Monday, our big outing was taking the public bus to the other side of HK Island to a small town, Stanley. The buses are double deckers and the road over the mountain was very winding and narrow. We had front row seats on the second deck so it was a great viewing spot. We stopped at Repulse Beach before continuing on the Stanley. This is a very broad sandy swimming beach with high rise condos behind it. There are shark nets up. The beach is right off the main southbound shipping channel so we could see the ships from the HK harbor passing by. There were always 3 or 4 container ships in view at all times. A really busy channel. Stanley is best know for its market which is why Margie wanted to come here. Again, several blocks of enclosed stalls but the quality of the merchandise was better and of course, prices higher, than the Ladies' Market. We had a brief pizza and beer (Stella) repass before catching the bus back to Central HK. Needed a break from the Cantonese food. We got the express bus back which went through a long tunnel in the mountain rather than over it. A really pleasant low key outing seeing the countryside.
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