Today we started off in Kowloon at the Flower and Jade markets, strolling also through some household goods/clothing markets as well. There are no grocery stores, Bed Bath and Beyonds here! Everything is purchased at tiny little markets or tiny little outdoor booths. Everything is tiny, including our hotel room and the length of our bed. Even my legs hang off mid shin!
After that, we took the ferry over to Central and walked from the top of the mid level elevators to the bottom, via some great stores, sights and markets. We saw Man Ho Temple, Gough and Gage street wet markets, produce stalls, the antique stores/markets, and the hippest baby store ever, Petit Bazaar. It had red mushroom knit pillows that got my attention from down the street. I love how Hong Kong embraces what I love, rainbows and red toadstools with white spots!
We also walked through the Harbor City Ocean terminal mall to get some much needed air conditioning on our way to the ferry. Along the way, we encountered two different celebrity sightings. One was a movie star and the other a singer. There was quite a buzz going on everywhere with lots of excited people taking pictures of these celebritites.
In this mall, it is insane because every store is designer and the amount of stores is staggering, as well as the amount of shoppers at all hours of the night. Anna Sui, Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, Prada, Fendi, Chanel, Tom Ford, Celine, Dior...everywhere you look, there is another designer store, with a huge new Mercedes in front with a driver waiting on his client.
These people never sleep! I am serious. Hong Kong is jam packed with bustling and hurried people on the go, until all hours of the night. These aren't tourists either. The residents stay out late with their little kids/babies/friends while they shop/eat/socialize. The frenetic pace of everyone is insane and makes us feel like old folks who have to go home early to get our sleep. Also, the wealth in Hong Kong is off the charts! Money is obviously abundant for many wealthy families. This absolutely puts Dallas to shame when it comes to money, wealth, design, designer shopping. It is like New York on steroids. You could get lost here forever and probably never explore every nook and cranny.
The Hong Kong slogan on the billboards everywhere is, 'Hong Kong, Asia's World City'. A more appropriate slogan we came up with is, 'Hong Kong, you're here, now hurry up or move'. Or maybe, 'Hong Kong, if you're not here to move fast, get lost'.
I loved seeing the cemeteries built into the sides of mountains, hills, and cliffs. I also used my first squatty potty, not by choice of course. I wondered if I'd ever see one of those contraptions and sure enough, the ferry building has one. I loved the MTR, which is so reminiscint of my days in San Francisco.
Highlight of the day...
Aqualuna antique red-sailed junk boat which took us around Victoria Harbor during the nightly light show. The neon lights and lasers shoot out from the highrises, set to music, which is piped from speakers all over the harbor promenade.
No comments:
Post a Comment