Another big tourist draw is the Stanley Market. Stanley is a little coastal city on the south side of Hong Kong island. We had heard about a huge flea market kind of open market there. A bus that stopped near the hotel took us right to the market. We boarded the double-decker bus and sat up top with four Australian women who were also going to Stanley. Soon we were weaving our way through downtown and then the outskirts of town.
The bus led us over a mountain pass to a two lane road that followed the coast. We did not think such a big bus could make such a route. But it did. Being that we were on the top deck of the bus we often got a scare as a tree branch whacked into the window in front of us. We passed by numerous beach towns with hotels and guest houses.
Upon arriving at Stanley we started our walk through the Market. Immediately we felt like we had been duped. This wasn’t an interesting open market like we had encountered in the back streets of Macau. After browsing three or four shops that all had the same tourist-oriented wares it started feeling like Fisherman’s Wharf again. I was hoping to find some treasures to take home a souvenirs. But unfortunately there were none to be found. We made our way down the coastal street to a pier at one end of the town. I wouldn’t leave empty handed. All the world is my photography subject. The scenery was fantastic.
We happened upon a little dim sum restaurant that looked promising. Though it was in the basement of a building, the decor made up for it. The dining room was decorated in a mystic Chinese theme. The food was excellent. We had an interesting selection of dim sum followed by some tea to give us the energy to walk some more back to the bus stop. In no time we were back on the bus bound for downtown Hong Kong again.
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