The crowd at Victoria Park Flower Market

I meant to write about my experience at the Victoria Park Flower Market during Chinese New Year since I experienced it, because it was an odd experience for me that actually lead me to some panic feelings, not very pleasant. 

Flower Market in Victoria Park. 

The Flower Market in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, is an annual market that takes place during Chinese New Year. It goes on for about a week, and I think every person in Hong Kong visits this market. It's still called a Flower Market because that is what it started out as, but now they sell everything from pillows to knifes, food and kitchen supplies. 

Walking in the actual flower market was fine. The walking paths were crowded, but we could move around. Lots of beautiful flowers. I really liked it. 

Crowded beyond belief!

After this Honey took me to the part that sells all other kinds of stuff. The walking path between the stands were wide, very wide, still it was a one way walk. I realized why once we got in there. It was packed, I mean PACKED with people. Imagine leaving a big and crowded concert when everybody is trying to get out of the stadium at the same time, yeah, that was the feeling I got. We had to walk teeny tiny steps to not step on other persons, I was walking with people pushing me front to back, and on each side. I didn't move by myself, I was a part of a big mass that was slowly moving forward. It was not pleasant at all. I panicked a little bit, which made it worse. And Honey, who apparently is used to this kind of crowd, was walking behind me, pointing out things at stands on the sides and what they were selling. I was thinking, how can you even get there? We are moving with the crowd, not by ourselves. Scary, very scary. 

Unfortunately Honey got a little upset that I couldn't take all that mass of people, since this is what he actually wanted to look at (he doesn't care much for flowers), and the night went a bit sour. I guess I'm just not used to it, growing up on the country side in Sweden. But we went back to the flower market, which was a relief for me, and bought some super nice smelling Narcissus instead, and we both felt better. :)