Fun times on the tram

This morning Jack and I headed into Hong Kong Central without the girls to pick up our visas for Kazakhstan. They came through without a hitch (yippee!) which means we're free to head on to the next leg of our journey on 4th January.
After we picked them up Jack asked whether we could go on a tram. We had seen them driving around the city last time we were in town and I promised Jack we'd go on one next time we were there. I figured they did a small circuit and it couldn't be too tricky. If we jumped on a tram we would surely be able to return to our boarding place after it had done one lap. I was wrong.
We jumped on the first tram we could find. It happened to be going north and the sign on the front was North Point (wherever that is!). It was FANTASTIC. Jack loves going on double deckers and always wants to go up top, so we walked up the steps and sat up the top. The windows on the trams open wide and we were able to sit there and just enjoy the sights (assuming that it was only a matter of time before we'd be back where we started). We travelled for about 20 minutes, past stacks of places that I have not seen and ended up going through a crowded street with markets on both sides. I made a mental note that I'd like to go and check the markets out some time. After we'd been through the street we stopped at the lights (well, so I assumed). After 5 minutes sitting up top with no other passengers and no movement it dawned on me that we must be at the depot. Whoops! Feeling brave I decided that it couldn't be too hard to get back to our initial point. Just in case my assumption was wrong I'd kept an eye on the destinations on the front of the trams going in the opposite direction to us.
Jack and I headed back toward the way we had come and walked through the markets. It was definitely an experience. One of the first places we walked past was a fish shop. Most of the fish were still alive. Some were in water and some were flipping around on a metal tray. There was a box of frogs or toads (which definitely resembled Cane Toads). There was a bowl of turtles which I assume were for eating and not keeping as pets, and a tank full of crabs. At this point Jack freaked out and would not walk any more. I guess it was really strange for him seeing live fish when he has only eaten stuff from the supermarket previously. I carried him for most of the rest of the journey back to the tram stop. Jack commented later about the fish flapping around and the man who was cutting them up. We saw meat hanging in the open air on hooks and some more fish stalls. I loved the experience.
Fortunately we were able to get a tram that headed back to our point of origin. I'm guessing this was more good luck than good management. It was such a good adventure for us and the return trip cost us $6 Hong Kong (less than $2 Aus). Hopefully we can take the girls there some time soon.