Hong Kong....Day 3...Stones

Our third day in Hong Kong, and the weather is still perfect.   Temperatures in the 70's and low humidity.

Today was stone day, but I think we could also title it 'Trains, Planes and Automobiles'  because we used so many forms of transportation in one day!   First, we took the subway to the stone district (believe it or not, a totally different area from the pearl district.)

Hung Hom is the name of the area of Kowloon that is home to most of the cut stone dealers.

After getting off the subway, though, we had to figure out which way to go.

After consulting the map (note the seriousness of the situation) we realized that the actual stone district was still too much of walk, so we loaded ourselves into two taxis.   Yes, if we had just taken the cabs from the hotel, it may have cost us a dollar more, and saved us an hour, but would not have been nearly as much fun.

But, we finally made it to our first stone stop.

Here I am picking out just the right beads for you.

At our second stop, Kara mugs for the camera.



Just look at all those stones!

My order is being totaled.   Please be kind to me!!

We all relax in the 'bead lounge' waiting for the rest of our party to be totaled.   'Peace, out' from Guy.

After a fabulous lunch of sushi, we hit more stone vendors, then another adventure!   We took a local bus back to our hotel, an adventure since the mini bus we were advised to take would never hold our party of 8, so we took a different bus.   We really did not know where to get off, and part of our party was on the top, and part on the bottom of the double decker bus, but we figured it all out.

A quick stop to unload our booty, wash up, then off to the 'Ladies Market' for some flea market shopping, a Vietnamese dinner, then taxi back to our hotel, and computer work until midnight.   With such a busy schedule, when is a girl to shop for shoes?   Don't worry, I did manage to find a pair.   And wait til you see these!!