Day 2 in Hong Kong

Our second day in Hong Kong was filled with what I guess you are supposed to do- we shopped and shopped. Next to the ship was a huge shopping mall with every upscale store you can imagine. We went over but the stores didn’t open until 10:30 so we wandered out onto Canton Road.

After wandering for a few blocks we found a wonderful store filled with great quality Chinese products. I bought some beautiful silk brocade and black silk to make a jacket and a dress. The silk and the silk lining for the whole project was about $60. Jim bought some silk pajamas. Bought a few linen hand towels and resisted the temptation to buy a tablecloth when I began to think of ironing linen. We also gave in and bought a new suitcase which we filled with our new purchases. Fortunately it has wheels and we joined the many Chinese folks on the street wheeling our belongings behind us.

Went back to the big fancy shopping place where we had earlier done some window shopping and I bought for Jim a new pair of binoculars and he bought me a new digital camera. Almost the identical financial purchase.

We couldn’t bring our binoculars because of the strict weight limit but we missed watching from the balcony. So now we are set with a new Nikon pair.

My camera is a Canon Digital IXUS i. It is small and light-weight. Takes great pictures as you can tell from the photo of Jim on our balcony with the Hong Kong Harbor behind him.

We are at sea today headed to Da Nang Vietnam. It is foggy but the sea is calm.