The jump-off line is really What to do… from the title of What To Do The First Morning The Sun Comes Back by Roseann Lloyd. I just decided to make it about Hong Kong.
What to do in Hong Kong:
- Get some Hong Kong money to buy the Octopus which is the card to travel on the metro. You would want to do that rather than travel on buses. Learn the right exit to get to where you want to go.
- Go shopping in Causeway Bay or the Mouth of Sharp Sand as its Chinese name means. They are the go-to
- Walk with the flow of people and never against, there are that many people on the street there
- Go to the cinema and watch a Hollywood movie with Chinese subtitles put at the bottom
- Eat ice-cream
- Spend as late outside as you want. Some shops are still open insanely late, especially specific eateries.
- Go buy Swiss rolls from the supermarkets, they are great, especially the lemon flavour.
- Try the oval egg tarts from St. Annas.
- Go to the Spinning Restaurant for yumcha, it’s quieter
- Never set foot inside a ‘tea restaurant’ or Chinese cafe if you have an aversion for hardback benches with rips in them and guaranteed swearing by other customers
- Be amazed that a lot of the hawkers have moved into actual shops
- Be disappointed that the sweet potatoes and chestnuts you buy on the street didn’t taste the way you remembered they did before 1994
- If you go to the renowned seafood place be prepared that it’s just a place made by 4 walls of clear plastic sheets that do nothing to keep out the wind and the chef is less than sterling
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