Today, we went on a shopping trip with Mia and Daniela across the border to China.
We had received our China visa last night (in our Swiss passports). We met at the metro station Tsim Sha Tsui and took the train to Lo Wu, then walked through immigration over to Shenzen, where the big shopping malls are. There you can buy copies of luxury articles quite cheap (purses, watches, etc). Some are bad imitations, eg the Uggs were cheaply made and no real fur used. However, if you have connections and ask, they might bring out the better copies.
You could hardly look at something, the sellers were obnoxiously insisting and were real hardcore negotiators. "Missy, missy, buy purse here... good price, Missy!"
I got a black Prada, a small, grey Chanel, a beige Mui Mui and a Jimmy Choo. Janine and Sarah made some great buys too!
After that we had a nice late lunch at the Shangri-La hotel before taking the train back to Hong Kong.