Eat. Travel. Eat!

  Four months later I am now almost complete with all the background information for Island Shangri-La on this trip! That was long, was it not? This is the last section of interior pictures on Island Shangri-La other than Cafe Too, and after this I'll be rolling in the much more interesting posts on food, attractions and more from the trip up to a certain point. This post is all about the interior sections not included in the earlier public spaces post- pictures on the content that Shangri-La has from the 39th floor and up. I don't have Restaurant Petrus or the Horizon Club lounges included in any of these pictures but other than that you'll have a broad understanding of the actual floors with hotel rooms in them! The picture above is of the hallway to the rooms. The rooms followed the elliptical shape of the building and for most of the 16 levels were located throughout the entire floor. However, some floors included other rooms in addition to regular guest rooms, li...

So, what was the destination after the long plane flight from Los Angeles ? Island Shangri-La, the other "twin" building to the Conrad in terms of the building's shape. If you have read my Tripadvisor review from before, you'll know that my companion stayed at Shangri-La quite frequently in the past, which has also allowed to me stay at quite a number of Shangri-La's over Asia. Coming back to Island Shangri-La certainly felt quite like the right welcome to Hong Kong- familiar but still special. Before finally planning on Island Shangri-La, I had planned on staying at some other places for a change, like the Upper House. But such hotels were even more expensive, and plus we would not get the benefits of our mid-tier Golden Circle Membership. Might as well enjoy the luxuries of several welcome amenities and breakfast for a few more times in case if we drop to the lowest level next year, right? This time, the welcome I received from Shangri-La was the best I...