Bargain Hunting @ Temple Street Night Market

Temple Street Night Market is one of the busiest and biggest flea markets in Hong Kong. It's conveniently right across Silka Seaview Hotel where we were staying, and after a busy day of touring, we had a lot of fun just walking up and down the street looking for bargains and taking in the authentic Hong Kong Chinatown vibe of the place.

It opens in the late afternoon and ends at midnight. Get your comfortable shoes or flip-flops ready. Temple St. Night Market is five blocks of rows upon rows of glaringly-lit stalls, so make sure you have comfortable footwear, that way, you can seriously hunt for bargains. One can buy anything from jewelry, magnet souvenirs, lucky charms, clothing and food here. Fortune tellers also abound.

We bought souvenirs like the ubiquitous key chains, refrigerator magnets and mirrors ($20/piece) with "Hong Kong" emblazoned on them, to give away to our family and friends back home. My sister bought her boys some cool $50 shirts, mom bought herself a body bag for $70 and we also got the 3 for $100 scarves they are hawking in one of the stalls.

Temple Street was very safe, we roamed around without worry and everyone was really nice. We also walked by the Wing Sing Hotel, it's smack in the middle of the night market and still very near Silka Seaview. If you want to save a little money on your accommodation, Wing Sing is an option. Though we were very happy with Silka Seaview, it costs more.

A tip: if you see something you like, buy it! We came back the next night to buy more scarves (it's surprisingly "quality" for the $33 apiece we paid for it) and the lady selling it wasn't there anymore. That was a bummer, but Temple Street Night Market was a blast... just don't forget to haggle.