Shop shop shopping…?

Friday 27th - Hong Kong

Waking up with gusto (Ingo again) and a little bit of resistance (Me) We were up and ready to go at 9! Packed up and everything so we checked out (but asked if we could store our luggage there for the day) and headed out to do some serious shopping,,, or so we thought,

When we got to town everything was closed. Well duh, nothing opens here till 10, we knew that! so breakfast it was! We went to a very quick and very efficient breakfast place with very false advertising images :/ So when we left and it was past 10 (and still nothing was open) we decided to get a drink from McCafe. Caramel Frappe and Iced Coffee later we thought we'd try again. Ingo was super keen to check out the prices of iPhone's and iPad's so we headed (back) to the multilevel Computer shop of a lifetime (oh bliss.) When we got there it was still not open! So then we thought we'd have a look around at some clothes shops.

I'll tell you one thing now, I don't know where those people go that rave and rave about the cheap shopping in Hong Kong, but Ingo and I just could not find it anywhere! Everything was basically the same price as in NZ and the one shop that had shirts and suits for cheep only did because it was having a sale (by "it" I mean the 4 stores of the same name within 15 minutes of each other) and they were a complete shambles with nothing good left anyway :s So completely dissatisfied Ingo bought the one shirt that he found that actually looked good, and then it was back to the hostel to pick up our bags and head to the airport where we'd be ridiculously early and be able to try our hand at shopping again!

I was wrong (the airport express on the MTR is awesome in Hong Kong btw we were taken right to the door of the terminal - however we had to walk half a mile underground just getting from where you get off one train and get to the airport train) the shopping was not easy in the airport.

I managed to get a new mascara and eye liner pretty reasonably but that was all and then it was through to our gate and on the plan home :) 

Now it's saving time for the next adventure ;)