Peter and I checked out of our hostel today, and met our Couchsurfing host Kenneth. Kenneth is a very cool guy. He is originally from Hong Kong, but grew up in Canada, and came back to Hong Kong for his work. We met Kenneth in the afternoon, and soon after going to his apartment, he took us to a floating restaurant in Hong Kong, which I thought was pretty amazing. We took a small boat from a pier to the restaurant. It was probably the first floating restaurant that doesn’t also double as a boat because I have been on cruise ships before with restaurants on them. Some of the food on the floating restaurant was very expensive, but we managed to order food that was reasonably priced. Later we got pictures in an area that looks like a thrown. At night, I walked around one of the night markets in Temple street. I do love how it is relatively easy to spot fakes in markets in Hong Kong. I saw a few pairs of underwear for the untrained eye looked like Calvin Klein underwear, but a careful inspection shows that they were actually Calven Kiein underwear.

Today I went to the Hong Kong Central Library to get some more work done. Unfortunately, it was raining most of the day, so I decided to cancel doing various things for the day. I saw the movie The Monkey King tonight in Cantonese. I thought the movie was quite interesting and funny at the same time.

Today I bought a SIM card with unlimited data on it from my hostel. I was amazed at how truly fast mobile internet access  is in Hong Kong.  I have never experienced  such amazingly fast mobile internet access. It was advertised as nearly 1 MB per second, and I was just blown away at how fast it is. I got a sim card with a company called One2Free. I didn’t really do any touristy things today. I went to the Hong Kong Central library, and worked on the internet for several hours.  Later, Peter and I went to the Mongkok Computer Centre. I still believe that Hong Kong is one of the best places in the world to buy electronics due to Hong Kong being a bit of a capital paradise, and having very low taxes in Hong Kong.. In the evening, I went to a Korean fast food restaurant close to the Hong Kong Central Library for dinner, which I really enjoyed. As a side note, I still find it quite interesting that in Hong Kong, McDonald’s is usually cheaper than local Chinese food. It is usually the opposite in China. I don’t understand how this happens, but like it nevertheless. In this post, I have also put a picture of Qoo, my favourite drink from Singapore. There is a similar Qoo drink in Hong Kong, which I also really like.

Today is the day I finally came to Hong Kong again. Peter and I ate dinner at a fast food restaurant called 真功夫 (zhen gong fu or genuine kung fu), which I thought was quite good. Going across the border was easy and efficient. I have been to Hong Kong many times, but always find it interesting that once you get to the Hong Kong checkpoint there are signs all over talking about not taking to much milk out of Hong Kong. Bringing too much milk can land you in prison for 2 years. I never thought of milk as potential contraband. I have been to Hong Kong many times. Recently, though, the Hong Kong government has criminalised taking too much milk out of Hong Kong probably mostly for crossing the border into China. I have heard that this is due to Mainland Chinese people buying up much of the milk in Hong  Kong a while back, and local Hong Kong mothers not having enough milk for their babies. So, the Hong Kong government has severely limited the amount of milk that you can take out of the country.  Upon arrival into Hong Kong, we took the MTR to get to our hostel in Mongkok. We stayed at a hostel called Dragon Hostel Hong Kong, which I really liked. Afterwards, we wandered around the neighbourhood in our area, ate dinner, and then went to bed.

Today, Maydolly (our host), Peter, and I all did many things today. We initially had the goal of going to the Shenzhen Science Museum. I thought the Shenzhen Science Museum was quite nice. First, we saw a laser show in the dark in the Shenzhen Science Musuem, and then went into the actually exhibit part of the museum. The museum had many things you could interact with, and use to demonstrate certain scientific principles or ideas. The Shenzhen Science Museum was one of the nicest science museums that I have been to in a long time. Afterwards, we shopped at a local Aeon (previously known as Jusco). I had some very delicious bread in a bakery inside of Aeon. We wandered around more places in the local area after wandering around Aeon. For dinner,we ate some delicious noodles for only 6 RMB for each serving at a very small restaurant, and then ate some street food. We ate fried tofu and fried potatoes, and then ate some pineapple slices. Afterwards, we went shopping in very large market called 人人乐, and then went back to Maydolly’s apartment.