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Hong Kong: Bird Market, Apliu Street Flea Market, Golden Computer Arcade

By Mithun Divakaran
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Jan 04, 2013
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Hong Kong, Travel

Date: 3rd July 2012

After yesterday’s very late arrival from Macau, I woke up and decided not to do anything hectic today. I still hadn’t seen the so-called ‘Bird Market’ of Hong Kong, even though the travel guides said it was right next to the flower market.

I walked up to the flower market and had my lunch from a restaurant there.

Japanese curry rice fish fillet meal — I ordered rice with Japanese curry and fried fish fillet. Simple but delicious – and quite filling.

Yuen Po street Hong Kong — After lunch, I asked around for the bird market. Everybody pointed that way.

Way to Yuen Po street Hong Kong — And so I went. I walked up to this garden.

Bird street Hong Kong China — There was no big sign saying this was a ‘bird street’ or anything

Yuen Po market Hong Kong — And lo and behold, a bird market it was!

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Hong Kong: Mong Kok’s many markets, and fireworks at Victoria Harbour

By Mithun Divakaran
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Nov 02, 2012
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Hong Kong, Travel

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.