Top Picture is a store on Woosung Street that runs parallel to TempleMiddle Picture is a store on Temple Street
Bottom Picture is a park in front of Tin Hau Temple on Temple Street
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November 25th - The girls wanted to go shopping yesterday so I had lunch with them at a vegetarian restaurant in Jordan. The food was really good, and this time I did eat too much.
Before getting to the restaurant we walked through Temple Street, just north of TST, looking at all the sites. Temple Street is a great street to walk on, especially at night because it is a pedestrian street and you can buy anything! Unfortunately for Jenny & Peggy, and fortunately for me, the shops on the street had not opened! But Peggy wants go back at night, so I suspect we’ll be back there.
Water! We take it for granted in the Eastern Part of the States and certainly in Queensbury where we have an abundance of good quality water. In Hong Kong they do have a few reservoirs, but it simply doesn’t rain enough to supply about seven million residents and about two hundred thousand visitors with water at any given day.
Therefore, Hong Kong gets about 70% of its water from Guangdong Province, much like New York City gets its water from the Catskills. Hong Kong built a desalination system in the late 70’s (I think that is about right) but it was too expensive so it was dismantled. And, are you ready for this: they use salt water for flushing! I guess that is the reason why Hong Kong is constantly digging up sewer pipes and replacing them! As you might have suspected, we have to boil our water or think bottle water here.
November 26th - Weather is still fairly warm; I thought by now it would be cooler. We are still experiencing daytime high around 25C and nighttime low about 20C (by now you guys know how to convert, right?)
Today we are going to Causeway Bay for a little shopping and we may even find a place to eat a meal or two.
Causeway Bay is a district on Hong Kong Island and it is known as the shopping place for locals. It is located east of Central and just west of North Point. When I lived in Hong Kong I lived on Jardine’s San (meaning mountain), just above Causeway Bay, and I spent a lot of time there. It is a great place to walk around and enjoy the local culture. And the restaurants in the area: some of the greatest. Just asked my son Robby about the Red Pepper and the American Restaurant, just to name two!
Because of high rents in Central, financial and trading companies started moving to the Causeway Bay area many years ago; so it is not just a shopping place anymore. Also there are several hotels located there: like the Park Lane, Excelsior, and Regal, just to name a few.
A little history: located in Causeway Bay is a gun called the Noonday Gun which is fired everyday at, of course, noon. The firing of the gun started around 1860 by Jardine Trading Company to let its main office know when their ships were arriving. The government stopped the Company from this practice, because the government thought it should only be firing such a large gun. However, the government decided to fire the gun at noon everyday. A tradition that has continued all these years and only stopped during WW II. The Noonday Gun was made famous by Noel Coward famous song, Mad Dogs and Englishman.
Before getting to the restaurant we walked through Temple Street, just north of TST, looking at all the sites. Temple Street is a great street to walk on, especially at night because it is a pedestrian street and you can buy anything! Unfortunately for Jenny & Peggy, and fortunately for me, the shops on the street had not opened! But Peggy wants go back at night, so I suspect we’ll be back there.
Water! We take it for granted in the Eastern Part of the States and certainly in Queensbury where we have an abundance of good quality water. In Hong Kong they do have a few reservoirs, but it simply doesn’t rain enough to supply about seven million residents and about two hundred thousand visitors with water at any given day.
Therefore, Hong Kong gets about 70% of its water from Guangdong Province, much like New York City gets its water from the Catskills. Hong Kong built a desalination system in the late 70’s (I think that is about right) but it was too expensive so it was dismantled. And, are you ready for this: they use salt water for flushing! I guess that is the reason why Hong Kong is constantly digging up sewer pipes and replacing them! As you might have suspected, we have to boil our water or think bottle water here.
November 26th - Weather is still fairly warm; I thought by now it would be cooler. We are still experiencing daytime high around 25C and nighttime low about 20C (by now you guys know how to convert, right?)
Today we are going to Causeway Bay for a little shopping and we may even find a place to eat a meal or two.
Causeway Bay is a district on Hong Kong Island and it is known as the shopping place for locals. It is located east of Central and just west of North Point. When I lived in Hong Kong I lived on Jardine’s San (meaning mountain), just above Causeway Bay, and I spent a lot of time there. It is a great place to walk around and enjoy the local culture. And the restaurants in the area: some of the greatest. Just asked my son Robby about the Red Pepper and the American Restaurant, just to name two!
Because of high rents in Central, financial and trading companies started moving to the Causeway Bay area many years ago; so it is not just a shopping place anymore. Also there are several hotels located there: like the Park Lane, Excelsior, and Regal, just to name a few.
A little history: located in Causeway Bay is a gun called the Noonday Gun which is fired everyday at, of course, noon. The firing of the gun started around 1860 by Jardine Trading Company to let its main office know when their ships were arriving. The government stopped the Company from this practice, because the government thought it should only be firing such a large gun. However, the government decided to fire the gun at noon everyday. A tradition that has continued all these years and only stopped during WW II. The Noonday Gun was made famous by Noel Coward famous song, Mad Dogs and Englishman.
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