Uhlala phi xa uhlala eKowloon
I-Kowloon iyindawo yokuhlala yehotele yaseHong Kong. Ngaphakathi nojikelezo oluphambili lweNathan Road kunye kunye nomda wamanzi (apho uya kufumana iimbono ezigqithiseleyo zeVictoria Harbour) kukho ezinye ihotele kunakunoma ikuphi kwisixeko. Uninzi lunokuhlala kweenkwenkwezi ezintathu, kwaye kukho iindawo zokuhlala eziphantsi kweedola ezili-100 , kodwa i-Kowloon nayo inezinye ihotele ezintle kwiHong Kong. Fumana imbali enkulu ePeninsula kunye nokutya okukhulu kwi-Intercontinental, ngoxa i-Ritz-Carlton inokuthi ibone iimbono ezigqithiseleyo kwi-skyline eyaziwayo.
01 ka 03
Ihotele eqhubeka ibeka umgangatho wokunethezeka eKowloon naseHong Kong ngokwayo. Ukusuka kwi-Rolls Royce pickups kwisikhumulo sezindiza ukuya kwi-tea ephakamileyo ekhonjwe kunye ne-quartet yechunget kwi-lobby, I-Peninsula igcina umoya ophezulu ngaphezu kwabadlali bayo abazuze kwiintsuku zeenkoloni. Ukunikezela ngamagumbi ukususela ngowe-1928 isakhiwo sibalulekileyo. Ingqungquthela epholileyo, igranite yangaphandle kunye nomnyango ovulekile wesango unemihlathi yeRitz eLondon, kwaye i-Peninsula yenye yeempawu ezimbalwa eziseleyo zezakhiwo zaseBrithani ezisele eHong Kong. Ngombulelo, awuyi kuba neminyaka yamagumbi okanye i-plumbing. Kukho ukuchukumisa kwexesha elidlulileyo ngeempahla ze-oki, kodwa amagumbi ahlotshiswe ngeempawu ezivelelekayo ezivela kwizandla zendawo uCornelia Erdmann kunye neTV, ii-dock kunye nezinye izinto onokuzilindela kwiinkwenkwezi ezintlanu. Yaye nenkonzo? Lindela ukuba uphathwe njengeNkosana okanye iNkosana.
02 ka 03
I-Intercontinental Hong Kong inokuthi ifunyenwe ngabadlali abatsha kwiintsika ze-PR kodwa musa ukuvumela ukuba, okanye isakhiwo sokubamba iofisi esicinezelayo sikukhohlise; oku kuhlala enye yezona ndawo zihlala phambili eHong Kong. Amagumbi aqoshiwe ngokugqithiseleyo kumabhakabhaka kunye neeperesi, kunye ne-marble ye-marble kwindawo yokuhlambela, ngelixa ukujonga kwi-harbor nokuya kwi-Hong Kong skyline kunqabileyo. Kodwa yinto yokutya ekhangayo. I-Spoon kunye noYan Toh Heen bobabini bagxotha i-Michelin iinkwenkwezi (ekugqibeleni iibini zazo), ngelixa i-buffet yinto elula kakhulu edolophini. Ngokuqinisekileyo, mhlawumbi awuyi kubhala ihotele ngokubhekisele kumgangatho we-buffet kodwa ngokwenene yiyo ekhethekileyo kwi-Intercontinental. I-Hong Kong inomdla wezilwanyana zaselwandle kunye nokukhethwa kwama-lobsters, i-oyster kunye ne-prawns iyingqayizivele, ngakumbi xa ihamba ne-magnum ehambayo ye-champagne. Incwadi yeHong Kongers inyanga ngaphambi kokuba ithuba lokuhlala kwi-buffet ye-InterContinental, kodwa ukuhlala apha kuya kukuvumela ukuba ugxume umgca.
03 ka 03
Ukuba uthanda izinto eziphakamileyo, uya kuthanda uRitz Carlton. Kufunyenwe kwi-top floor ye-skyscraper yase-Hong Kong ende kunazo zonke na ukuhlala apha konke malunga neembono. Umgangatho ukuya kumafestile ekwakho igumbi linikezela ngeendawo eziphambili ze-blockbuster eHong Kong skyline, ngelixa i-bar kunye neeMicrosoft zokutya apha zizonke zihleliwe ukuze zenze iindawo ezibonakalayo. I-pool yangaphantsi kwe-118 phantsi komhlaba mhlawumbi iyona mhlathi owehlayo ukubona indawo eyaziwayo yowedolophu, kubandakanyeka kwiindawo zokuzikhupha ezithatha ngqo kwiglasi. Yaye kulabo bafuna ukufumana i-spa ye-ESPA ihlaziywa rhoqo enye yeyona nto ibhetele eHong Kong. Elinye icala leRitz Carlton yindawo yalo eWest Kowloon - oku kuthetha itekisi okanye i-MTR ukuhamba ukuya eTsim Sha Tsui okanye kwiCentral.