This wet market was up a skinny alley and was lined with stalls.
There were a couple of stalls with flowers. I found it very interesting how theses roses were wrapped up. I am guessing to keep them from blooming. It was pretty neat looking.
Fresh crab anyone?
How about cow tongue?
This was a little doorway in the middle of the market leading down to someones house or warehouse or hangout...
Peking Duck
Fresh fish. Ben was captivated by this.
Frogs!
More fish
Butcher shop
Cow's feet
Fresh eggs
I think these may be preserved duck eggs.
Ben purchased some type of small citrus fruit. After we bought them and each ate one Grant informed me that we probably shouldn't have eaten them. Luckily none of us got sick. The wet markets used to be fairly unsanitary but have improved their standards in recent years.
To get back to the train station we took one of the longest people mover's in the world. This consists of stairs, ramps, escalators, etc. in order to get people from one spot to another without interfering with the streets below.
At one point we got off of the people mover to try to figure out where we were. Ben was playing around on the steps and tripped. He tried to play it off like that nothing happened even though we could tell that the fall probably hurt a little.
By mid-morning we were craving a snack and we settled on a familiar place - McDonald's.
I don't know why I found the uniform there interesting but I did. They had matching jeans with M's on them.
Mmmm- egg, mac and cheese, sausage, noodles - and you can get it 24 hours a day!
Well - no thank you..
After McDonald's we caught a double decker bus to Stanley Market. Stanley Market is an area of trinket shops where you can bargain for junk and eat along the waterfront.
Ben and Grant at the front of the bus on the top! It was cool! We even hit a few tree branches!
Look at that bus line! People in Hong Kong pretty much completely rely on public transportation.
Stanley Market
Along the waterfront in the Stanley Market area. The actual area around the market is dotted with several expensive houses. Needless to say, we saw a lot of kids out with nannies.
The poor babies had been riding in the Bjorns all day and needed to stretch. This restaurant provided a great place to do that.
The outside of the restaurant.
A kid's clothes stall at the market. If we lived in Hong Kong I would go to this market and buy clothes. They had tons of brand name kid's clothes for a pretty reasonable price. Don't know how they get the clothes and I don't want to find out.
On the way back to the double decker bus we stumbled upon a small city bus that was going back to the area we needed to get to so we jumped on. It was one wild and crazy ride! We all had to put seat belts on in order to not fall out of our seats!
Help!!
Of course Ben fell asleep on the ride.
After the market we headed to the park for Ben to have a little fun and release a little energy. We went to Hong Kong park which is a large park which has a great playground. After we left the park Grant and I decided that Ben probably thinks he is Asian. He goes to a Japanese school, we go on vacation to places where we are around Asians and he immediatly gravitates towards the Asian kids and plays with them.
The babies were happy to play.
Playing on the diggers with his new friend.
