Day One in Hong Kong: Temple Street Night Market, and Ladies Market

Our flight left Taiwan at 12:30 so we didn't arrive in Hong Kong until the afternoon. By the time we got to our hostel and were settled in, it was around 5 o'clock so we decided to go to Temple Street Night Market. We love all the night markets we go to in Taiwan and figured this one would be great as well. Plus, I read in our guidebook that it had a lot of touristy items which I wanted to check out for people back home.

Taoyuan Airport

Sleeping on the plane

We made it to our hostel!

So we took the MTR and started our night. The Temple Street Night Market was a really cool experience. A lot different from the night markets we visit in Taiwan. In Taiwan, night markets have a lot of food stalls and they sell a lot of clothing as well. In Hong Kong, this night market sold a lot of clothing, accessories, and tourist items but there was not one single food stall. Which we were actually kind of disappointed about, we were looking forward to snacking but instead we just shopped a lot. We were able to buy a lot of souvenirs for people back home which was nice because souvenirs are actually hard to find in Taiwan. I was recently talking to a co-teacher and she told me to wait until I go to the airport in Taoyuan as the gift shop there apparently has the best souvenirs.

Temple Street Night Market

After the Temple Street market, we were super hungry as we had expected to eat there. So we took out our trusty guidebook and picked a restaurant to go to near where we were. We arrived and when we walked in, it looked like we had crashed someone's wedding. The decor was ... interesting. Which is something that would happen at a few of the places we ate while in Hong Kong. Overall, we were disappointed by the food. Our book really recommended this place and it was expensive, and the food was just.. alright. Disappointment in food would become a common theme with our time in Hong Kong.

Super .. interesting .. decor

Next we headed to the Ladies' Market. They had some cool clothes but it was the same kind of stuff they sell in Taiwan for double the price so I didn't buy anything. It was then time to head back to the hostel. Since we were on a different island, we decided to take the Star Ferry back to the Hong Kong Island that we were staying at.

Ladies' Market

The Star Ferry proved to be one of the highlights of our time. It was super cheap to take (works out to be .33 cents CAD for one way), and the views were amazing. We took it multiple times throughout our trip and each time, it was so exciting.

Star Ferry

Day two in Hong Kong was planned to be a big one so we got plenty of rest for the rest of our time. But first we ended our night with some amazing guava shaved ice :)