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Hong Kong has 3 major sports: shopping, eating, and seeing the
sites. I like to combine them all when I'm out and about the city.
For an exciting walk and shop place, go to the Mong Kok MRT stop,
exit E2 to find stores and a street market. This is a busy fun place
to go for bargains, stylish reasonable priced clothes, and people
watching. For indoor air conditioning shopping and restaurants, walk
over to the Langham Place mall which is close. It has one of the
longest indoor escalators in the world.
My favorite indoor mall is the World Comm. Centre in Tsim Sha
Tsui. From the MRT stop, walk south down Nathan Road to Salisbury
Road, say "no" to all the people selling watches and suits,
go right to the end, the entrance is on the right. Just before you
get to the mall, stop at the Chinese Cultural Craft Store. This is
fun place to look around, and maybe buy something. The one advantage
here is that you know what you are getting, where as at the open
markets, if you are not an expert, you cannot be sure.
In the Tsim Sha Tsui district, north end of the MRT stop, is
Haiphong Road for shopping with a nice walking park, Kowloon Park. On
the south, next to the Harbour, is Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Space
Museum, my favorite here, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the best
city scenic place of all, the walk along the harbour. The view of the
Hong Kong Island business towers is spectacular both day, and
specially at night. At night, the light are something to sit and look
at and watch. At 8:00pm for about 10 minutes, the lights are a show;
it is a romantic place to take a date. Walk further down to the
Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong movie TV entertainment stars. For Bruce
Lee fans, go there to see his statue.
At the end of Salisbury Road, next to the HK Cultural Centre and
the Clock Tower, take the Star Ferry across the harbour to Hong Kong
Island's Central district. This is a $2 Hong Kong ride worth taking
multiple times, specially at night and once in the day. On the island
side, you land close to the 2nd. tallest building in the
world, number 2 IFC. Walk up to and through the black Statue Square
and cross the street to the HSBC building to see the loin from the
Hong Kong HSBC $100 bill.
Walk up Hollywood Road, which is not far. Good stores with Chinese
cultural products that are new or historic. Go to Staunton Street in
the Soho district for European and other foods of the world. The
prices here are reasonable, and the food amazing. Near here is the
worlds longest outdoor escalator which goes up and down the hill
side. The bottom is close to Central MRT station.
Here I will leave you, the next part will continue in Central, up
to The Peak, and then down Wan Chai.
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