Sunday, July 27, 2008 Today we got up early and unpacked absolutely everything. We jettisoned all unnecessary items: travel sized shampoo, bug spray, sun screen… We have to fit everything in our pack and small roller luggage case. Somehow, losing those little, mostly empty bottles really helped! Now only our carry-on feels super heavy (it has the tea set and… it’s full of rocks for Jeannette – what’s new?). We checked out just before noon then asked the Y to watch all our bags for the day while we went and explored Kowloon. There’s a ton of shopping to be done there, but we weren’t much interested in real shopping today. We visited Tin Hau temple in Yau Ma Tei, then realized we were famished. Not much was open yet, but we found a Nepalese and Indian restaurant open and Jeannette was super excited. She loves to eat Indian on Sundays. It’s a great weekend routine. The service was super slow for Asia and they were really into the CSI marathon on their TV (that was funny) but after waiting almost 45 minutes for the prefixe lunch special, it was good food and fit the bill. We then hit … (drum roll please) … one of Jeannette’s favorite markets EVER! The Jade Market. Its not so much jade as it is rocks! We had so much fun and were able to buy plain old uncarved rocks for *super* cheap.. The sellers must think its a little silly to want them before they are “pretty” or they “become” anything or any of their talented and hard work has been put in to the rock. But it was a highlight of the trip for Jeannette on the very last day. We were there for a couple hours then headed back to the Y as lightning and thunder (but no rain) started, got our luggage and took the subway to the airport.
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