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After the day I'd had on Saturday I decided to go it alone today. Mission 1; find coffee. My guest House is in Mong kok, on Kawloon side (cheaper side), all full of locals not a big ex pat community and not as westernised as HK island. No Starbucks here! I trailed the streets for 45 mins before finding a French cafe, the did proper latte and had English speaking papers- this set my day up well morning sun beaming through the window large mug of streaming coffee and a sausage roll! (I fell asleep last night without eating anything so I was starving)
Armed with a guide book, a lot if enthusiasm and a caffeine hit I set off to find Kawloon park, I walked for miles through various food markets- fish in buckets swimming around, fish on ice cut open so you could see the hearts beating, chicken with heads on, buckets of chicken feet, misc animal parts... Brought back memories of china last time round. Found the park after about an hrs walk more concrete and less parky that I had anticipated. Nice all the same. I spent a couple of hrs here before getting some lunch and taking the star ferry across to hong kong island. I stumbled on Miss calendar girl 2011 contest on one street and some protest on another- all in Chinese couldn't understand a word!
I managed to negotiate the MTR tube system after London underground it was easy! Much cleaner than london and a totally different mentality- London head down, elbows out. HK smiles and politeness no rushing or barging- I actually felt a little frustrated everyone wasn't going quicker!
I met up with Sian for a couple of glasses of wine in a hotel bar on the 16th floor over looking HK island. Really nice to have some western company- my hostel is low on europeans. Then stumbled upon an Irish bar- a reliable source of lone British travellers! By 8pm I was pissed, watched the light show across the bay, impressive. Then stumbled home again on the MTR- this time glad of it's slower pace!
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