HK Day 4 Typhoon Nesat

Thursday 29th, Day 4.  Humidity: 90 degrees

This morning we took it slow by sleeping in until 10am.  It was a well deserved late wake-up after all the shopping and sightseeing from the last three days!  It was still raining and very windy outside and we discovered the Typhoon warning had been raised from a Level 3 to a Level 8. 



view from Hotel room

Hennessy Rd exit!

We hung out in the room for about an hour and when the rain eased, we decided to go to Wan Chai for the Wan Chai Computer Store.  Outside the hotel, we noticed the street was very empty and most of the shops were shut.  Even the train station was emptier than usual.  It felt great not having to fight and dodge crowds of people!

At Wan Chai, the computer shop was right next to the MTR exit so that saved us a bit of walking!  On the way to the computer store exit, I noticed the Hennessy Road exit and just had to take a picture!

Most of the shops in the three level computer shop were shut.  There were quite a few tourists shopping for a bargain though.  In one of the shops, a salesman was showing an alarm system to a pair of Australian men and explaining the hi tech functions.  Then he moved on to a watch.  One of the tourists asked,'Oh and what fancy function does this watch do?  Will it cook my dinner?'  Turns out the watch had a spy cam built in.



sweet potato pie

Lunch was next door at Maccas and we took our time there eating, people watching and using the free 20 minutes wi fi!  The menu is more extensive than the Australian one and included a sweet potato pie which we absolutely had to try!  I thought it was quite yum but Anthony didn't like it very much. 

After lunch we decided to go for a short stroll to see what was in the area.  It was drizzling so I bought a $38 small umbrella from a K shop (like a 7 Eleven) but in the short time I came out of the shop, the rain had eased.

Deciding not to waste the day, we made our way back to Wan Chai MTR to go to IFC Mall in Central.  After initially getting quite lost once we exited the station at Central, we finally found the IFC Mall in the opposite direction we'd taken!  Besides noting that most of the shops in the mall were closed, we always so how clean it was.  There was a supermarket called City Super inside so I decided to go inside for a browse while Anthony was watching tv on one of the many that were mounted on the walls.  The supermarket was very nice and of course, clean.  Their range was quite extensive and there were many families and couples doing their grocery shopping.  We also bought our dinner from there which was noodles, sashimi, salami and some califlower and mushrooms from the deli.

From Central MTR, we then had to catch the Tung Chung train to Lai King.  From Lai King, we interchanged by catching the Tsuen Wan line to get to Yau Ma Tei.

It is now 7pm, about 2 hours since we got back to the Hotel.  Anthony has been sleeping for almost the entire two hours.  He has forgotten that we planned to walk to Mong Kok tonight to see if the Ladies Market was still happening.

** Ant woke up so we ate quickly and went out to the Ladies Market.  There were no stalls.  However two fruit stalls had items on display so we bought.......kavika!  They were huge ones and while juicy, are not as sweet as the Fiji ones.



kavika