I woke late today, missed breakfast and had a leisurely few hours in my room before deciding it had to be a domestic day ! I needed fresh food so it was back to USelect for salad stuff, milk and some squirty cream !! My M&S cream was long gone so as this was President squirty cream, I thought it would probably pass muster.
I was walking further along Lockhart Rd, just behind the hotel when I spied an amazing florist shop. I took a couple of photos outside but then saw the most amazing orchids inside. I ventured in to ask if I could use my camera only to be met by a very fat and very elderly Corgi that waddled my way with such a smile on its face my heart melted. No human had appeared by this point…..I petted said little fat rascal and spoke to it, it clearly understood everything I said so it was most definitely tri lingual - English, Cantonese and Woof. After the meet and greet he shuffled back behind stage so to speak and left me still humanless in the shop. I took my photos and left.
After shopping I went to the tiniest laundry you have ever seen ! It was the size of my kitchen including the washer and dryer. The tiny lady who I think was probably 107, put my bag on a scale, the sort with steel weights and promptly charged me $60 about £5 and worth every cent ! Back to the hotel to sort out the fridge which is quite small but jigsaw puzzle packed with fresh food……of course every time I go in it for something almost everything falls out, I do a little dance of crossness and put it all back in.
I then decided to go back to Stanley market on the 260 bus, sit by the sea and have some clean (ish) air from the sea breeze and amble among the stalls again. This all went suitably to plan, dollars spent, seaside English Breakfast Tea in the shade, sunshine and 24 degrees, and a market amble. Just as my ambling was turning into a tortoise shuffle the Heavens opened, the crash of thunder made me leap a foot off the ground in shock and heart attack mode ( some feat since I was by now almost comatose and brain dead) and for 10 minutes it was like standing under Niagara Falls. I whipped into a shop and bought the nearest umbrella which was a strange item that looked like fragile bit of meccano with a small tarpaulin hat on ! A line of people, including me trudged to the bus stop through little rivers and waterfalls and by the time I sat ( most thankfully) on the 260 I was literally sitting on a wet dress, in a wet shirt and gently steaming like a Peking Dumpling. Grim.
The sun came back before we reached Wan Chai which was lovely, but by then I completed my dripping ensemble with squelchy shoes just to add to the glamour of the day !
I proceeded, after a change of clothing, to go back to collect my laundry, all done and smelling delicious. Then back to the Luk Kwok…only a matter of 100 meters away, got to my room and fell into one of the two comfortable arm chairs and promptly snoozed ! I awoke after 30 minutes feeling almost human again and made my in room cuisine. Salad, tuna and sweetcorn, half a low carb wrap, finishing the gourmet meal off with strawberries and squirty cream ! Delicious. Then I watched a movie.
Hong Kong is so exotic, not so much at the weekend. Just sayin…….
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