We had a great night's sleep! The early bird woke everyone up at 9:30. NINE THIRTY! The horror! The bird being Beth this time - Robin was also still slumbering. We grabbed a public bus and went through the island over to Aberdeen for breakfast.
A little old lady accosted us on our way near the harbour and a quick search on the internet confirmed she offered us something we wanted to do - a thirty minute Sampan tour of the harbour. Turns out we were to ride her husband's boat which, as it turns out, was great. The harbour is pretty cool - hundreds of medium sized fishing boats, giant floating restaurants, pleasure boats and more. It was another hot day (Robin suffering the most) and when we saw all of the tourist-specific Sampans filled with 15-20 tourists, we were happy our old lady tout had found us.
Bussing around town is fairly easy - as usual the drivers will usually tell you if you're on the right bus and the busses frequently have English place names for the stops. For the afternoon, we headed over to the Mong Kok area that is know for its markets.
The markets were pretty much the same as last night's markets, though we did manage to pick up some things - we found a nice painting for one. We last a couple of hours before we grabbed a taxi back to our hotel. The metro would have been better I think - the taxis are cheap but to cross the harbour tunnel you basically crawl through traffic for 30 minutes. The metro next time!
We have a fun idea for dinner so we will post something about that later I'm sure!
A little old lady accosted us on our way near the harbour and a quick search on the internet confirmed she offered us something we wanted to do - a thirty minute Sampan tour of the harbour. Turns out we were to ride her husband's boat which, as it turns out, was great. The harbour is pretty cool - hundreds of medium sized fishing boats, giant floating restaurants, pleasure boats and more. It was another hot day (Robin suffering the most) and when we saw all of the tourist-specific Sampans filled with 15-20 tourists, we were happy our old lady tout had found us.
Bussing around town is fairly easy - as usual the drivers will usually tell you if you're on the right bus and the busses frequently have English place names for the stops. For the afternoon, we headed over to the Mong Kok area that is know for its markets.
The markets were pretty much the same as last night's markets, though we did manage to pick up some things - we found a nice painting for one. We last a couple of hours before we grabbed a taxi back to our hotel. The metro would have been better I think - the taxis are cheap but to cross the harbour tunnel you basically crawl through traffic for 30 minutes. The metro next time!
We have a fun idea for dinner so we will post something about that later I'm sure!
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