Friday

Today we took a minibus the 20+ miles to Yuen Long, on the far west side of the Kowloon Peninsula. The journey took about 45 minutes and cost £1! Yuen Long is a bit of a step back in time, not tainted by westerners in any way. We only saw 1 other Gweilo (Foreign Devil!!) there. N_M tells me that a lot of the people who live there have never left the town, everything they need is there.


There were 3 branches of McDonalds there, so that is where we had our lunch. And before anyone says tsk again, here is a photo of my food - nothing like you get in the UK! And all for less then £2 as well. We also went to a fruit market and I bought a bag of satsumas and 10 bananas for £1!




Tonight we took the hotel shuttle bus into the Victoria Waterfront to watch the Symphony of Lights. N_M took a great video of it on our camera, which I have spent about 2 hours trying to upload for you to enjoy as well. Sadly I haven't been successful, so I'll try youtube again tomorrow and add it if I can.

There are lots of tiny Japanese shops around Mongkok, and we keep looking at these Blythe dolls. Does anyone remember them from the 1970's? http://www.thisisblythe.com/blythe_history.php

Some of them are fetching huge prices, and there's a massive market for customising them too. I may just treat myself to one before I go home.....