Still more HK

This is the IFC tower - certainly the most elegant skyscraper I've ever seen and one of the tallest.

The other picture is of a typical HK street. As with so many places in the world, you get whole areas of one type of shop: a whole alley of cobblers; a clutch of mobile phone shops; a street of antique shops; a whole quarter of shops selling traditional chinese foods and medicines. The latter have baskets full of nameless bits and pieces spilling out onto the pavement and jars and jars of things on shelves in the shop. Perhaps it's better that one doesn't know too much of what's what, altho one can't escape the obvious things like sharks fins...




It's hard to judge prices of a lot of things as I can't remember how much they are 'back home', but I bought myself a set of Mahjong pieces in a lovely lacquered wooden box for a little under £20. Cups of coffee, on the other hand, are very much at Western prices!


It was an absolutely knackering day, but a wonderful experience. In terms of seeing the sights I've probably not done terribly well, but in terms of sheer atmosphere it couldn't be bettered!

Today (Tuesday)? Well, Po Lim monastery is somewhere on Lantau Island - I just have to work out how to get there...!