Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Eve

Victoria Harbour at sunset
Yesterday I had a very quiet day (it was really nice not to have to rush out to catch a flight or go on a tour) and left Sally and Laura to go shopping together. I went for a walk along the waterfront for an hour and took some photos - and Sal came back completely exhausted from the shops. We had intended to pick up some ready-cooked chinese food from the supermarket, but left it too late so went out for a chinese meal instead.

Shopping mall
Today Scott's parents were arriving from the UK, so Sally and I went out to the shops by ourselves on Hong Kong Island. I wanted to look at iPads in the shops as they are a lot cheaper here than the UK, so we took the MTR and went to a shopping mall in Times Square. The MTR is like the London Underground, except its cheap, clean, reliable and very well-organised, like almost everything here.

Thank you Santa
The shopping mall was very impressive, on 9 floors, with similar products grouped by floor. Most shops selling iPads were on floor 7 and all of them were selling them at exactly the same price as they appear in the Hong Kong Apple Store on the web (between £100 and £150 cheaper than the UK). I was tempted, but in the end didn't buy one as I honestly can't justify it; it would be just a nice toy (and anyway, iPad 2 should be coming out soon!).

Location:Hong Kong

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