D4

In the same way that Day 3 was us doing what we’d been unable to do on Day 2. Day 4 was us doing what we planned to do on Day 3. If you followed that – carry on. If not, ask the person next to you to draw you a diagram.

We got to the noonday Gun

just before noon which as far as I can tell was the right time to get there. The gun is a relic of colonial times and there was a few contrasting stories but basically someone fired off a gun to greet a boat coming in. The guy on the boat was the new Governor and he was unhappy so that he ordered the Jardine family to fire off a gun every day at noon as a way of signalling the time. They recently downgraded the gun size from a 12lb gun to a 6lb gun so we didn’t expect a very loud blast – but we got a very loud blast – so loud in fact that Katy jumped as did the camera and we got a nice shop of the skyscrapers of the Causeway Bay area.






We went from there towards the Causway bay shopping area that we’d noticed of the bus. I was aiming for the ikea and the Wan Chai computer centre. Katy was heading for the Department store Sogo and the countless designer stores. Outside Sogo is apparently the busiest road crossing in HK






Doesn't look any busier that Oxford Street imo

To get towards that area I realised that we could walk through the World Trade Centre. The World Trade Centre in NY had over 500 offices for companies including some of the biggest companies in the World. The World Trade centre in HK is filled with... you guessed it – a shopping mall.

Upstairs in the mall we found a Korean Restaurant and ordered dog. We didn’t really, or at least we didn’t mean to. I ordered some sort of beef thing, which was probably dog (WWPD) and Katy I think had some sort chicken, (WWPD). The food came out in a main bowl with noodles/rice and then 4 smaller bowls with different vegetables – it also came with a bowl of broth. I was strongly of the opinion that you were meant to use the vegetables on the table which were some greens, something else, some noodles and what I thought was a potato. I was so sure that you were meant to add different amounts of each to your broth like a built your own soup. I resisted doing this and ate my beef (WWPD) and we waited for Katy’s chicken (WWPD), Katy’s food arrived in a hot bowl (sort of like the “plates” in the sizzler pub chain) but with a raw egg cracked into it. Katy’s task was to egg fry her food right before eating it in the hot plate it was served it. I thought the food was amazing and would consider moving nearby to eat there again, although getting the train there might be a little less drastic. We picked at the side dishes - except for the potato and ate our food with pleasure. When the waitress came at the end of the meal she removed all of our plates and bowls except for the little potato plate. This Potato turned out to be an apple to eat as a palate cleanser.

We went into Victoria Park this way and were both just baking hot so we had an ice-cream and a sit down. Around the main green was a dedicated jogging track and we actually got told off for simply walking down it. It’s one of the places in HK where loads of people gather either morning to do Tai Chi, but we didn’t make an early morning any day of the holiday let alone an early morning. It was a great park and it had an area called the Laughing Corner. The below are photos of us laughing at the fact that Laughing Corner isn't actually in the corner of the park.




And there were some people raising radio controlled boats in a little pond designated for that specific purpose.




We dived back into Central where I opened a bank account, which was boring. But then we went back to Wan Chai Computer which I’d been looking forward to for most of my life. The only thing I was in the market for was a digital camera (and as I reently discovered a radio control Boat) and we walked around for ages asking prices and poking different camera. I ended up buying a camera for a prices I was happy with but I don’t think I’m going to disclose the model or price just incase I was ripped off – I don’t think I was coz it was a Sony, and surely their worth whatever you pay for them.

I chose for us to go to a bar called the Pawn (imagine my dismay when learnt the spelling), which was the biggest pawn shop in Hong Kong which used to run a thriving trade when many sailors used to pawn their stuff to be able to enjoy what HK had to offer. Its now a bar with a lovely balcony that we didn’t managed to sit on. We ordered something that was basically and English platter on a test tube rack.





I think it included fish and chips, Scotch Eggs (warm and probably the best Scotch Egg ever), and battered Pigs Ear. You’ll see from the photo that we didn’t eat the Pig’s Ear – also the sharper of you will have noticed there’s a cone that I’ve not mentioned the contents of. I cannot remember what it was.

From the Pawn to the Habitat Bar which was a high-up expensive bar with views of not all that much. But it looked good and there were some quality cocktails on the menu.


We went back to the Hong Kong Brewhouse which is a becoming my favourite bar in HK, with its peanut floor and specific rules.








A lot of things could’ve gone wrong this day, nearly ate Pig’s Ear, nearly ate dog but in all seriousness thanks god I didn’t try and make Apple soup.