Walk. She enjoyed having the play equipment to herself, then wanted to
walk up and down the entry ramps and along the pavement. Chris grumpy
cos camera doesn't let him take close up photos like Uncle Kwong's.
Kathy invited us to the AISHK cruise to Sai Kung – but its $HK300 per
person and mainly involves going to beaches (Abi and PP can't swim at
the moment) – declined.
Walked down the steep steps of Aroma Walk to North Point MTR, Abi did a
lot of walking so progress was slow. Trees and rocks and water trickles
were nice, apartments nearby are quite old and face onto the MTR stack
as well as the vegetated hillside. Chris tripped and twisted his ankle
trying to take photos of Abi. She joined her mother in expressing
sympathy.
Hobbled along to MTR via lots more steps then went to Mongkok. Chris
valiantly gave up going to Sham Shui Po computers cos Priscilla couldn't
have managed Abi and stroller simultaneously with no lift to the surface
at Mongkok MTR. Lunch at Café de Coral – Abi loved the white sauce
baked chicken rice dish. Everyone is buying and selling mooncakes.
After lunch Chris did computer shopping, Priscilla and Abi went shoe
shopping. Abi was interested in the shoes and sandals in a lot of the
shops on the sportswear street, then Priscilla decided against going in
to any more and gave Abi a chance to fall asleep. Bought a pair of
jogger sandals at Columbia while child was sleeping. Walked through
ladies market looking for the hand generator torches – 2 stalls had them
but one with only 2 LEDs as opposed to 8. $HK20 each without heavy
bargaining. Went to nearby playground after Abi awoke and she played
for a while on the equipment (nice rubber surface). Disgusting public
toilets with mostly squat cubicles and cisterns that eventually flushed
but mainly onto the floor.
Bought a cool drink $HK6 from a busy stall frequented by schoolkids.
Gee they talk fast and Priscilla was very very rusty with her Cantonese
– managed to buy what we wanted although the apple juice was just
cordial (Abi insisted on holding the cup and inevitably spilt it all
over herself). Bought strap guards from a car accessories shop that
Chris spotted nearby. Also wet umbrella holders for the car (Japanese
of course).
Ate leftovers for dinner – need to clear the fridge cos we will be
leaving HK soon. Unexplainedly Priscilla bought ice cream during her
evening forage walk. Also bought Fresnel lens for maps and strapping
bandage for Chris' ankle. It was iced then Salon sipped only when we
got home after a day of walking can carrying child. Didn't find a
medium sized elastic ankle strap – all small or large – but did find
self adhesive strapping material and copper impregnated elastic strap.
Had to cancel tomorrow's trip to Big Buddha (Po Lin monastery) due to
injury and thus afternoon tea with Auntie Pauline in Tung Chung.
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