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Travelling Teddy Reporting from Hong-Kong. No signs of Jackie-Chan. Yet. Hong-Kong is a small island, but still, so much to see! I started by visiting the Ocean Park. It’s one of the biggest amusement parks in South East Asia. I had a feeling I’d meet many of my own kind over there.
I started by taking the cable car and climbed to great heights and ended up in the Marine Park. There were so many kinds of fishes, all bright and vivid. For a moment, I wish I could go and swim with them. But yes, teddy bears can’t swim. At the park, I also went to the revolving cabin of the sky scraper tower, which had a magnificent view of the ocean and the small islands around. It was going to take me a whole day before I completed my visit of the park – I went to see the “Middle Kingdom” tourist center, tried the motor driven recreation games, and went back to the coral reef aquarium to see divers feeding sharks. Sharks are huge, and I heard they’d eat anything. I was a bit worried that one of the sharks might suddenly want to have a taste of a teddy arm or leg.
However, with all my limbs properly sewed up, I concluded my visit to the Ocean Park by visiting the Panda Park. I simply LOVE panda’s (as well as their teddy counterparts).
There was no resting for me, as the next day I had a visit planned to Temple Street. It’s a huge market, where you can find things ranging from electronic gadgets to cotton underwear, passing by real swords (It was too heavy for me. I asked for a plastic sword but it was out of stock). Shopping in Hong-Kong’s great! Especially when it comes to electronics!
The next place I visited was the Hollywood Road – Antiquity heaven! Well, another name could be bargaining heaven, as people (buyers and sellers) who didn’t share a common language tried to make themselves understood with hand gestures. The prices of antiquities in Hollywood Road, I learnt, depended on the type and condition of the antiquity – that is, whether it’s a counterfeit or a real one, and whether it’s been kept in a good state. I asked to see antiquity teddies, and one of the sellers took a teddy out of a huge box.
“1930 Teddy Bear, Good condition, Only a bit dusty,” said the seller.
The teddy bear sure was glad to get out of his box. He thanked me a great deal, for he had not seen the sun in quite some time. He asked me whether the cold war was over, and I told him yes, because obviously, it was so hot outside.
He was bought a bit later by a tourist, and I was very glad for him.
The next day, I went to the horse races, in the Happy Valley. It was awesome! People everywhere, shouting. My ears were still ringing while traveling to my next destination: Cheung Chau island. It was peaceful and quiet over there, and the first thing I went to visit was the Pak Tai Temple, where an ancient sword (still made out of metal! Sniff…) is kept. I didn’t quite understand why the sword was there, but then I moved on to visit the Zhang Bao Chai Cave, where it is said a famous pirate hid his treasure. Too bad I’m scared of the dark. I could’ve put that money to good use if I found that treasure…
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