Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

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Victoria Park, Hong Kong's largest municipal park, lies between Victoria Park Road and Causeway Road, to the east of the Causeway Bay shopping centre. Named after Queen Victoria, the park was formerly a typhoon shelter known as Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, part of Victoria Harbour, used as a refuge by fishing boats and yachts during typhoon seasons. In the 1950s, the shelter was reclaimed and the park was built here. Today it features an open-air swimming pool (open in summer), tennis courts, roller-skating rinks and (by the standards of central Hong Kong) unusually large areas of grass and trees. If you visit on a Sunday, you'll be literally tripping over thousands of Indonesian domestic workers who congregate in and around the western end of Victoria Park.

Why go to Hong Kong if you don't like shopping or the fast paced lifestyle?
If you're ready to splurge, go to Causeway bay. There you'll see so many hip malls and branded stuff.

Nathan road- I like it here. It's almost local! So fashionable and affordable.

Mongkok and Ladies Market- good bargains. Prepare to go home with and empty pocket and dirty feet!

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The square in front of the building, outside between WTC and Excelsior plaza had interesting black and white pavement in irregular pattern – good, because that makes it different from other urban squares and it is an interesting design from that point of view. Go to see, it catches the attention.

On the other side, I only took a glimpse into WTC mall. Like expected… they seemed to be luxury shops, so unless you're loaded see it fast and leave, it's not place to get hungry here nor to spend too much time if you don't need to buy anything. If you're interested, you can see two pics after the main one here, it actually doesn't look bad, haha.
Rest of the building which extends high above you will be offices.

Historic interest are Noon Day Gun, immortalized in a song by Noel Coward in his 1930s song about “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”, the historic gun is still fired everyday at noon. Cover your ears if you’re nearby. Victoria Park where early morning risers practice “tai chi chuan”. Shopping at Times Square, Jardine’s Bazaar and Jardine’s Crescent are an open-air market area, the ancient Tin Hau Temple located in the foothills to the south.

Personally, for me this is not my place to shop. Mostly filled with glamour malls such as lane crawford, where all the boutiques can found in causeway bay. However, if you have the time could drop by have a look to see the more up scale side of Hong Kong

This park was right next to where I lived and I walked through it often to Causeway Bay. It is the largest urban park in Hong Kong. In the mornings early when I went for a walk, you can see joggers running the paths and the older ones doing their Tai Chi on the open green spaces. There is a outdoor swimming pool and sports facilities. In the evening it becomes more of a romantic rendezvous for young couples.

On Sundays you can quite often see model boat enthusiasts out with the ‘toys’ on the small pond at the Causeway Bay end of the park. Also on Sundays the park is crowed with Filipino amahs and drivers who gather together to spend their days off eating, dancing and singing. Its quite lively but also very noisy. A statue of Queen Victoria stands here also.

Causeway Bay is a hugely popular area on Hong Kong Island brimming with department stores and shops, restaurants and bars and little side alley markets. Don’t stick to the main roads, in behind these are small shops with lots of bargains and unusual designs. You will also find the Noon Day Gun down on the shore by the Typhoon Shelter.

The Noon Day Gun is next to the waterfront on Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, this historical relic was immortalised in the song Mad Dogs and Englishmen written by Noel Coward.

The gun is fired every day at noon.