of Hong Kong Island. Wanted to visit the Apple store to update my operating
system and apps using their fast and free Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi on the ship is 75
cents per minute). The trip did not end up being free, since I bought a new
IPad Mini while there, the energy was contagious. The store was huge, I
think there was a minimum of a hundred blue-shirted employees helping
customers with their purchases and devices. We were fortunate enough to have
some great people assisting - Zero, Cindy and the manager Marcus.
At one point while in the Apple store, a young man sitting next to me asked
where I was from. When I told him I was from the United States, he very
proudly told me that he worked for Ford-China, an American company, a nice
experience.
Went back to the ship to unload my purchases from my free Wi-Fi trip.
Took another ferry back over to the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong Island to
find the local markets where the shops and stalls were said to be buzzing
with local life. It was definitely for locals, I never saw another tourist,
and there were no souvenir shops. There was an amazing array of meat (every
part of an animal is eaten and sold), fish, fruits, vegetables and spices.
The fish here was so fresh, that at one stall, they were jumping out of the
displays, trying to escape their fate. Bought some hot peppers to bring back
to the crew so they could make some samba sauce. I even saw an authentic
Chinese laundry here.
This was the last day in Hong Kong, and as much as I loved this place, I am
looking forward to some fresh sea air. The pollution here was terrible,
making it difficult to breathe and awful conditions for taking photos.
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