A nice ladie from France took this one
Such a disappointing day. I had thought of a brilliantly marvelous itinerary only to have it flawed by misleading directions and bad weather. It all started when my guide book instructed me to "take bus number 6 from Exchange Square". I did that, and it took me all the way to Aberdeen instead of Stanley - the opposite end of the island. Apparently there are two bus number 6's and I of course had boarded the wrong one! I spent the hours between 9:00am this morning and 3:00pm trying to correct my mistakes one after another. It didn't help when almost every place sounded the same. They all seemed to include either; Wai, Lai, Mei, Chai or Tai. And with other names including the words; Hing, Hung, Tong, Fang, King, and Kok, it wasn't surprising they all started to merge after a few hours of studying them. I finally gave up at around 3:30pm when it started to rain and made my way back to Central via the visa office to pick up my passport. The only satisfying part of the day was when I once again gave in to my cravings and watched another movie. After seeing Star Wars on the big screen I took the Star Ferry back across Victoria Harbor to Kowloon for what seemed like the 100th time. I enjoyed the fresh air and reminded myself of the day's events (or lack of them). I still haven't tried the highly acclaimed dim sum but I did at least get to try a few other local delicacies today including 'dun tat' (sweet egg tart), 'bo lau bao' (pineapple bun) and some delicious noodles with 'won ton' (parcels filled with shrimp). I remain hopeful for tomorrow and have tweaked my newly proposed itinerary to perfection.
