Day 12 was the 27th December 2016

Day 12 was the 27th December 2016 and we had planned to go to Victoria peak but it was a holiday and the queues were horrendous so we gave it a miss. Our first stop was Victoria park, then we visited Tin Hau temple and walked across Hong Kong island, caught the Star Ferry to Kowloon and were overwhelmed by the shops, visited another Tin Hau temple, went to the Temple Street jade market, walked the avenue of stars, caught the Star Ferry back to Hong Kong island and returned to Habib's for another curry, walked around Victoria park again and collapsed having walked for the whole day.



We clearly over did the sightseeing but did not like Kowloon as it was too western and too commercial. The jade market was fun and in full knowledge we were not buying actual jade we bargained and bartered our way to a bag full of souvenirs. The iconic Star Ferry was great, albeit a short journey but my memory of the day was Victoria park in the morning, watching the martial arts and people of Hong Kong, if I lived here it would be my daily ritual too.

第12天是2016年12月27日，我们计划去维多利亚山顶，但今天是假日，排队的队伍是可怕的，所以我们避开时间。我们的第一站是去维多利亚公园，然后我们参观天后庙，穿过香港岛，搭天星渡轮到九龙，那里到处都是商店，游览另一间天后庙，前往庙街玉石商场，走在明星大道，搭了天星渡轮回香港岛，然后回到哈比卜吃另一个咖哩餐，再次走过维多利亚公园，走了一整天真是累瘫了。

在观光游览以后我们很清楚，我们不太喜欢九龙，因为它太西方，太商业化。玉石市场很有趣，在充分了解的情况下，我们没有购买实际的玉石，我们讨价还价，用我们自己的方式，将袋子装满纪念品。天星标志的渡轮是很棒的，虽然是一个短暂的旅程，但我最记得的是早上在维多利亚公园，看着武术演练和香港人，如果我住在这里，这可能也是我的每天的例行公事。