Steeped in history...Little we know

What a fascinating day we had. Starting off at the Hong Kong Museum of History, we learned so much about Hong Kong culture. The museum is very well layed out and starts with descriptions of 400 million-year-old rock formations that created HK and ends with its independence from Britain in 1997. Needless to say we spent quite some time and a bag of gummibears there.

We then wandered from Kowloon to HK Island to stroll down a street full of specialty shops full of traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Bird nests are one of the most prized delicacies in China and we found many shops that sold these and only a few other strange dried organisms. Once we saw dried deer fetuses and crucified salamanders, we decided to call it a day. Then Axel unknowingly ate pork floss. That's what you get when your only means of conveying info is through hand gestures and the odd verbal tone. Once again, Axel's knowledge of German and Dutch appear to be rather useless here.

To satisfy Annette's love of buttons, we bought our first souvenir - a gorgeous button from a market stall. A small but cherished treasure.
To round out our day, we witnessed consumerism at its best - rich tourists in stilettos and fur coats queued up to buy the latest garb at Louis Vuitton and Chanel. That was a somewhat different experience than we expected to have while backpacking. But this is a shopping mecca. All we need is a nice button now and then to satisfy our shopping craving.