After we ate we got on a bus to Jordan so that we could take the MTR out to New Territories and the Wetlands Park. We got on the MTR at the Austin station and took it to Tin Shui Wai. We walked out of the station and went to see a pagoda that is right next to the station. It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, a trail that goes through old villages and other structures. This pagoda is at one end of the trail. It was really hot when we got there and we wanted to go see the Wetlands Park so we didn’t walk on any more of the trail. We went back to the station and got on the light rail out to the station for the park.
The light rail ride was pretty quick, it was also pretty crowded, a lot of people were taking it. Since we took the MTR to get to the light rail, the ride to the park was free. We got out of the light rail and went up onto the overpass to get across the street and walk to the park. As we were walking you could see all of the trees and plants that are part of the wetlands, and they are right next to the road and big apartment buildings. It was an interesting contrast to see the natural area and then see all of the man-made structures and road. There were quite a few people at the Wetlands Park. It has a lot of indoor exhibits, a fish tank near the entrance and then exhibits about different types of wetlands. They also had other animals that are found in the various types of wetlands.
After we walked through the indoor exhibits we started to go outside but it was raining pretty hard so we decided to eat first instead. We ate at the little cafe inside, Samantha and I both had soup with fish balls and pork chop. After we ate we walked through the gift shop and then went outside. Right outside the building there is a display with a salt water crocodile that was found in the wetlands (they think she may have been a pet that was dumped in the river). We couldn’t really see her because she was down in a little hole type of thing or something, so all we saw was a tail.
We walked through all of the wetlands area, they have walkways, and you can walk over the marsh and ponds. There are different ponds and streams too. The plants are really neat and there were some really pretty flowers and pods on the plants. It was still raining as we were walking so it was kind of hard to take pictures, but I was able to get a few good ones. We saw a few dragon flies, and there were quite a few fish and other water animals. The dragon flies were right next to the path, and I took some neat pictures of those. There is also a fish called “Mud Skipper” that there were a bunch of at one point in the walk through the wetlands. These are really funny looking fish, they hop around on the mud with their front fins, which is really odd looking. I took a video of it and you can kind of see what they look like.
The wetlands closes at 5, so the employees start telling everyone to get ready to leave around 4:30. We walked back out to the visitors center where we started, and they were all there telling us that it was closing. We then walked over to the light rail and took it back to Tin Shui Wai. From there we took the MTR to Mei Foo to get on the Tsuen Wan Line to head over to Mong Kok and the ladies market. We walked through the ladies market, I bought a few things, including a panda on a knotted string to hang in my room. We ate at a restaurant down in Mong Kok, I had tom yum soup with noodles and king prawns for dinner. The soup was really good, and made me crave Thai food, the broth was so good. The noodles were spaghetti noodles, but tasted good, and the shrimp was cooked perfectly. We then went over to wait for a mini-bus to head back to the house.
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| Porridge and donuts |
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| Pagoda |
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| Reflection of the sky near the building, and the pond and wetlands |
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| Rain on the pond |
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