Hong Kong Street Stuff
Usually free entertainment such as concerts in the parks, mimes on the street or suggested people watching venues.
Lunar New Year Fair at Victoria Park
One of the joys of the Lunar New Year season is to visit the fair at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. While many of the booths feature traditional items like kumquat trees and flowers, others show more inventive products. A Lion Dance Hand Puppet and Satirical Playing Cards featuring local politicians were highlighted in today’s South China Morning Post. Many of the booths don’t open until afternoon but the fair is active quite late. Some booths are still manned until 11:00PM. I highly recommend a visit.
Date: January 24th, 2006 |
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WTO Protesters Finally Blow Up
Yesterday, I was getting ready to go to Wanchai to watch the protesters do their thing when I got an SMS on my mobile phone from the police warning me to stay away from Wanchai and Causeway Bay. They evidently sent it to everyone with a Hong Kong mobile number. I stayed away.
Our favorite cocktail waitress, Flora, showed up late for Happy Hour yesterday evening because of the demonstrations and tear gas. Police wouldn’t let her access her Wanchai flat so she could rescue her children (they are actually dogs). They also closed the Wanchai MTR station.
Date: December 18th, 2005 |
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Last night the people of Hong Kong celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Harvest Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu Jie) is a day of family reunions much like Thanksgiving in the U.S. If you can plan that far ahead, this is a great night to be in Hong Kong.
Date: September 19th, 2005 |
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A Five Minute “Things to do” Guide to Hong Kong
While surfing the internet yesterday, I accessed tripso.com, a favorite site of mine, and unexpectedly found an excellent short article on things for first time tourists to do in Hong Kong. It is written by John Frenaye, a travel consultant and frequent contributor to Tripso. I’ve lived here almost 14 years and while I didn’t agree with everything he says and some of the information is slightly dated nevertheless, in the main, I found it concise and accurate. I recommend reading it even if you live here.
Feeling Hong Kong’s energy
Hong Kong is probably the most energetic city in the world. It’s got the bright lights of Vegas, the hustle of New York, the swank of Rodeo Drive and the fantasy power of Disney World all rolled into one vibrant city. It is the gateway to China, and was recently returned to China after a long history as a European trading center and British crown colony.
Date: January 19th, 2006 |
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Santa Comes to Hong Kong
Last year, a brave promoter set up an outdoor Christmas exhibit and even had an on-site Santa. This had not been done in Hong Kong before, as far as I know. To many people’s surprise, it did very well. When Pam and I checked it out last year, it was packed. This year it has expanded from Statue Square to also include Chater Garden with additional features and booths selling gifts and food. It seems to be even more popular.
It’s a great place to hang out and get into the Christmas Spirit. If …
Date: December 15th, 2005 |
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