9th , 10th & 11th July 2011
We spent the 9th and 10th in Hong Kong, shopping, eating and catching up with friends. It was very hot and humid (temp around mid 30’s and humidity close to 100%), making it pretty uncomfortable being outside for extended periods.
On Saturday we went to the Ladies Market in Mong Kok to do a bit of shopping and have a look around. Just like Singapore, Hong Kong is still growing at a solid pace with money pouring into further improving infrastructure. In both places major expansion of the already fantastic MRT systems is underway.
We did notice, however, that the pollution in HK seemed worse than previous visits, probably made worse by the weather, but one can’t help thinking that there may be a few more factories in Guangdong contributing to the problem.
Once the shopping was out of the system and we had tired of wandering around we headed back to the hotel.
Tonight we had a most enjoyable dinner with Ron and Angela Pickering at a very good Cantonese restaurant in Kowloon. (Guo Fu Lou in the iSquare building).
Sunday involved a trip to the Island, a wander around Central (forgot is was Sunday as the place is awash with Philippina maids having their only day off). We had lunch in a good Chinese restaurant in IFC mall and then headed back to the hotel to pack for a morning flight home tomorrow.
The flight left 9.15am , Monday morning and we were home at West Pennant Hills by 9.30pm.
