Today we took off to the Twin Towers. We woke up to fog outside all around us but didn't take long to lift but remained overcast until mid day when the clouds went and we had a great day.
Nothing new today just visited the sites that we did a couple of years ago.
Looking up to our apartment 26th floor,(top floor). We are on the left side corner unit. The unit starts from the middle of the dark grey strip, around the corner to the left to the jutting out bit which is our bedroom. The rest you can see is the kitchen, dining and lounge. So you can see it is rather big. All for $100.00 per night. Really good value. It is also serviced each day.
The Twin Towers. Its so big can't get it all in one photo. It doesn't look nearly as striking on this dull morning as when the sun is shining on it it really sparkles with its silver coating.
The grounds in front of the base of the tower. I would have loved to have gone back for a photo with the sun out, but in the too hard basket in this heat. As it was we walked just over 11km today even though we used the mono rail and the train to go to China Town. The towers are in a good walking distance from our accommodation.
Inside between the towers in the shopping complex. About five levels.Looking up to the dome shape roof of the retail areas.
Big circular floors full of fairly high class shops and brands.
We came back to our unit for lunch before we set off again. The street that is in front of the hotel had a market day today but the road is still open to the traffic so with the stalls on either side doesn't leave much room for them. Its really designed for the locals not the tourists. All their sort of clothing and a lot of hot cooked dishes for the locals probably mainly for lunch for the building workers in the area.
Got the mono rail and train to Chinatown. Our touch and go card we used for the motorways can be used for all public transport as well. Makes it much easier just to touch and go rather than standing around trying to sort out which ticket machine belongs to what train. The above photo is the entrance to Chinatown.
Looking down the street full of market stalls but behind the stalls is proper covered in shops.
Just along the street is more the real type of markets. Everyone hounding you as you walk through. We just went for the atmosphere of it all (not to buy) and we just kept walking.
Seeing I didn't have much to post today (slowly slowing down) put some daytime photos of our view. This one is probably similar to one the other day looking straight down to the road from our balcony but this shows more of the view over the city.
Another angle including part of the sky tower.
You can imagine how high up we are, as the sky tower doesn't look very high. It is also up on a hill.
Tomorrow will be a quiet day last day here so will just do the local shopping mall and a swim or two so probably won't do a blog tomorrow night unless something really exciting happens. Will continue on Sunday night when we have arrived at the Sama Sama Hotel at the airport. That will be our last night.
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