Not only do people eat octopus around here (including me), they also name their electronic debit cards after them. We purchased two Octopus cards today, and that allows us to go “cashless” here in Hong Kong, around town in stores like 7-11, for meals within Cathay City, and especially for riding the bus and MTR.

It saves us 10% over purchasing MTR tickets with cash at the ticket stands, and also saves us a bunch of time, as we can just flash our card over the card reader, and it automatically deducts our stored dollar value from it. They are pretty nice, especially since they can be used at places more than just the bus or train stops. I’m sure they have things like this in large U.S. cities, but I don’t know about them.

With our new Octopus cards, we headed out for the S64 bus line to take us back to Cathay City. It was fun to ride on the upper level and it was Laura’s first time in a double-decker. It was fun, but it was nothing in comparison to riding on the Lightrider!

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