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Has anyone been to HK Kowloon for shopping? |
Travel Info can you name a few shopping malls or road side street which sell nice & cheap & trendy accessories?? and directions to get from there? I will be staying in Jordan MTR nearby.. Or any place nearby Jordan got any good food or a must visit place to go?? Travel Tips flower street and lady street.. in mong kok... theres this one storre that sells american brands for really cheap prices... its on flower street.. you have to go upstairs and the address is 185 B.... then you can head over to causeway bay for some expensive stuff but most of the stuff you can get in flower street for a lot cheaper.... Others i have one time in 1998 but i was with the US Marines so all i did was drink. i did however buy a ninja sword. "Every person has two cities: hometown, and HongKong!" Everything about HK was better when it was a British Crown colony, but you can still enjoy yourself there if you remember that the Chinese legal system is very corrupt, and equal protection under the law is for party members. If you have travelled on the mainland, you will not have any trouble getting along. If you are not sure what I am talking about, just play it cool, don't get drunk or stoned, and don't accept any illegal offers of any kind whispered in your ear. If you want to find the secret night life or the bath houses, or other stuff you see in movies associated with the wild side of HK, ask a hotel limo driver. They know everything that is going on. But if you want my advice, keep out of that stuff. The local paper is the SCaMP, the South China Morning Post, which look up on the web. They have a restaurant guide that will not lead you wrong. If you are looking to meet expats and westerners of all kinds, eat at Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe and that type of place. In Kowloon those are all on one street, Haiphong Road. There are also some good shopping places on Haiphong Road, but here is the real secret to shopping in HongKong: There are two parts to Kowloon: down near the docks, and further up the peninsula. The cruise directors on all the cruise ships get a kickback from the shop owners down at the foot of Haiphong Road and Nathan Road for warning their passengers that HK is a dangerous place with lots of gang violence and disease. They warn the passengers not to get more than 3-4 blocks from the wharf. This keeps the passengers in an area where the shops are industrialized, the prices are inflated, and the merchandise is sweat shop quality. Instead, get on the subway and ride up to the intersection of Nathan Road and Waterloo Road. I have forgotten the name of the station, but during business hours, half the people on the train get off there. At that intersection, you can literally see a million people going to work at 9:00 on a Tuesday morning. If you want to buy real quality Chinese cloisonne, textile art, and glyphs, all at reasonable prices, just start walking up Waterloo road. Either way. If you happen to see a fender-bender, don't miss the argument. Two people arguing at the top of their lungs in Cantonese is a show not to be missed. Expect to dicker prices in these shops, and don't be surprised if they remember you when you come back six months later. Good people. Very affectionate, and for the most part, scrupulously honest and fair. The rules for walking on the street are about the same as in NYC or Chicago. Keep an eye out, be aware of what is going on around you, walk purposfully, and be indoors or with a group of people before dark. If you yell for the police, they will come. Down around Kowloon Park, keep an eye out for monkeys in the trees, and don't walk under them. They will do number one and number two on you if they get a chance. Ride the ferry over to the big island and back at least once. If you get a chance to do that on a foggy day, take it. Visit the gift shop at St. John's Cathedral. To get there from the ferry or subway station, come out on Admiralty Rd. and turn right. Go to Ice House Rd and head up the hill. Turn left on Battle Path and hook around the old French Embassy. It is a wonderful city, and don't miss it. ========= Thanks to the answerer just above. Mong Kok is the name of the subway station at Nathan and Waterloo. Real estate is so valuable there are tunnels and shopping strips under the street connecting buildings on either side. It's really wild. If you go north from Mong Kok on the subway, the place starts to get slowly more Chinese and less British Colonial. Keep going and you will reach streets where there are no signs in English at all, and people will look annoyed if you ask them to speak English. Retired 747 captain (Pacific) |
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