “Caca gak takut koo naik kereta”…padahaal yaa tadi berangkatnya gak lepas pelukan hahaha…

— That’s information about Tian Tan Buddha – Ngong Ping and its exciting story, may be useful —
Happy holiday 🙂
hepihepijoy…..

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Menikmati Pemandangan Hong Kong dari Puncaknya, The Peak
Inspiration Lake HK, a picnic site to spend a whole day in winter
Hijaunya Hong Kong Park di Tengah-Tengah Hutan Beton
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Hijaunya Hong Kong Park di Tengah-Tengah Hutan Beton

January 28, 2017May 31, 2018 / anggapewe / 5 Comments

Pertama kali tau ada taman kota seluas 8Ha di tengah-tengah Pusat Hong Kong agak kaget dan penasaran juga. Yaaa…karena emang bener di tengah-tengah Pusatnya Hong Kong di daerah Central (19, Cotton Tree Drive) yang notabene kayak daerah Sudirman-Thamrin lah, tempatnya Bank, Financial Company, dan perusahaan terkemuka berkantor. Lebih kaget lagi begitu sampe di Hong Kong Park, meski sekeliling bener-bener dikelilingi gedung-gedung pencakar langit, namun suasananya berasa kayak jauh dari keramaian…pohon-pohon rimbun.

Kesananya pun gampang, banyak bis yang berhenti di halte Hong Kong Park karena ini halte pemberhentian bagi yang mau pergi ke Victoria Peak menggunakan Tram (lokasi stasiun Peak Tram di sebelah Hong Kong Park), atau bisa juga dengan MTR dengan berhenti di stasiun Admiralty trus pilih exit C, atau gampangnya keluar dari MTR nyebrang lewat jembatan Queensway Plaza ke arah Pacific Place. Begitu sampai di PP langsung lihat penunjuk arah di depan (persis setelah dari jembatan Queensway Plaza) lurus aja naik escalator sampai paling atas sampai nanti keluar di sebelah Island Shangri-la Hotel tinggal nyebrang jalan langsung masuk kawasan HK Park.

Jaman dulu HK Park ini merupakan salah satu markas tentara dengan nama Victoria Barrack, termasuk bekas kediaman komandan tentara Inggris yang dikenal dengan Flagstaff House yang sekarang digunakan sebagai Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware, Rawlinson House yang sekarang digunakan sebagai Park Management Office dan Marriage Registry, Cassels Block yang sekarang digunakan sebagai Pusat Seni Visual, Wavell House yang sekarang digunakan sebagai Pusat Edukasi.

Begitu masuk gak jauh dari gerbang utama bakal ada dancing fountain dengan 3-step anak tangga yang bisa dipakai duduk-duduk. Di tengah-tengah areal taman ada danau dan beberapa kolam buatan. Danau buatan dengan ribuan ikan, bunga-bunga, teratai, dan vegetasi lainnya; kolam dengan puluhan kura-kura dan air terjun diatasnya.

Selain itu ada penangkaran beberapa species burung dari hutan Malesia. Malesia adalah daerah botani yang mencakup wilayah luas yang membentang dari Semenanjung Malaya dan Sunda Besar (Sumatra, Kalimantan dan Jawa), Filipina, Kepulauan Indonesia sampai New Guinea dan Kepulauan Bismarck.

Di bagian penangkaran kita juga bisa melihat tupai hidup bebas di pepohonan dan lebih dari 100 spesies capung hidup di danau buatan.