Just Back Report: Day 2

Firstly to answer a couple of questions.

1. No we didn%26#39;t try the Vegetarian Restaurant at Chi Lin .

2. Flower market/Bird Market/ Goldfish Market are all very close - a couple of streets away from each other. Ladies Market is another station away at MongKok. Easy by MTR.

Day 2 :

After a Huge Buffet Breakfast at the Harbour Plaza Metropolis...including Pork buns, spring rolls, variey of dumplings as well as western breakfast we were set to go !

Caught shuttle to TST Station then off to Tung Chung Station to visit the Giant Buddha and Po Lin Monestary. I was determined to catch the bus from Tung Chung station as I%26#39;m afraid of cable cars....caught one in Switzerland once and have white knuckle memories. Anyway somehow I found the courage and we took the cable car. It cost $ 96 HK per person return. There was hardly a queue as we were not in peak season. I was so brave!

The ride was fine - over water and mountains. Very smooth and now I%26#39;m fine with cable cars.

The Buddha you could see as we approached the landing area. It was indeed a giant.

The walk through the commercialised village was fine. A few nice shops to look through ( chop stick shop ) and no harrassment at all. The walk up the 268 steps was great...even if we did have to stop to catch our breath every so often. The view from the top was worth it. All the time we we walking we could hear the chanting coming from the Po Lin Monestary. After visiting Buddha we walked to the Monestary - very beautiful. We also walked a way to the Tea Gardens...and turned back. What a dump! They should really do something nice with it. There was alot of construction going on , so they probably are.

Back to the cable car and down to the station.

We did stop at the Citigate Outlet Mall and found it to be good. We ended up in an Optical Store had ordered 4 sets of glasses. 2 Reading and 2 distance for my husband and myself. Lenscraft was the company. We had looked at Optical 88 and others in and off Nathan Road and found many discounted at the Citigate Outelet store. Though we had to return to pick them up, we just enjoyed shopping there a second time. It took 2 days to have them ready. They had a few with packages e.g. designer frame and lens for $ 1390 HK and $ 990 HK. Divide by 4.8 for Australian Dollars while we were there. I got Versace and D %26amp; G and hubbie got Versus by Versace and Ted Baker. We are very happy with them. Non designer ones were ofcourse much cheaper.

Caught the MTR back to Hong Kong and walked around the IFC Mall - very flash and expensive stores. Then caught the MTR to Mong Kok station and walked to the Ladies Market. We ate dinner at a local restaurant at the Markets and food was great. Then we found the MongKok Computer Centre at 8 Nelson Rd and my husband was in heaven....I was bored!....

to be continued...

Just Back Report: Day 2

Great to hear you had such a good time. And the part about going to the computer centre made me chuckle!

Just Back Report: Day 2

Sounds like fun...can%26#39;t wait to go. thank you for such valuable information!