We
woke late but decided to go out again to the New Territories and took the train to Lok Ma Chau where of course we could not stay as it was in the Chinese Border Area but it enabled us to take photographs of the China Border Area. We then took the train back to Shung Shui with the intention of taking a bus to the Hong Kong Wetland Centre near Yuen Long but we could not find the correct bus and resorted to a very expensive Taxi ride.
The Hong Kong Government must have spent a lot of money on this fairly recently opened tourist attraction and it was quite busy, perhaps more Chinese than birds!. The garden layout was great and there was also the salt water crocodile that was spotted in the marshes which they tried to catch and it took two years. They even paid for Steve Irwin from Australia (RIP) to have a go but even he failed to capture the poor animal. Now it has a small home in the Wetlands park and spends most of the day sleeping.
We stayed here for about two hours and then took the Light Train back to Yuen Long and then back to Mongkok to the Hotel. Dinner that night was at the The Hong Kong Club, Noel was a member for many years whilst in Hong Kong and they have an excellent absent member faculty. The food was top notch and prices, as always reasonable and surroundings were lovely indeed. This evening brought back many memories of distant past New Years Eve events at the Club which were unforgettable. And so to bed
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