Disney on Parade is a daytime parade of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, featuring old and new cartoon characters like Mickey, Donald, Snow White, Cinderella, Alice (in Wonderland), The Little Mermaid, Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story etc.
October, the Halloween month… Disneyland was decorated with all the ‘creepy’ stuff as well…
These are lanterns of Huanhuan (欢欢), one of the five Fuwa (福娃), mascots for Beijing Olympic 2008. Saw these just beside the Clock Tower; the lanterns were part of a lantern show in conjunction with Chinese Autumn Festival.
Dry seafood is commonly used in Chinese dishes; and Hong Kong has plenty of places selling this stuff. Besides a few markets that cater specifically for the dried seafood; we can find these things in some Chinese medicine shops as well.
Saw this traffic policeman (and his colleague) on duty in the morning while on our way for breakfast… I guess they were giving a ticket to the taxi driver for illegal parking.
Hong Kong policemen were quite plentiful; we saw them quite often in various places… Hong Kong streets should be quite safe and peaceful.
The taxis were quite a scene too… we saw it at every corner of the main streets. There were probably more taxis on the road then private cars (ok, I might be exaggerating… but there were really a lot of taxis on the street).
Btw, Hong Kong taxis are not as expensive as we thought. Hong Kong does have a cheap and effective public transport (mass transit and buses etc.) that makes taxi an expensive option… but if you are travelling in a group of 3 or 4, it is not a bad idea to grab a cab to save some time.
We headed to Temple Street (廟街, pronounced as Miu Kai) after 10pm. It was quite near to our hotel, within 5 minutes of walk to reach its south point.
Temple Street is a street located in the areas of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon. It is probably the most well know night market in Hong Kong, and is popular among both locals and tourist.
Mahjong (麻將) is a popular game in Chinese community which often played as a gambling game; and it is intensely popular in Hong Kong.
Privately-run gambling businesses are illegal in Hong Kong, but there are legal Mahjong schools for people to ‘learn to play’ Mahjong… but you probably can guess that most people who are ‘learning’ Mahjong are actually experts.
There are not many licenses issued for Mahjong school though; lots of it can be found in Yaumatei-Mongkok area.
I passed by this one on our way to Temple Street near Jordan and Yau Ma Tei. Just beside the entrance is this giant banner teaching the basics on Mahjong… I guess they were trying their best to make it school-like :)
People queuing up to get into a Louis Vuitton’s outlet at Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Canton Road is famous for top brand shops; we didn’t do any window shopping though, just passing by while on our way back to our hotel after seeing the Symphony of Light.
