Day 62 (31/1/10) - Hong Kong (Birds Of A Feather)

We began the day by taking the hotel shuttle into Mong Kok, where we wandered the streets browsing electronics, clothes and other kitschy Asian merchandise. We also went to the expensive Langham Place Shopping Mall...although the only thing we bought was cheap Starbucks coffee.


Around lunchtime we met up with a friend of ours from back home - Steph Wong. Steph is in Hong Kong doing an internship with their Refugee Advice Centre, but she took some time out to show us around.


We had lunch with her and another of her friends in Mong Kok before Steph walked us through the Flower Market, Bird Market (where I confronted my fear of winged creatures) and a number of other specialty streets.



Everyone is gearing up for the Lunar New Year at the moment, so it was a struggle at times navigating the crowded streets.


When the afternoon got the better of us, we went to a cute little coffee shop that did a vast number of coffees, chocolate and jelly drinks. We spent a couple of hours in there talking. As evening turned into night, we strolled through the Temple Street Markets before having dinner at a Cantonese place.


However there was still room for dessert, so we rolled into a small cafe-style shop that specialises in Mango and Mango-related desserts.


All this took us through to 12:30am, when it was time to call it a night. It was really wonderful having someone who knows the city better than we do to show us around (and it helped that Steph speaks Cantonese).