Sai Kung

I was checking out the Kowloon Motor Bus Company schedule for Route 92 that goes from Diamond Hill to Sai Kung. It leaves every 15 to 20 minutes and takes 41 minutes travel time. It makes 28 stops and since the website uses google maps you can click on each stop and see what it looks like and even go to a street view! Should I check out each stop before we go? NO! Juan will say. You need to leave something to see when you finally GET to Hong Kong.

Pedestrianisation

You didn't know there was such a word, I bet! You can read all about the Hong Kong Transportation Board's plans for Pedestrianisation to promote walking and to improve the overall pedestrian environment. They also show the streets blocked to vehicle traffic in the different neighborhoods which will give us a good idea which streets we want to walk down.

10,000 Buddha Monastery

We haven't told Papi about this one in Sha Tin. Do you think he would like to go?

Streets in Mong Kok

I have to remember which streets in Mong Kok I want to walk down. The Ladies market is on Tung Choi Street which is closed to traffic south of Argyle Street, a major thoroughfare that is hard to cross -- both for pedestrians and traffic.
Another interesting street is Canton Road near Shantung Street to the west of Nathan Road. At that intersection there is a Japan Home Centre. Canton Road goes north for a block or so and then seems to stop at Nelson Road which also looks like it is closed to traffic. This is right next the the Langham Place mall so maybe we can zip over and walk the area, along with Shanghai Street.
And it is definitely 239 Reclamation Street that has the store with lots of baskets, just north of Waterloo Road.
When we walk down to Ladies market or to Nathan Road, I think we should take Fa Yuen Street since it looks like it is closed to vehicle traffic and full of stands at the upper end where it meets Prince Edward Road. We can walk down Fa Yuen to Mong Kok and then cross over using the elevated pedestrian walkway. And then after Argyle Street take Tung Choi Street (if you can find a place to cross Argyle).

World's Greatest City

And as I continue browsing through CNNGo, there's an article on 50 Reasons Why Hong Kong is the World's Greatest City, and the number one reason is the public transportation.
Then some other interesting tidbits:
8. It has the best "soy sauce Western" food.
9. Hong Kong has the highest density of 7-Elevens in the world.
11. You don't need cash in Hong Kong, just an Octopus card that makes a "doot" sound when you run it through (just doot it).
15. Bird market, sneaker street, ladies market, goldfish market, flower market … all centered in the bustling Mongkok neighborhood within walking-distance of one another.
18. The tastiest embryos
Thick, fluffy and moist, with an even, lemon-yellow tone -- such are the seraphic scrambled eggs at Australian Dairy Company served between two slices of white bread with the option of toasting. Add a splash of chili sauce and we’re in comfort-food heaven. 47 Parkes Street, Jordan, Kowloon.

CNNGo: Dried Seafood Street

CNNGo has an article on shopping for dried seafood for Chinese New Year. "Dried Seafood Street" stretches along some 200 shops on Des Voeux Road West from Queen Street to Centre Street in Sheung Wan (Western) on Hong Kong Island. In this article there are instructions for preparing dried abalone, dried fish maw, dried oysters, black moss, dried scallops. And they even mention dried sausages, although not exactly seafood...

12 Hours Time Difference

It's unsettling to look at my weather widget for Hong Kong and realize that they are half a day ahead of us, so that it is 6 pm there tomorrow while I am writing this at 6 pm today. I don't know if I'm going to be able to stand 14 hours and 35 minutes on a plane without being able to lie down. I don't suppose they'd appreciate me stretching out in the aisle...