temple st night market & mongkok

we left ocean park right after the dolphin show by 4pm. we rode the same bus to the admiralty subway station to the yau ma tei station & exited to temple street for the temple street night market. we were there by 5pm so merchants & peddlers were still preparing their goods.

a bakeshop at temple st. mom's buying HK's famous eggtart me while waiting for mom outside the bakery

it was exactly like walking through quiapo or divisoria, minus the stink of wet slimy garbage scattered on the streets. the items they sell are the same as what divi has. we just passed that short section of temple st and crossed the street to get to the other side of temple. we bought another 2 sets of HK souvenir shirts, sold there for 5 pcs for HKD100. i bargained for 4 zipo-like lighters, magnets & others. we didn't find enough goodies at temple so we decided to leave early to go to mongkok. we went back to our hotel first to leave some of our baggage, rest for 30 mins tops then left. rode the subway again, now to mongkok, for the ladies' night market.

we got there by 10pm & we were already exhausted. we no longer have any day to sched mongkok so we forced ourselves out of the hotel to be there.
we got overwhelmed by the massive amount of chinese & tourists walking the streets of mongkok & it was already past 10pm! it appeared as if there was a party or a concert being held. cars could barely pass through the streets due to the thick crowd.

anyhow, we went past the electronic shops to the tiangge itself. there you can find heaps & heaps of good finds. it was a pretty long stretch of stalls we gave up when we reached the middle! our feet gave up walking so we were literally dragging our feet to go back to the hotel. we rode our 2nd cab that night. we bought a microwavable dish from 7-11 & had it for dinner. mom loved it we brought home 2 of those.
we slept right after.

trying shoes