Our picks from this week’s travel headlines.
HELLO! KITTY KITTY! Fans of the much-loved character from Japan might want to book their flights to Hong Kong, where the world’s first Hello Kitty Chinese restaurant just opened! The menu consists of food inspired by the cartoon character such as the Hello Kitty apple chicken rice, Hello Kitty sweet and sour pork rice, and Hello Kitty fried noodles. But a must-order here is the adorable Hello Kitty buns which costs between HKD42 – HKD62 per plate, it comes in a variety of flavours including custard, red bean, and shrimp dumplings. But don’t just go crazy Instagramming pictures of the food, the whole café is a delight too, complete with Hello Kitty-themed decorations from the furniture to the utensils.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND NINTENDO PARTNER UP Get ready to live out your favourite games as exhilarating rides because Universal Studios and Nintendo are teaming up to bring some of the most iconic and popular game characters to its theme parks. With a whole catalogue of timeless classics including Mario Brothers, Pokémon, and Legend of Zelda, fans will not be disappointed. Currently, Universal Studios theme parks are located throughout the world including one in Singapore, Osaka, Los Angeles, Orlando while upcoming locations include Moscow and Beijing which are still under construction.
GET ICY IN ICELAND How would you like to travel back to the Ice Age? While we certainly can’t turn back time, the newly launched ‘Into the Glacier’ tour might be the closest thing to that experience. The tour is located at the world’s largest man-made ice cave which stretches 800 metres deep into the Langjökull, Europe’s second largest glacier. It will open to the public on the 1st of June 2015, there are many tours that you can choose from including Classic Tour, Extended Tour, Heli Tour, Exclusive Tour, and Winter on Ice Tour. For USD230, the Day Tour will bring you around the glacier plus two bonus treks including a hot geothermal spring and a waterfall on the way up, and visits to a highland track and a national park on the way back.
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