Day 12 – 18th March 2024

I left late that morning… well I tried to… I had the most awful toilet experience. My stomach was being cleansed from the sushi I had the night before, and so I waited until I felt ok to go out. Was practically drained.

Well I made myself go out and I think I was lucky to go out late as I saw a scene of a car crash. HK seems to have a lot of incidents of crashes. Wear your seat belts peeps!

I took Bus 85 from Shatin to East Tsim Sha Tsui. I still love the posters at HK bus stops, sometimes  I feel like I’ve gone back to Japan when I see these type of posters…

When I got to East Tsim Sha Tsui, O realised I reached to the last bus stop and missed the stop that I wanted to get off. Oh well. So I walked to the Tsim Sha Tsui pier in the rain… It rained heavily so I had to walk slowly as the floor is quite slippery.

When crossing the roads, make sure you don’t cross until the green man shows otherwise you’ll get a fine… Tourists don’t know this new rule yet, and I had seen a bunch of Chinese Mainland tourists walking when the green man didn’t appear (even though there were no cars)… Ah well. HK won’t fine tourists right?

I got to my destination after going into an office building and going up some escalators… A large bookstore. Elite Spectrum. I was in search of some music theory books for one of my aunts but I had no idea where the music section was… I just wondered around and up the stairs to the English section. Translated books and English books are expensive in HK. Prices of paperbacks are generally expensive!

Address: Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Salisbury Road, 3號, Star House, 2-3/F

I decided to go to Kwung Tong early where I’ll meet one of my cousin’s for dinner later… I walked around through the old market section then to the shopping centre APM.

I walked around and around, and bought breads from Simplylife café (great name! 🤣)… Their service was a little weird. They don’t seem to ask if you want to eat in or take away. So they wouldn’t even let me eat in as I ordered from the takeaway section? Weird… Thankfully there was a spot to sit at where people congregate and rest. I ate slowly… Well tried to.

Address:  APM, 418 Kwun Tong Rd, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

I got bored of waiting around, so I went to find another shopping centre. Almost tripped over someone’s trolley on the way there, the person in front was walking slowly and I didn’t see her stuff…

This small shopping centre was quite hard to find. Was just walking back and forth but found it… I found some claw machines on the top floor. This actually perked me up. Didn’t spend too much but managed to win 2 key rings!! Woohoo!! (I had so much fun that when I got home to the UK, I bought a virtual claw machine game on Steam. I’ve won every single item).

Address: Kwun Tong Plaza, 68號 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Left feeling happy but sick with a headache. Thankfully there was a Watsons Pharmacy nearby… Bought some Panadol.

Finally I met my cousin who took me to eat what I’ve been wanting to eat! Razor clams… although I wasn’t feeling well we still went. This meal was expensive, and I forgot to take a picture of the raw abalone, which my cousin noticed that I didn’t like the cold abalone taste straight away. She’s very observant!! Thank you cousin for treating me to this meal!!!

Address: Lok Chui Yuen Restaurant, Hong Kong, Yee On St, 觀塘宜安街四號A-B地下 Chi Cheong Building

My cousin was rushing back home to get a package from a Taobao service (it’s like Temu and Shein in the UK). HKers are obsessed with Taobao like how the UK is obsessed with Amazon. So we left Kwung Tong early.

That night, I went to sleep early. I was suffering from cold sweats, and so I had taken some more Panadol, then went to sleep for a good few hours. I woke up in the middle of the night, and took my jumper off before going back to sleep again… I think it was that sushi from the day before and the changes in the weather plus some lack of sleep…

End of Day 12.