Yesterday, Kat, Sara, and I headed to the Jade Market in Mongkok. There are two buildings full of vendors selling jade Buddhas, earrings, bracelets, rings, pendants, necklaces, belts, etc. that are so pretty & unique! It was quite an overwhelming site because I didn't know where to look first, but I wanted to check out some gifts to bring back for family & friends.
*Entrance to the Jade Market
We first checked out the many vendors & then decided to buy from an older lady, which was such a fun experience because she loved the 3 of us & kept laughing & joking around - she was very surprised at how tall Sara was too! After haggling with her for a little (I think I get this from my Dad & Grandpa, haha), I bought a few gifts & got an even better deal when I whipped out my Lingnan ID :) We then went to a different booth for another special gift (can't give away what it was!!) & the guy would not budge until the 3 of us pretended to be family & sadly said, "but it's for my Dadddd" & that did the trick, hahaha!!
*Me testing my bargaining skills :)
*So pretty!!
Some of the vendors were really annoying because they would keep repeating "come look, you want a bracelet, some earrings maybe?" I tended to stray away from those people, but they have to be like that since everyone sells a lot of similar things. I got sick of haggling after the first few purchases, so I'll go back again soon before I head back to the states - you can only handle so much at one time, haha!
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