Visit Hong Kong, an Ideal Holiday Getaway

Hong Kong will forever be near and dear to my heart. Like many people from my country, it was my first ever experience with international travel and the reason why I got a passport. In fact, it may have been my first time on an airplane, on Cathay Pacific if I remember correctly. Hong Kong’s proximity and its reputation for being a shopping and foodie paradise make it an ideal first destination out of the Philippines, especially over the holidays.

That first trip to Hong Kong was over 35 years ago but I still remember it well. I was in the third grade and we were off on Christmas break. My parents took the entire family to Hong Kong for a few days to basically do three things – shop, eat, and go to Ocean Park. This was in the days before Hong Kong Disneyland so Ocean Park was the premier theme park destination in Asia, at least for me and many Filipinos. You couldn’t go to Hong Kong without spending a day at Ocean Park.

As fun as that was riding the cable car, which was…