Mong Kok vs Temple Street

I think it's generally held over here that Temple Street is a market for tourists, and Mong Kok is more of a place for locals.

Well, all I can tell you is this - Mong Kok might have the shops and stalls which make it an impressive sight, but the atmosphere on Temple Street is worlds ahead of Mong Kok.

We looked around for a while but honestly it was quite disappointing.  The highlights were the Virginia 'hourly' hotel (why would you want an hourly hotel? -- oh hang on, I get it) and the obligatory shop which has a name which sounds rude to Westerners.

 

Temple Street, on the other hand, seemed much more pleasant, relaxed and generally fun to be in.  Vicky found some Pashminas which meant I could have some fun negotiating the price down.  Obviously I'd not factored in that Vicky would have to have an extensive dilemma as the colours to buy.  It's hard work negotiating when it's none too clear whether you'll be buying two, or twenty.  In the end, three were purchased and I was less concerned with the price and more relieved not to be there for four hours deciding on the colours.

Later, back in TST, Vicky went our to see the nightly light show whilst I slept, making up for being awake all night not writing the blog.  Afterwards, we went to Aqua and had a fine meal overlooking the harbour.  Vicky was so looking forward to this meal, she even badgered me into taking the photos of the food before eating it.  Controversial, I know.

If you want to know what the other courses looked like (and honestly, why would you?), you'll have to go over to Flickr.  (I think I'm going to have to start getting a referral fee agreed with Flickr.  They must be millionaires over there).