Sunday, June 3, 2007 - Stanley, Hong Kong Island (South side)
Last night we strolled along Nathan Road went through the Kowloon Park situated in the middle of Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei. This huge park has an enormous public swimming pool (entrance fee needed), a building which houses rooms for ping pong, kendo or martial arts classes, badminton, etc. This is where the locals hang out in the afternoon.
For our dinner, we ate at the Temple Street Night Market area where food stalls abound. We had our first duck there. It's right in the middle of the street and there were lots of tourists eating there. The food was good and tasty. For dessert, we found a place which serves mostly mango with a lot of other assorted fixings. YUM!
This morning we took the bus from Central Pier going South to Aberdeen. Walked to the harbor where the sampans and boats are docked. This is also where you take the boat to the JUMBO floating restaurant. Peter also found where the wholesale fish market was bustling with activity.
Walked through Aberdeen and got some chinese vegetarian snacks and ate it at the Aberdeen square.
Took the bus to Repulse bay only to stop earlier at Deep Water Bay where we met a group of Filipinas hanging out on their day off. (When we got out of the Central station there were tons of Filipinas waiting and hanging around the walkways. Lots and lots of them.) We had a good time talking story with them before we headed off to Repulse Bay.
It was so hot at Repulse Bay, very much like Waikiki without the huge promenade. Saw the Guan Yin and Tin Hau monuments then left for Stanley. Here at Stanley, there's a market where lots of locals and tourists visit to buy bargains of stuff. It's very hot here despite the bay, some slight wind but still warm. We didn't buy anything because we're saving our money for China.
We are going back to town now via bus no. 40 to Causeway Bay in the North. From there we'll take the subway to get back to Tsim Sha Tsui.
We noticed that locals here are like us in our own places, we usually go for the cheapest food (like fast food) because most of the restaurants around here cater to tourist. All of the haole were at the open air restaurants. Really expensive.
Anyway, my time is almost up here so till next post....
Last night we strolled along Nathan Road went through the Kowloon Park situated in the middle of Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei. This huge park has an enormous public swimming pool (entrance fee needed), a building which houses rooms for ping pong, kendo or martial arts classes, badminton, etc. This is where the locals hang out in the afternoon.
For our dinner, we ate at the Temple Street Night Market area where food stalls abound. We had our first duck there. It's right in the middle of the street and there were lots of tourists eating there. The food was good and tasty. For dessert, we found a place which serves mostly mango with a lot of other assorted fixings. YUM!
This morning we took the bus from Central Pier going South to Aberdeen. Walked to the harbor where the sampans and boats are docked. This is also where you take the boat to the JUMBO floating restaurant. Peter also found where the wholesale fish market was bustling with activity.
Walked through Aberdeen and got some chinese vegetarian snacks and ate it at the Aberdeen square.
Took the bus to Repulse bay only to stop earlier at Deep Water Bay where we met a group of Filipinas hanging out on their day off. (When we got out of the Central station there were tons of Filipinas waiting and hanging around the walkways. Lots and lots of them.) We had a good time talking story with them before we headed off to Repulse Bay.
It was so hot at Repulse Bay, very much like Waikiki without the huge promenade. Saw the Guan Yin and Tin Hau monuments then left for Stanley. Here at Stanley, there's a market where lots of locals and tourists visit to buy bargains of stuff. It's very hot here despite the bay, some slight wind but still warm. We didn't buy anything because we're saving our money for China.
We are going back to town now via bus no. 40 to Causeway Bay in the North. From there we'll take the subway to get back to Tsim Sha Tsui.
We noticed that locals here are like us in our own places, we usually go for the cheapest food (like fast food) because most of the restaurants around here cater to tourist. All of the haole were at the open air restaurants. Really expensive.
Anyway, my time is almost up here so till next post....
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