Hong Kong Pics update (2)

Just a few more pics from Hong Kong. Training ended a little early today, so I went sightseeing with Raymond, my old friend I knew from a project I did with my previous company. Called him up, and we met at Mongkok.

So we went out around Mongkok, he showed me around the place - Women Street, Sporting Goods market, Sinbad (Mobile Phone market) and we had an authentic Mongkok restaurant meal ... had a Yin Yeung (coffee and tea mix), char siew and some great tofu ... yummy ...

Some photos from my little sightseeing, plus notes ... as usual, click to see a bigger pic ...

This is the Night view from my hotel room ... I have a harbor view room, but it's not much, is it? That's Kowloon's Tsim Tsa Tsui on the far side ..

Same view from my hotel room, now during daytime. Notice the mean looking military / police style ship in the middle of the harbor ... I swear the guns were pointed in my direction ...

OK, maybe I shouldn't be complaining about my view ... it's pretty alright.


Yesterday's dinner at Causeway Bay was with colleagues Andrei and Jeerawan (both not in picture - d'oh) ... presenting Siu Loong Pao, at a highly recommended local eating house. We were quite adventurous - we also had Stinking Tofu, amongst others. I'm quite used to Stinking Tofu, and like it loads, but Andrei, being a Russian ... well, salut brother ... you a brave man ...

Mongkok at night. This was taken late at night ... like almost 10 p.m. ... it's busy as ever, with no sign of the crowd getting thin or the lights dimming. This place is so full of life ...


Ah ... (almost) every woman's shopping paradise ... Ladies Market / Women Street in Mongkok. 4 blocks of bargains, sweaty shoppers and shouting matches between vendors and bargain hunters. What a place to be at ...


And here, the pick of my night shots at Tsim Tsa Tsui across the channel from Hong Kong island. I didn't bring a tripod, so I had to put my camera on a garbage bin to take blur-free night photos.

The night scenery here sure beats the ones elsewhere in Asia. Can someone think of a better view in Asia? Singapore is nowhere close. Tokyo? Nope. KL? Nice, but ... nah ... it's gotta be Hong Kong.