If there is ever a place we love visiting over and over again, I’d have to say its Hong Kong. Why? Well, aside from being a shopping haven, its also very convenient to go to because it only takes about an hour and a half or so via plane to reach. So we love going there all the time! I also love love the busy streets while my kids (well, my eldest actually) adore Disneyland, what else. So for the nth time for me and Jon, 5th time for Sophia and 1st time for Mateo, we trooped to the cosmopolitan centre where the East meets the West last August 28.

While it was freaking hot as its summer there, we still had a blast. My eldest won’t stop talking about her last Disneyland Adventure while my boy, at nine months, of course, doesn’t have a single clue where he was and what he was up to. I’m sure though that the mere fact he was with daddy, mommy and achie, it was more than enough for him to be happy.

Honestly, I was hesitant to go on with the trip as it’ll be my first time to travel with two kids if ever. I was thinking of postponing it until Mateo is atleast one. But we went ahead since my in laws were HK bound too. We boarded on different flights though. So what can I say about the trip? It wasn’t as hard as i thought! Not at all. In short, sisiw. My eldest is turning out to be a very good traveler at 4 yo while my little boy was such an angel. Now we are all geared up for a long haul flight!

I’ve posted all the pics at my flickr account while selected shots are also at facebook. All in all, the trip was stress free (to my surprise) and it was truly a great bonding experience again for our little family as with every trip we took over the last four years. Here are some of the photos but before that let me share how we evolved through the years with our every visit to Disneyland.

Past photos …

Our latest photos at the very same spots …

***I was just pregnant with Mateo in the 2008 picture and look how big a boy he is now with the latest photo. Ang bilis talaga ng panahon!!!

Anyway, on to more photos …

Breakfast with the Disney Characters

Sophia with her faves …

The kids at the hotel lobby …

It was indeed a happy trip. Never mind that Mateo’s two bottom teeth chose to come out while we were there so he didn’t like drinking milk (but would eat a lot of solids thank gawd), Sophia came home darker than ever because of too much time under the sun and we didn’t get to shop much (but we did check out some bluray laptops), it was still worth it.

News this morning confirmed that a 10 year old girl is being treated for AH1N1 virus in a hospital in Manila. Scary as it may sound, DOH said that there is no cause for panic. Rather, everybody should be extra careful and cautious (shouldn’t we be all the time?). Hand sanitizers and alcohol should come in handy now.

The AH1N1 scare have caused so much for people (like us) who usually take advantage of the summer vacation to have a short getaway with the whole family. To date, I know four families (excluding ours) who have canceled their trips abroad because of the virus. Well, we all believe that its better to be safe than sorry alright. As for my in laws who are now in the US, they left before AH1N1 (still called Swine Flu then) has made its presence felt. They flew to US to attend my sister in law’s graduation when the virus has said to hit California and New York (and now other cities and states too). They were supposed to have a side trip to New York for some New York Sightseeing being offered by CitySights NY, a recognized leader in New York City sightseeing that has hop-on, hop-off bus tours operated on a fleet of 60 new double-decker buses designed with top-deck-only seating to provide tourists with the best possible views of New York City’s attractions, neighborhoods and places of interest but they canceled last minute. They opted to stay in Florida and now in Washington where my sister in law moved for work. They didn’t want to risk their health too, of course.

They’ll be coming home next month and hopefully by that time AH1N1 would be out of the scene already so we could take our HK trip with them.  Sophia’s itching to go to Disneyland (again) while I am itching to SHOP and pig out!

Warning : Picture Overload Post.

Day four was supposed to be our Tung Chung day but since we were not able to go to Disneyland Park on our third day, it became our Disneyland Park Day. We were in the park very early. Right after taking our Character Buffet Breakfast at Enchanted Gardens resto in Disneyland Hotel, we took off to go to the park.

Here are some of our pics during the character buffet breakfast.

By 9:30 am, we were already at the park. Weather was so good. It wasn’t hot! Here are our pics.

We enjoyed the new ride so much – “Its a Small World” ride. This is the newest addition to the park rides and I must say, my fave now together with the Winnie the Pooh ride. We were able to ride most of the park rides since we were early and there were no long lines at all. in short, kami yata nagbukas ng park. LOL.

I have one major booboo though. Right in the middle of our Disneyland trip, my camera’s battery ran out! Wahahahaha. I forgot to charge the night before! Hay naku!

Anyway, for more pics check here.