Shopping Hong Kong by Storm

So, when we found out that David's sister and father were coming to Singapore via Hong Kong, it wasn't too difficult to convince ourselves to fly up and meet them there.  I'd never been to Hong Kong, and have no hesitation going anyplace that has such a good reputation of for great shopping.

We got in late in the evening, and Esther and Harvey arrived at 7:00am the next morning.  Here they are the first morning in Hong Kong, looking pretty good for not having slept for almost two days.

Since their room wasn't ready yet, we took the afternoon to do some shopping at Stanley market.  Stanley Market is a great place to shop for silks, paintings, engraved stamps, t-shirts, fake bags, cheap watches, or anything else you had no idea that you couldn't live without.

The scenery around Stanley Market is rather beautiful.  Hong Kong is such a big city (seven million people in a 20x20 mile area), that you forget it's a tropical island.  You can't go far without hitting coastline and the South China Sea.

Our finds for the day were some great artwork, fabulous pashminas, antique majong set, and - my favorite - an antique cricket cage made out of oxbone.

Now I just need to get myself a cricket.  The shopping was mainly done by Esther and myself, though Harvey and David were great sports about it.  

This trend would continue throughout their stay.