Hong Kong, Aug 08: Hours before Real Madrid's friendly match against a Hong Kong-China team today, the Spanish team's megastar Ronaldo had other, more eclectic things on his mind _ he took time to visit a Hong Kong jewelry shop famous for its full-size, solid gold toilets.
Ronaldo didn't buy one _ instead, the shop gave him a 24-karat gold-plated miniature of the real thing.
Hundreds of fans lined both sides of the streets outside the shop, which attracts tourists with its fancy toilets in a display "bathroom" encrusted with gems.
The US$4.9 million bathroom's wash basins, mirror frames, wall tiles and other fixtures are all made of solid gold.
Ronaldo and his teammates, on the third leg of a preseason tour of Asia, arrived in Hong Kong to a rock-star welcome Wednesday.


Bureau Report