Fish Market

Jill and I had some friends over for drinks on Saturday evening, and before they arrived we did a pretty thorough cleaning of our apartment.  During that whole process we came across a glass bowl with some rocks in it, and came to the conclusion that it was a fish bowl.  We immediately thought it would be a good idea to get a fish.  We can't have a dog here, so why not, right?

After a bit of research I discovered that there is actually a street in Kowloon dedicated to fish and aquariums called the goldfish market.  So, on Sunday Jill and I set out an a little adventure to check this market out.  I figured it would be a few shops with some fish and aquariums, and that would be about it.  Now, I have slowly come to the realization that my assumptions about Hong Kong are wrong...because this market was literally an entire street probably 4 blocks long dedicated to fish and aquariums (like both sides of the street contain nothing but shops for fish).  You can't really tell from the picture below, but this is a snapshot of the street...everything you see at the street level in this picture is dedicated to fish/aquariums.  If anything I think it's just a good depiction of the congestion of humanity that exists here.  The market was crowded.  The smart people avoid the sidewalks and take their chances against oncoming traffic (I'm looking at you purple).

It wasn't for lack of selection, but we ultimately decided not to get a fish. We've got some trips coming up, and don't know how we would feed the fish while we're away.  Besides, if we ever want to see fish in a tank we now know where to go.

After the fish market, we decided to go look for some furniture to put in our guest room.  Jill found a cool day bed at a furniture store here, but their location in Central didn't have it so we had to go to Aberdeen on the south side of the island to look at it.  We saw it and it looks great, but we didn't have the measurements of the guest room, so we'll have to get those before we do anything else. 

Below are just some random photos I took between the fish market and the furniture store.  All these pics were taken in Central.

 

View of the street below from the escalators

 

 

Me trying to be artsy with our new camera.  Just a random stray cat...not the same one that the lady was enthusiastically petting that I mentioned in a previous post.  Notice the top of one ear that's missing...this cat's got character.

 

Waiting for the bus and there was a music video rehearsal going on across the street.  Not really...there was just a group of women dancing...don't know exactly what for, but it was definitely choreographed.


 

Just a friendly reminder from Winky and Pinky to practice safe sex.  I don't know if these two condoms are actually named Winky and Pinky...if they aren't they should be.

 

 

Jill and I are pumped for next weekend.  Friday's a holiday here (Buddha's birth day) so we're doing three days in Bali.  Cannot wait.  The sun has been nonexistent here so were are looking forward to some sun. 

 

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's out there! 

 

Til Next Time,

Luke & Jill