Sure, they are worlds apart in every sense of the word and I guess the only thing they have in common is that they both have the sea.
Abedeen is a short 5 minutes bus ride from our house. I often go just to buy some of the wierd and wonderful fruits they have to offer.
Alex hates going. So I normally prod along alone or with one or two little girls in tow. They love going. There's a stationery shop where Olivia stocks up on glitter, pens, stickers and Mathilde adds to her ever expanding collection of mini Hong Kong buses. All in all everyone walks along happy and I rarely have nagging girls in Aberdeen.
I love their fruit displays. Ok, almost everything is flown in from somewhere but thats how it is here. I always buy locally where possible but here, its just different. Hong Kong Island is a small island cram-packed with people, buildings and even more people. So the luxury of being able to grow and produce there own fresh produce is limited, if not inexistant.
I picked up these little babies. 3 lucious pineapples for 20 hong kong dollars , just under 2 euros. They are so full of flavour and really sweet. Our whole dining room was filled with a sweet pineapple smell.
The fruit stalls look ever so pretty. Baskets are hung over head as the locals love giving gift baskets beaming with fruit.
Aberdeen is also famous for its Jumbo Floating Restaurant. It looks like an ancient chinese imperial palace floating on water. Very bright and gaudy with lots of gold. Tourists and locals flock to it.
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