The last day of our adventure

For Thursday 27 October

We checked out of the hotel this morning, but left our luggage there so we could go on our last sightseeing expedition unencumbered.

More of that bamboo scaffolding - good grief!!

Our journey today was by bus as we wanted to go to Aberdeen Harbour which is not serviced by the subway.

Situated on the south-western side of Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen is home to hundreds of people living on fishing junks.  We had a stroll around and watched the little motorised sampans buzzing around the harbour.  We were accosted a couple of times by people wanting us to take rides on their sampans, but we were happy just to stroll along the promenade.

Aberdeen - many boats, many buildings

The old and the new

Interesting items available at this business in Aberdeen!

We still had plenty of day left, so we decided to take another bus to visit the Stanley Markets.  Stanley is on the southern side of the island and was temporarily the admistrative centre following the British annexation of Hong Kong in 1842.  We had a stroll through one part of the markets and then along the promenade, stopping for lunch along the way.

Stanley Markets

We walked over to have a look at the Blake Pier which has recently been relocated to Stanley from Kowloon.

A view of Stanley (and John) from the pier

After a brief stroll along the beach we went back to the bus stop via the part of the market that we’d missed on the first run through.

A lovely bride in Stanley

We then made our way back to the hotel to collect our bags and say goodbye to the friendly Salvos.

Dead ducks

 I couldn't live here!

Another view of Nathan Road

We caught the next Airport Bus and took in the last views of Hong Kong on the way to the airport.  It was very interesting to see Hong Kong, but I won’t be too upset if I don’t go there again any time soon.

We had plenty of time to kill at the airport as we’d decided that if we were going to hang around anywhere it may as well be there.  We checked our bags in and then had a lovely dinner in one of the many airport restaurants,  followed by a bit of shopping for souvenirs.

Our flight didn’t leave until 11.35 pm so we were getting a bit tired by the time we got on the plane.  We were a bit concerned about the crying baby as we were boarding, but she slept (like a baby, of course) all the way to Adelaide.  Which is more than I can say for myself!