Blog - HKG 2006 #3: Day 1 part 2
HKG 2006 #3: Day 1 part 2
After checking out the electric district, we went to Langham Place for some uneventful shopping, and headed back to the hotel once to drop stuff and take a break.
Comme des Garçons Guerilla Store
We headed out to Chai Wan, at the very end of our subway line, to go to the Comme des Garçons guerilla store that opened this year. The area is a very industrial and out of nowhere, quite a bit away from the station. The outside of the shop is a flashy blue wall covered with white dots which truly stands out in the middle of such a neighborhood. On the other side of the block is also located an Undercover shop.
The Comme des Garçons shop is a collaboration with Silly Thing, and features an exhibition with works by many international artists. While being casual fans of Comme des Garçons (for those who don't know, it's a cool Japanese designer's brand), one of the reasons we went there was to see Kero, as we like her blog and her funny big cat 餅太郎. It was fun to meet her, and she must have thought we were real weirdos! She gave us free badges and candies, and we signed the shop's guestbook writing "On adore 餅太郎!".
Just upon leaving, I thought of taking her picture, so I went back in and she kindly accepted to pose outside the shop (photos inside were prohibited, though it can be seen on her blog).
Back at the mall next to the station, the Genki Sushi (《元気寿司》, a sushi chain) shop had an incredibly long line-up. None of the other restaurants were crowded, and other locations we had seen weren't crowded either so it couldn't just be its popularity. Were they giving away free sushi?!
On our train ride back, we stopped at station Sai Wan Ho near which we had a dessert break.
Star Ferry
Then we headed to Central station, and took the Star Ferry which goes over from Hong Kong to Kowloon (Hong Kong's two main islands). The ferry costs only HKD$2.2 and at night lets appreciate the beautiful view of the lit-up city.
To end the day, we took the subway to Jordan station and did a bit of bargaining at the men's night market. Then we headed back to our hotel and stopped at some sort of family restaurant for some rice congee and boiled vegetables.
The next day was going to be our trip's biggest. Stay tuned!
Larger photo sizes in my Hong Kong/Macau 2006 set at Flickr
Posted on September 10, 2006 at 00:29 | Tweet
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