… which is of course a great Kirsty MacColl song. Yesterday we weren’t walking down Madison, we were walking in Mong Kok, down Tung Choi Street (Ladies Market) and Fa Yuen Street (Sneaker Street). Not wanting to deal with Mong Kok traffic, I decided we should take the mini-bus from Sai Kung to Mong Kok, $14 a person. The thing is it’s a red mini-bus – which basically means two things. First, for some reason, they don’t take Octopus cards. Second, unlike the green mini-bus, I can’t find route maps online for the red ones. And since we didn’t get off at the last stop, I had no idea where to find the bus to go back to SK. So we had to take a taxi home – the new fare schedule meant $129.40 on the meter translated out to a $116 fare.

Earlier, around 12:30 yesterday, there was a traffic accident somewhere along Hiram’s Highway. This street is the main road to connect Sai Kung to the rest of the world. (The only alternative is to head around to Ma On Shan and Shatin.) So a traffic accident in one lane effectively shut down the entire road for close to an hour. There are so many horrendously bad drivers in HK combined with badly designed roads and constant road construction everywhere. How can it take a year and a half to install sound barriers along Tseung Kwan O Road? Anyway, the taxi driver who brought us from home to Sai Kung town warned us about this, so we sat and had lunch until we saw traffic start to move again.

Anyway, some photos. Ladies Market:



Sneaker Street not only has gazillions of sneaker stores, it also has gazillions of short time hotels. How to choose?

Well, the Golden Rainbow Hotel has deluxy rooms.


Or you can get an Over Nightless rate at the Regent Hotel.

Naturally the discerning gentleman chooses the modestly named Romance Highclass Hotel.


In vague connection with that, a shirt spotted last night in Wanchai.

Hongkie Town
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