Hong Kong & Macau - The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget - page 130

Tsim Sha Tsui East Hung Hom Kowloon

HONG KONG ISLAND:
NORTHERN SHORE

Victoria Harbour

N

Breakwater

Causeway Bay
Typhoon Shelter

CEC
extension

Victoria
Park

Wanchai
Ferry Pier

Noon Day
Gun

Vogue Alley

CAUSEWAY BAY

3

Wellcome
Supermarket

Great Eagle
Centre

Causeway
Bay Plaza 1

Causeway
Bay

CEC

China
Resources
Building

Hong Kong
Arts Centre

Sogo

Causeway
Bay Plaza 2

Central
Plaza

CRC
Department
Store Immigration

To we r

WAN CHAI

Times
Square

CHAI

Wan Chai

Ruttonjee
Hospital

Jockey
Club

Hung
Sheng Q U E E N

HAPPY VALLEY

Happy Valley
Racecourse

Pak Tai Temple

DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE

Sushi Fuku-suke
Tai Hing
Tasty Congee & Noodle Wonton Shop

15
16
3

Buddha Lounge
Cicada
Globe

11
13
8

Red Bar
Wooloomooloo

1
18

Out in the bay is the Causeway Bay
typhoon shelter that used to protect fleets
of junks and sampans, but these days it
protects yachts from the onslaught of the
waves and the wind.
Inland from Hennessy Road, on the
corner of Matheson and Russell streets,
is Causeway Bay's most famous
shopping plaza, the half-moon-shaped
Times Square , fronted by a huge video
screen. Just to the west of Times Square
lies one of the city's best wet markets
- Bowrington Road Market - where
you can watch the sellers expertly
dismembering poultry, fish and meat
in the mornings and then grab a bite to

eat at the food stalls that stay open until
the evening.

Happy Valley
he low-lying area extending inland
from the shore south of Wan Chai and
Causeway Bay is known as Happy Valley,
and means only one thing for the people
of Hong Kong: horse racing or, more
precisely, gambling. he Happy Valley
Racecourse (Sept-June Wed 7-10.30pm;
HK$10; W happyvalleyracecourse.com),
reachable by tram, dates back to 1846.
Immense fortunes have been won and
lost here over the past 150 years and
Wednesday night at the races is a