Bird Market Hong Kong

Today was a very busy day. We had a planning morning before setting off to explore Kowloon!

We started today in the flower market which was stuffed full of shops crammed with orchids, blue flowers and huge bouquets of roses, each with their own individual bud protectors. The pictures won't even do it justice but have a look as they will …

We arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday after an almost 20hr train ride, and luckily it wasn't full out storming like the weather claimed it was going to. It was a bit rainy, but the moment we stepped out of the metro station, we could feel the drastic change in temperature to humid and 23 degrees. It was a nice change from all of the cold weather we had …

As usual we have packed in a lot of walking into our city trip. Hong Kong is a bit of a "nancy" city by comparison with mainland China. Everyone waits at the traffic lights till they turn green, no spit-dodgem, English pretty much everywhere - hardly a challenge at all! And staying in a five star hotel to boot - let me tell you I am not …

Rśtuferšin gekk įfallalaust fyrir sig og var bara nokkuš žęgileg svona mišaš viš žaš sem viš höfš um įšur kynnst. A milli žess sem var sofiš, lesiš og hįmaš ķ sig kķnverskar mini mandarķnur (sem var eini maturinn okkar alla leišina ķ 10klst!) spjöllušum viš viš Rolf, nżja vin okkar og deildum feršasögum okkar į milli. Rolf hafši fundiš markašinn …

My room-mate from Shaw****n, Carina, was kind enough to give me a few suggestions in terms of things to see and do. She's a true "honger" with her citizenship and everything. One of the suggestions she made was Fa Yuen Street. Her description basically entailed "cheap, cheap, cheap!" I couldn't resist because, really, who can say no to a good deal …

The tour guide picked us up early in the morning. God help anyone who wasn't awake already. Anna was so bouncy and animated her words came flying out in a nonstop barrage of solar energy......does she even stop to breathe????

As you can see from the "What I Did" list, it was a very busy day. We started with a tram ride up to the top of …

Hi there! Nothing better to start the day than a coffee and wee m&s pecan slice eh? Okay, and i'll confess to having a bit of cinnamon bun too! Delighting in such a western brekkie did feel a bit sacrilegious, but in my defense, i've really tried hard to enjoy a Chinese breakfast and it just ain't happening!

After that we went to …

After an eleven hour flight we land in Hong Kong at 8am local time. We're met by our local guide and are taken to our hotel, although we can't check in till 2pm, so it's bags down and off to see some sights. On the first day we visited the giant Buddha and the Po Lin Monestry, Built on a mountain peak on Lantau Island it offers sublime views of the …

... trip while Mrs. Kerins had been stuck in China after her wallet and passport were stolen in the middle of customs between China and Hong Kong!!!) and they offer to take us out for brunch.  We hit up the yacht club which has great food and ...

... that impress me, however; it's the city markets--the Wanchai market, the computer market, the bird market, and the flower market. In Hong Kong, stores are grouped together into markets. There isn't a florist in every neighborhood. Instead, ...

... a way out but it was also a very interesting experience as it provided us a little insight into their culture. After the bird market we walked to the fish market, which was just a whole bunch of fish stores selling aquariums, equipment and special fish ...

... a walk to Lammas Island, over nice beaches and hills, back to Aberdeen then up to Mong Kok (worlds highest population density), the bird market, ('it is an ex-parrot' monty python levels of healthyness in the population of birds here), the flower market, ...

... .. Crossing back over Victoria Harbour on the Star Ferry I took a bus to Stanley on the South side of Hong Kong island. Stanley has a large market selling all kinds of cheap clothes and other goods but the only thing I bought was a drink while still ...

... , it's crazy; one of the bars I went into was rammed with the damn Pomms. My last day in Hong Kong was so surreal - went to a bird market, which was completely bizarre; and possibly the worst idea with a hangover - all those squawking birds and all... ...

... 'the Golden Mile.' Kid in sweetshop material for yours truly - shops everywhere. Just a block away from Temple Street Night Market. Hong Kong is haven for shoppers. Though a bit of a shock to the monetary situaton after Thailand - the prices are ...

... bats !!! After a couple of temples, we jumped back on the metro, we went to the otherside. Lucy wanted to go to the bird market as the book states that locals feed grasshoppers to birds. We did see loads of grasshoppers of different sizes, but no ...

... a bar/club on Sat night so that’s gonna be cool. The next day we spent about 12 hours wandering Hong Kong the weather was great - went to the bird market where they have loads of birds for sale - we got to hold some but I was lucky enough for it ...

... birds for a walk (inside their cages). They hang the cages on trees and let their birds "talk" to one another. At the Bird Market you can buy any kind of bird you desire. Paul had a long conversation with a particularly talkative Myna bird... shame ...