HONG KONG 2

One of my readers has begged that I quickly put up more of this series, so I’ll try to get a couple up this week. I’m not normally a person who spends much time shopping for clothes, but I could not resist the bargains available in Hong Kong. Having visited the Ladies Market on Wednesday Carol and I decided to spend the next day at the Stanley Market.

Ladies clothing at the Stanley Market.

I had last visited this market in 1997 and found it little changed. It has a variety of products on display and they are better quality and more expensive than the street markets. Because it is a popular tourism destination the proprietors of the stalls are not interested in bartering, which spoils the fun. In this sense, it is like walking into a series of shops and paying the marked price

As I’ve found on previous visits to China there is a strong desire to preserve old buildings, not only for their history but to create earning capacity and to serve the needs of the tourists. In Hong Kong many Chinese tourists are coming from the mainland.

This notice board tells of how the pier and Murray House were moved to Stanley.

Carol and I discovered this beautiful old house by accident. After purchasing a few things at the market we had walked around the bay as it was another glorious day with a blue sky. We spotted Murray House and moved on to investigate.

Murray House

I’m wearing blue slacks and a Polo shirt I had bought for a total of $9.00 the previous day. There were several restaurants positioned within the house and after reading this menu for a Vietnamese meal chose to eat at the Saigon Restaurant. We were not disappointed.

Vietnamese menu.

We both had the Vietnamese Noodle Lunch for $88HK which cost us less than $20A

The Saigon Restaurant at Murray House.

Behind this balcony section was a large formal restaurant. Although we were amongst the first to arrive both sections quickly filled.

Carol filming the interior of the Saigon Restaurant.

After our lunch we strolled down to the pier.

The historic pier re-sited at Stanley.

The old pier now positioned at Stanley.

Das Helwig Haus B&B owned by Eberhard and Fay Helwig is situated at Glen Aplin, near Stanthorpe on the Granite Belt of southern Queensland, Australia.

This is a region noted for summer stone-fruit, autumn apples and  Christmas in July dinners.

Fay has published a book called Wildflowers, wilderness and wine.

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