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| View from the 6X on the way to Stanley |
The original plan for today was a trip to the races, but Scott and Laura's friends Adam and Zara arrived from the UK early in the morning and weren't really up to it, so Sally and I had the day to ourselves. Laura had told us that Stanley Market was a good place to visit, so I Googled 'how to get from Kowloon to Stanley Market' and off we went.
We walked to TST and got the MTR to Central; there we found the bus terminus and boarded the 6X (good choice) to Stanley Market. Being some of the first in the queue we managed to get the front seats on the top deck of the bus to get the best view, although we did have some reservations about this after the 'ride of terror' down from The Peak a couple of days ago. We needn't have worried; we had a really enjoyable ride and got to see some amazing scenery.
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| The promenade at Stanley |
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| On the beach at Stanley |
When we arrived we found that Stanley is a bit like an English seaside resort, except it's busy, very clean and well kept-up - and sunny. We took a stroll along the front, visited Tin Hau Temple (which was interesting but filled with incense smoke) and then continued our walk along to the Sea View Terrace. Here Sally spotted a sign warning of snakes and that put her on edge for the rest of the walk, but we did descend onto the beach and enjoyed some absolutely beautiful views.
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| Sally in Tin Hau Temple |
After an extortionately-priced beer and coffee we walked back to bus stop and caught the 973 back to TST. This is a much longer route but we wanted to see as much as we could - and we managed to get the top front seats again. Being a long route it was rather more expensive and set us back the grand sum of £1.20 each!
We decided that we'd go grocery shopping on our way back as we both fancied an evening in. Hong Kong is in many ways, much more well-organised than the UK; but one thing they seem to have hopelessly wrong is supermarket checkouts - they are incredibly slow and inefficient and the queues stretch up the crowded aisles. The locals must have infinite patience (although they appear to have no manners) to put up with this; I'd almost lost the will to live by the time we got served.
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| Waterfront view of TST on walk back to apartment |
Afterwards we walked back to the apartment and had beans on toast (which we thoroughly enjoyed!) followed by fresh fruit and Haagen-Dazs lollys, and then watched a movie before going to bed.
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