I recently visited Hong Kong again and had a lot of fun. The stresses at work and a lack of sleep made me decide not to have a trip as busy as my last one to give me some time to relax and calm down. However, a friend and I signed up for a tour that consisted of a stop at Temple Street Market in Kowloon side of Hong Kong, an open cover bus ride, and a night time ferry ride and meal in the Hong Kong Harbour. I didn't take too many pictures in Hong Kong since not much caught my interest or they didn't come out right but I did get a lot of night pictures of Hong Kong and Kowloon. I suppose I should explain something about Hong Kong. What most people think of as a single city or island is really a number of different islands and territories, similar to districts. The tour took us around the island of Kowloon to take pictures of the main island called Hong Kong Island then out on the harbour to see a laser show off the skyscrapers of all the visible islands but mostly a small bay on Hong Kong Island.
Temple Street Market was interesting with lots of random things. It was started as a market for males with electronics and such but as with all markets it included things for women such as jewelry and shiny boxes common in the city. What caught my eye was that the market is a few streets down from the Jade Market where beads are sold, especailly jade beads sold in strings. Because we were on the tour and had limited time I decided not to vist the Jade Market but made a note of where it was for next time I come through. I know full well that I will get lost in there and probably spend a lot of money in there so I hope I remember to save up! After the market we went on the open bus ride and I enjoyed the night lights in Hong Kong with the wind in my hair. The ferry ride was fun and the food was good. It was buffet style and none of the three of us went down to watch the laser show as it was after 8 pm when we got the food and we were all really hungry. The entertainment was kind of fun too as it was two most likely Chinese women singing American tunes with their accent. One had a nice strong voice but the other woman was hard to hear even with the microphone. It was fun watching the children dance to the music though and the food was amazing. After the two hour ride was over we went back to the bar near where we were staying and had some sangri, my friends latest favorite drink.
The next day we went out to the Lady's Market which was full of clothes, sparkly jewelry, hair accessories, and boxes, as well sandals of every style but only small sizes and bags among a lot of things like ciggerette lighters and electronics as well as toys. We had fun and I got a lot of my Christmas shopping done already, or that's my excuse for spending so much. :) However, I didn't go too far over my limit so I'm not upset. It really is amazing what a person can find at markets. For supper that night we went to an international resteraunt that had nothing remotely American, which was odd to me. Usually international means American but there it meant other Asian countries. I got three pieces of fried pork in a white curry sauce to be put over steamed rice and my friend got a stone bowl of eel soup.
We had fun in Hong Kong and I hope you have as much fun in your life. For now this is Li'l B signing out 'til next time.
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