Wednesday

Sorry, I couldn't publish last night as Blogger had some problems. So here we are this morning!

We've been all around today finishing our shopping, as we may have to go out and buy another suitcase to bring it all back. Tomorrow is our last full day here, as we have to check out on Friday at 2pm.

We went to Tung Chung first on the MTR.
There are so many flats there it has to be seen to be believed! A lot of the airport staff seem to live there as it is so much cheaper than living in town. But so much humanity all crowded into these massive blocks of flats, 36 floors high, with probably 6-8 flats per floor, and 8 blocks per unit is almost unimaginable. Especially when the blocks are repeated about 30 times over in a very small area!! The land area here is pretty small, so they have to build upwards.

Tung Chung is where you go to catch the bus to go to the Buddha and the Monastery, so there are always lots of visiting monks around. Their appearance is so distinctive - they have shaved heads, grey robes, golden coloured pantaloons, grey socks and little brown slippers. The men and women are both dressed the same and are very difficult to tell apart. They are very peaceful, and are amongst the only people on public transport who aren't playing on Playstations, Nintendos or mobile phones!

Tonight we mosied on back to Mongkok and Temple Street and had our tea in the Strawberry Forever cafe. They literally put strawberries on everything - there are strawberry pizzas (on the right of this pic <<) and strawberry Caesar salad, as well as strawberry smoothies and cakes. It was all extremely delicious though.



And now, sadly, we're moving into our final full day here. More later!