Wednesday dawned cloudy, but it was seeming to hold out for us in the morning, so we ventured out to Kowloon, another area of Hong Kong. It started raining big drops as soon as we left the metro station. We were heading to the Nan Lian Garden and most of the path to the entrance was covered by overpasses. As soon as we got to the last one, it poured buckets. Thankfully there were also some random chairs set up on one side, so we took up residence while the storm raged on both sides of us. Lucky us.
Entrance to the garden - so close and yet so far. And wet.
We were even getting a little wet while waiting under the middle of the overpass, but several people - with no umbrellas - started walking around just being straight up soaked to see the gardens. I don't understand people sometimes.
Once it calmed down, we got to stroll in the gardens, which also has some buildings and a pond and bridge in the middle.
Postcard-worthy, right?
But again, our unlucky-ness followed as a good portion of the gardens were closed off due to some buildings' renovations. Not entirely sure.
But we did get to go to a Rockery. Because that's a real thing. It had huge polished boulders.
Instead, we ate lunch at a vegetarian restaurant, which was there because I think the Buddhist nunnery was nearby, which we also saw. Because you don't not go to a nunnery when it's there. Anyone else quoting Shakespeare in their heads?
I didn't take any pictures inside out of respect to the sacred nature of the Buddhism nunnery/temple. But the outside was really pretty!
Sidetrack: this was in the stall of a public bathroom. Good idea, I think, but interesting illustration/translation.
Next we went to another area to see some special markets. One was a flower market where 90% of the small storefronts were flowershops and the other 10% were bakeries (in which we tried a pineapple bun, which does not contain pineapple, and some other snacks that are crispy/chewy bread products made fresh and shaped like small eggs). I couldn't take pictures because a lot of the storefronts didn't allow it There was also a bird market nearby in which everyone sells birds, has birds, birds be flying around right over your head...Michelle got weirded out by a parrot saying things in Cantonese. It was cool to look at for a few minutes, but it didn't smell so good, but we had to stay there to wait out the rain again too.
I liked all the cages though!
Ok, I'll continue to play catch-up in the next couple of days, but I'm at the HK airport right now waiting for my flight to Seoul, so I'll do as much as I can here while I wait!
3 comments:
You really hit the monsoon season didn't you? The red bridge looks like the one in Big Spring Park here. Love all the beautiful buildings and landscapes. Is the Baby Rest just a seat for the baby or is it a potty seat?
I love that red bridge-it is beautiful! How fun Dorthy! Are you coming home with a bird?
Um, no, I'm choosing to live pet-free life right now. Plus with all the hoops the US has to bring animal or plant products back to the country, I don't want to know what's required for a live animal :/
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