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  • - If you're looking for culture and markets gallore

  • then the Mongkok area here in Hong Kong

  • is where it's at.

  • Mongkok literally translates to busy corner in Cantonese,

  • and as you can see, the name fits.

  • The Jade Market is the largest of its kind

  • with over 400 stalls.

  • If you can make it out of Jade,

  • it's here in the market.

  • ^Just a few doors down from the Jade Market

  • ^is the Wet Market where they sell fish,

  • and vegetables, and meat.

  • My favorite part is that there are so much food

  • to choose from you can seriously just eat your way

  • through the market.

  • Mongkok even has its very own fish market,

  • and not fish for eating,

  • fish as pets.

  • You can find dogs and rabbits,

  • all sorts of animals from the Chinese zodiac

  • except for tigers and dragons of course.

  • Hey little guy.

  • We're now on the Ladies' Market

  • and this is where you come to find anything

  • a lady may desire.

  • The Flower Market is out of this world,

  • so many different colors and varieties,

  • you name it, it's here.

  • There is so much to see and do here in Hong Kong

  • that it can be hard to choose how to fill your day.

  • You would really be missing out

  • if you didn't spend an afternoon

  • just wandering the streets of Mongkok.

- If you're looking for culture and markets gallore

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