OK so this is the worst traffic I have ever seen. It is like something out of a horror movie. Cars, busses, cable cars, taxis everywhere and nobody moves. They just sit there. Yesterday evening it it to over an hour to even get a cab and then we just sat in it with the meter inching up and up. The subway is much faster but unbelievably crowded. This place has the most people squeezed into the smallest place in the world. The amount of people is staggering and almost everyone wears a mask. They are pretty helpful and polite in general and the little kids are so adorable you could just eat them up.
Today I looked at cameras but think I will wait for Japan where they are all manufactured. The amount of stores and markets is just overwhelming. My head is spinning. And everyone loves to bargain. We went to the famous Ladies Market and I thought Jerry would fall down in a dead faint. Actually, it was almost too much for me. I never saw so much crap crammed into so small an area with so many people wandering around looking at all that crap! They come with suitcases and fill them up with all that crap to take home and give away as presents. I must admit that I bought a really cute pair of ballet flats that are both cheap and comfy. What else cane you ask for?
We took the subway and had to change trains twice. No problem. It's like the London Underground on steroids. We didn't even get lost. But it was so damned crowded that I almost got dizzy. It was like being in a sardine can with all the other fish. It is a very safe place despite all the swarms of humanity. You can wander around all night and nobody will bother you except maybe a begging Buddist monk shoving a bowl in your face. But the shopping is really quite outstanding no matter what you want to pay. And it's fun, although Jerry doesn't think so.
Tomorrow we are thinking of going to Macau, an island about an hour away by ferry where all the big casinos and gambling resorts are located. It was a former Portugese colony and parts of the old town are UNESCO world heritage sights. Sounds pretty good provided the seas are calm. It is Las Vegas without strip joints and caters to Asian high rollers.
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