Kowloon Park

Lucky us, we had another national holiday last Monday.  Amazingly enough, we didn't have an activity in our Branch and the temple was closed so we didn't need to help there so we actually had a bit of a holiday and for a few hours visited the Kowloon park which is nearby. You might enjoy scrolling through these photos to see what we saw.

Aren't these steps into the park pretty?  We think all steps should be artistically painted, don't you?

There were several interesting Banyan trees there.

Is that a cannon?

Is this a castle?

Is that Rapunzel?

There were hundreds of Indonesian and Filipino women who were camped out on the sidewalks and everywhere for their day off.

Elder Chandler and Elder Roberts trying out the fitness equipment.

Here's Elder Chandler getting ready to check out the museum there at the park, but first he's checking out the see-through glass on the escalator which you can see below:

Don't you think that hat almost looks like a glorified Mexican sombrero?

This was the floor in one of the rooms

Here's a closer look

And a closer look.  Now there's an idea for all our broken dishes!

We saw more Indonesian ladies than Filipino because the park is close to a Muslim mosque.

And then it was time to climb up to the aviary.

But first we needed to stop for a special treat at the local park McDonald's.

Have you ever seen this before?  It tastes like a orange creamsicle.  When the slush starts to melt a little bit, stir it up and then it tastes even more like one.  Delicious!

And then it was on to see the birds at the aviary.

These two birds were listed as pigeons

Isn't that a pretty fancy pigeon?  It's a Victoria crown pigeon.

At first we were amazed that there was a totem pole in China and wondered if they made them, too, but then we read that it was a gift from Canada.

It looks like it's time to go home.

We recently went to an interesting night market but they had signs everywhere prohibiting photos.  You might enjoy seeing one here that someone photographed and put on the internet.  So click on this:  Outdoor market   and, no, we didn't buy anything.  You can skip the ad by clicking on "skip ad".

We hope you have a great week!