Hong Kong (2)

I went to "the peak" on the hong kong tram that works its way up the hill at about 45 degrees, the view from the top was fairly good other than the smog/fog in the distance.walked through some street markets full of fish mongers and butchers, this wasnt a new experience other than that they were on the same street as some fairly mid range clothing shops.seeing a slaughtered pig being unloaded from a truck infront of a shop selling fur coats is quite strange.
There has been a noticable shift in food styles since i got into hong kong mostly in the way of fish being more previlant on menues and the noodles are a different style to the south east.The food here is still not that expencive, even though it is a step up from Vietnam/Thailand. There are plenty of low end resteraunts scattered about but there are posters for high end establishments too.There seem to be a good number of places for over 30 quid for a starter and about 60-80 for a main course.
The overall atmosphere here is good, it is very clean compared to everywhere I have been to so far and there is almost nobody trying to approach and sell you stuff of get you to ride their taxi. The only area where you do get hassled is near chuking mantions where middle eastern guys are all hanging about in groups trying to sell you Owlex watches. Even though its on a few lists of things to see in HK I dont think its a place worth visiting.
I went to the walled city park which was ok.
Crossing the street is interesting here and the polar opposite of places like Hanoi. Here people wait for the green man to cross the street even if there is nothing on the road. Sometines there is a long open road with nothing on it and there are two or three peoplewaiting at the side of the street.