Escalators and markets 😀

After saying goodbye to Audrey, I had my lunch, and then rode the escalators all the way to the top. I hadn't really considered the return journey! Because the escalator only runs one way, I had to walk all the way back down many, many, many flights of steps. I was quite shaky by the time I got off about two thirds of the way down. My legs felt like jelly. It wasn't the exertion of coming down the steps. It was the fear of falling down them! I still haven'tgot used to my new varifocals! 😀

Anyway, I got off about two thirds of the way down because I wanted to explore Graham Street Market, which is the biggest wet market still in existence in Hong Kong. There was some interesting stuff for sale! I bought some fruit. I thought it was incredibly expensive. I got talking to a guy next to me, a Hong Kong guy, who was also buying fruit. I said it's so much more expensive than the UK. He said because we were in Central, it was probably 50% more than other districts in Hong Kong. He advised me that I should go to Wan Chai district. I'll give that a go while I'm here. 

But at least the Graham Street market is still there. It's an authentic market and obviously some people can afford it. It's severely reduced in size from how it used to be, I believe. And it seems very crammed in between the tall skyscrapers. But it's still there. 

I also went to Central Market, which is a different kettle of fish. It's a covered market that's been gentrified. t's got a floor that's dedicated to street food, but whether it's authentic or not, I'm not sure. There was quite a lot of fried chicken, appealing to westernised teenagers, it seemed to me. And there were a lot of craft and gimmicky stalls selling tat, to be honest. It wasn't authentic like the outdoor street market, but having said that, they did have very good toilets and they were free 😀.Read more