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Hong Kong Island: & the Northeast ADMIRALTY | WAN CHAI | | HAPPY VALLEY | ISLAND EAST

Neighbourhood Top Five 1 Combing the rows of 2 Feeling your adrenalin 4 Shopping for Hong narrow streets ( p110 ) sand- soar at the Happy Valley Kong–style, retro-with-a- wiched between Queen’s Rd Racecourse (p 111) on a twist souvenirs at G.O.D. East and Johnston Rd for Wednesday night, beer in (p124 ) in Causeway Bay. old houses, Taoist temples, hand. 5 Having a night of de- traditional shops, open-air 3 Experiencing sublime bauchery on bazaars and screaming wet taste in Admiralty: aes- (p121 ) in Wan Chai. markets. thetic at the Asia Society

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111 d R 11 d111 11 For more detail of this area, see Map p 370 , Map p 372 and Map p 374 A 105 Lonely Planet’s Explore Wan Chai & the Northeast Top Tip Stroll through the Pacific Place mall connected to Ad- Viewing the Island’s east miralty MRT station and pay a leisurely two-and-a-half districts from a moving hour visit to Hong Kong Park and the Asia Society Hong tram imparts a charming Kong Centre. Head downhill and over to Queen’s Rd cinematic quality to your East nearby. Spend two hours exploring the ‘old’ Wan impressions, as these pri- Chai area. Have some ethnic food; choices are plenty. marily residential areas can Continue your journey to ‘new’ Wan Chai, closer to underwhelm on foot. Add the harbour, to the Wan Chai Computer Centre or fur- speed to the uniformity of ther north to the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition housing blocks and you get Centre. Tram it to Causeway Bay, arriving after the lunch rhythm and pattern. The hour to avoid the crowds. Spend some time shopping or bonus is that you can hop head east to Victoria Park to people-watch under a tree. off when something tickles Enjoy happy-hour drinks here or hop on an eastbound your fancy. The district is ‘ding ding’ and play it by ear. served by some 30 stops on

the eastbound tramline. NORTHEAST & THE WAN CHAI ISLAND: KONG HONG

Local Life Best Places  Lil’ Jakarta Indonesian maids gather at Victoria 5 to Eat Park (p109 ) on Sundays to eat, sing and pray.  Yin Yang (p 114 )  Toy shops Gen-Xers bring their kids to the Tai Yuen Tung Po Seafood St toy shops (p125 ) to relive childhood innocence, and  Restaurant (p120 ) buy lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival.  C ēpage (p114 )  Hipsterville The atmospheric area around Star, Moon and St Francis Sts (p121 ) is where hipsters and  Pure Veggie House tastemakers hang out. (p 113 )  Fujian Town North Point is the stronghold of Hong  AMMO (p114 ) Kong’s Fujianese community (p111 ). For reviews, see p 113 A

Getting There & Away Best Places 6 to Drink  Bus Buses operate from Admiralty bus station below  Executive Bar (p122 ) Queensway Plaza. To get to Causeway Bay and Happy Valley from Admiralty and Central, buses 5, 5B and 26  Pawn (p122 ) stop along Yee Wo St. Green Minibus 40 from Stanley  Classifieds Mozzarella calls along Tang Lung St and Yee Woo St. Bar (p 121 )  MTR Admiralty station is on the Island and Tsuen For reviews, see p 121 A Wan lines. Wan Chai station is on the Island line. Get to Causeway Bay and Happy Valley from the Causeway Bay and Tin Hau stations on the Central line. Take the Best Places Island line from Causeway Bay to get to Island East. 7 to Shop  Trams run east along Queensway, Johnston Rd Tram  G.O.D . (p 124 ) and Hennessy Rd to Causeway Bay, and west to Central Daydream Nation (p123 ) and Sheung Wan. To get to Causeway Bay and Happy  Valley trams run along Hennessy Rd and Yee Wo St to  Wan Chai Computer Central and Shau Kei Wan; along Percival St to Happy Centre (p124 ) Valley, and along Wong Nai Chung Rd to Causeway Bay, For reviews, see p 123 A Central, Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan. For Island East, trams run all the way to Chai Wan.  Star Ferry Wan Chai ferry pier to Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.