Now accustomed to the local meteorological
conditions, we opted to visit the Nian Li
??? Chinese garden in Diamond Hill.
What a fascinating place – the bonsai trees are a feature, as are a rock form only
recently discovered soapy-looking stone known as Jasplite.
The pond was populated with a good number of
very large (30 cm) Koi carp of various colours, including yellow. It seemed
that one group was playing follow the leader.
Adjacent to the gardens is a Buddhist
nunnery, featuring beautiful wooden buildings.
A pavilion in the park gave some
interesting insights into the nailless joinery techniques used to bind the
roofs together – beautiful craftsmanship.
Both the gardens and the nunnery were
delightful places to visit.
After lunch in the adjacent Holywood mall,
we trained back to Mong Kok to visit
the Ladies Market, much like the Night Markets. Our directional sense was a
little lacking again, as we couldn’t seem to be able to proceed in a desired
map direction. Eventually we gave up in disgust and took a taxi to the History Museum.
What a fabulous institution this is – a
full illustrated history of Hong Kong from hundreds of million years ago the
present. A bonus was the transient exhibition of imperial costumes from the
Palace Museum (presumably Beijing). These costumes were so exquisite!
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We were flagging a little and were only
just able to walk back to the hotel to pick up our bags, before taking a taxi
to the Airport Express. We have been so impressed by the HK public transit
system – it’s just brilliant. Send Sydney’s train planners there to see how it
should be done.
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