What is really hard to believe here is the number of the same shops in one place. There is Shoe Street, with probably 100 shops all selling the same shoes and trainers! Fish Shop Street has 50 or so shops with fish and equipment and Lady Street has clothes shops, and they all stay in business! We passed through the textile district today, and I have never seen so many shops just selling buttons!!
Sham Shui Po has the Golden Computer Plaza, where if we took my eldest son I'm sure he'd never ever come out! They are selling Intel Motherboards for about £70, complete with water cooled fans; keyboards; cases; webcams; software; in fact anything and everything you could ever want or need. And a hundred times over in all the different shops, quite unbelievable, and incredibly cheap!
We use the MTR a lot, it is extremely efficient, cheap and safe public transport. Today we also took a minibus, where a 15 minute ride cost HK$4.5 (about 30p). We are staying just out of the main tourist area, but the MTR is only a 5 minute walk and goes directly into all the main areas.
Here is our hotel; we're not staying here just because it's Panda, but that is a happy co-incidence!
We paid a visit to the tattoo shop where N_M had all his tattooes done when he lived here. The tattoo artist is the son of the guy who did his first tattoo aged 16. They had a big discussion about where he should be "decorated" next - I shall not be attending that event, it made me feel quite ill.
We also went to Wampoa Gardens. When N_M left, the sea went up to that point, but with all the land reclamation it is now about 1/2 a mile inland! Here is the boat that got left behind!
Tomorrow we may go up to Ocean Park for the day, but that is all dependent on what time we wake up, so we'll wait and see in the morning.
1 comment:
100 shops selling shoes - I'd think I'd died and gone to shoe heaven!!!
Should I be sold bold as to ask where N_M's next decoration will be?
Sounds wonderful - and your pics are really good.
xxx
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