23 March 2010
Botanical Gardens and Zoo
This morning I decided to do something peaceful, and hiked up the side of the hill to the botanic gardens and zoo. Actually first you go through Hong Kong park, which is also pretty great.
Its all free and strange to have such a big well maintained park, quite deserted, in between sky scrapers.
The only people in there seemed to be old people volunteering to maintain it, this should be a lesson to the lazy old people in Australia who just sit around and complain that everything isnt free.
The Zoo is small, and mainly monkeys, but who doesnt like monkeys?
I then caught the train across to Mong Kok to have a look in the junk markets before it gets too crowded, most places were still opening when I got there, but it was indeed a lot less crowded.
No one really pesters you to buy stuff these days, its pretty casual, or maybe they were just frightened of me? I tend to look angry all the time.
I have again taken many more photos than people are interested in looking at.
This family of statues is really going places.
Hong Kong park has many waterfalls throughout.
I believe this is where they presented the olympic medals won for equestrian which was held in Hong Kong.
This cool tower is right in the park, of course I had to climb up it.
View from top of the cool tower.
Me enjoying the view.
Theres also a giant bird aviary in the park, with a river running through it.
Heres my snack, the guy serving me was well over 100 years old. It cost like $2 in total for that, Pocari Sweat is my new favourite drink, its an uncarbonated ion replacement drink, like gatorade I guess?
This monkey was going crazy.
This turtle was not.
Panda monkeys.
Movie monkeys.
orang-utans however you spell it.
Strange pink colored birds, most only had 1 leg.
Just like the escalators that go nowhere, theres also stairs that go nowhere too.
All locals have to be registered, and each gets a plaque with their registration number on it.
Indeed.
My lunch, the custard filled thing is made as you wait, served hot, and is very delicious, but I suspect quite fattenin.