Tag: <span>hong kong harbour</span>

Date: 1st July 2012

Today I shifted over to Mong Kok in Kowloon to begin the second phase of my Hong Kong sight-seeing. I had booked a dorm bed at Ah Shan Hostel/Dragon Inn which cost me HK$148 (Rs. 980/$19/€14) a night. Finding my hostel wasn’t that hard. As soon as I disembarked from Mong Kok Station, I took Exit D2 and the second building named Sincere House housed Ah Shan Hostel.

Elevator Hong Kong — There are four elevators in total for this building

Ah Shan hostel Dragon Inn Hong Kong — The hostel is on the 14th floor

View from Ah Shan hostel Sincere house — This looked a residential/commercial kinda building. Space in Hong Kong being a luxury, even apartment rooms are turned into commercial spaces.

The dorm room wasn’t all that great, considering it was super cramped inside with barely any space to walk (photo of the bed I got is at the end of this post). Fiona was the hostel owner and she spoke fluent English, proving to be quite helpful.

Fiona Dragon hostel Hong Kong — That’s Fiona behind the reception desk

After securing my luggage in the room, I stepped out again.

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Date: June 28th, 2012

Day 2 in Hong Kong began feeling fresh. I slept for more than 10 hours and the jet lag had nearly worn off. I repacked my bag and left the hostel to begin my photography for today.

Causeway Bay Paterson Building Hong Kong — A whole lot of luxury brands in the mall to the right

IKEA store Causeway Bay Hong Kong — The IKEA store was only a minute walk away from where I was staying

Windsor house mall Hong Kong — Plenty of malls and shopping centers all around. This was Windsor House

Maxmara store Causeway Bay Hong Kong — I walked towards the MTR station

Sogo Causeway Bay panorama Hong Kong — SOGO is a popular Japanese department store chain

Causeway Bay station Exit E Hong Kong — This is the entrance/Exit E of Causeway Bay station

Central station Hong Kong — I got off at Central

Central station exit J MTR Hong Kong — Took the long walk to Exit J2 (Yup, Central is so big that the Exits are from A to J)

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