After years of procrastinating, I've finally convinced my mom to go on a vacation and we're going to Hong Kong! Yey! Of course, I had to do some bargaining to get her to say yes. I agreed to pay half of our plane tickets.And I do mean just half. I'm a nurse for crying out loud! A nurse in Cebu, that is. It's a sweet deal already. Plane tickets are just a small fraction of the expenses when you look at the big picture. Hotel accommodations, food, shopping *clears throat* and transportation will put a considerably big hole in your pocket. So, I'm quite contented with my contribution and so is my mom, I hope. =)

Now, I'm on the hunt for hotels. There are quite a lot to choose from actually but I've set my sights on the Tsim Sha Tsui district. It's closer to most of the attractions. It's also where I stayed on my HK vacation a few years back and I was quite satisfied with it. Unfortunately, hotels don't come cheap here and a night's stay would be averaging from 4k to 6k on mid-range accommodations. Hmmm...

I'm also considering hostels but my mom's gonna be with us so I don't know if she'll be OK with that. If my memory serves me right the place where we stayed back then was a rather old and creepy building. It had a scary looking elevator that made me want to take the stairs instead -- even if I'd be climbing 10 floors up to our room! I did find ones more decent ones on Trip Advisor but I'm still considering it.

Oh, but why all this planning when the trip is still a few months off?! It's not really obvious that I'm this excited. LOL. =)