The Healing Christmas At Starlight Garden, Shatin Hong Kong

16 February 2023

This is a not-so-late #WednesdayWalk for the community created by @tattoodjay. I hope you guys are doing fine out there as I'll bring you to another wonderland.

As I told myself, I will try to upload the blogs that were supposed to be posted last December. It's already February and I am yet done with this Christmas season blogs, lol. For many reasons, some posts were posted first so these old photos were forgotten. If you want to read some blogs about my Christmas experiences here in Hong Kong, don't hesitate to search #ChristmasInHK2022.

There is a place somewhere in New Territories Hong Kong that I've been visiting recently, the Shatin town. If you are my reader, you probably know it. Some of the blogs I shared here before that were taken in Shatin include:

#HKCNYDAY4: The 10K Buddhas Monastery at Shatin Town

Tunnel Of Lights At Shatin Riverside

Not So Pink Cherry Blossoms Anymore

Young At Heart At Snoopy World

For today's travel blog, I'll share with you one of the Christmas installations that I visited in Shatin last December. They called it The Healing Christmas At Starlight Garden.

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The Starlight Garden at New Town Plaza Shatin was turned into Alpaca Wonderland with the theme The Healing Christmas inspired by the alpacas and Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain Peru where they reside. Given the theme, there were a lot of alpacas in a few areas of the New Town Plaza.

Why healing Christmas? We all know the healing wonders of alpacas. There is a miracle in their antibodies that could help treat some diseases. A lot of researchers, scientists, and others in the profession are working on it and trying to develop something that could help improve human health. But I guess even without their antibodies, one will truly be relieved by their cuteness. They really are.

Going up to the outdoor Starlight Garden, I was stunned by the glittering lights and pretty installations. The garden looked truly magical and stunning.

Inspired by the Rainbow Mountain in Peru, the garden turned into a colorful pastel. The right side of the garden was surrounded by illuminating flowers and some giant ones at the corners. I felt something different while looking at them. Although fake, they truly looked magical as they glow in the dark.

The place even looked even romantic for those couples taking photos. Truly a perfect backdrop for photoshoots.

On the left side are two connecting tunnels with glittering lights making the place just like a fairyland.

Inside the tunnels were some Christmas trees and alpacas. They were always occupied so one can't really get a solo photo. The tunnels were always photo bombers behind, lol.

My favorite scene was this one. Aren't they adorable? The other baby was wearing an alpaca costume and their pretty moms were their photographers. The one riding on the alpaca with the alpaca costume was the cutest.

At the gap bridging the two tunnels were more cute alpacas. The giant one was the center of attraction and kids loved climbing on it. Overhead were glowing uniform square lanterns hanging across the bridge. I am uncertain though if they were paper or made from other materials, they look so pretty.

At the end of the second tunnel were trees with vibrant yellow fall leaves which were similar to autumn trees in Japan. Is it true that leaves are turning yellow when they are dehydrated? Or really just because of the season where there is lesser sunlight causing the green pigments of the leaves to break down.

After passing through the second tunnel was a field of crops probably the food of alpacas and they as well were glowing. It was indeed a great decision for me to visit the place at night as it was more stunning with those lights.

It was truly an enchanting and magical night at the alpaca wonderland. Before heading home that night, I dined in a Taiwanese dessert shop and I gave myself some sweets for my sweet tooth.

When traveling, I always look for new restaurants to taste their specialties. I ordered a bowl of taro balls with taro paste and different toppings which was one of the specialties of this dessert shop. Just imagine the taste by looking at the photo. For sure, you'll love this too. It wasn't too sweet which was ideal for me. Aside from the taro balls in different colors, I also like the red beans, and grass jelly, and the white one was barley I guess (I wasn't sure of the white toppings).

That concludes my trip to the alpaca wonderland that night. I wish I could see real alpacas too someday and visit the rainbow mountain in Peru where they live.

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