Hong Kong 7s and more...

Star Ferry for old times sake

Temple in Stanley

Gavin and Barbara

Hong Kong Stadium

You don't go to Hong Kong for 5 days to behave yourself. You definitely don't go to Hong Kong over Sevens weekend to behave yourself.

It's been 10 years since our last visit; did it take us that long to recover?

We arrived on Tuesday 4th April from Taipei. 

Once again we lucked out with our choice of hotel. Sohotel in the trendy Soho area, conveniently located 5 minutes from the MTR and a short  a walk from Lan Kwai Fong (LKF -infamous nightlife area in HK.)

The check in girl warned us that the room we had booked was small; ( did we want to upgrade to something bigger? )and she wasn't joking! It was well designed though, very modern and according to Neil just suitable for sleeping between parties! We got breakfast delivered to our room every day and stored our big suitcases in the left luggage room downstairs. After a wander around Central to refamiliarise ourselves with downtown Hong Kong, we went to Suzanne and Dag's apartment for dinner. It was fabulous to catch up after so long. And they have the most amazing art collection in their home...

On Wednesday we caught the MTR over to Kowloon to shop in Mong Kok and beyond. We met up with Krissie in LKF in the evening to hang out on the verandah of Zinc Bar, drink loads of SB and watch the party unfold in the street. We made friends with waiter Brian from Nigeria. ( how come all the bouncers and lots of the male bar staff in LKF are West African? )

On Thursday we were back in Tsim Sha Tsui and Central for more shopping. We met Barbara and Gavin in Wanchai ( another Hong Kong nightlife hot spot )in the evening for drinks at their local bar, Indian at their local restaurant and whisky at their local hotel, followed by live Ska music at The Wanch( they deny it's their local dive but they looked pretty at home! )

On Friday we headed out to Stanley ( for more shopping) and Ubered our way through vast amounts of traffic to the Hong Kong Stadium for the 7s in the late afternoon. So much fun. Followed by Thai food and beer at a local food stall with Gavin and Barbara and more party in LKF.

It's getting progressively harder to wake up each morning but we do make it back to the Sevens and Boerwors Corner by 11.30am. The Blitzbokke do us proud and the Saffers all around us get happier and happier.

After the games are done,we have to cool off with beer at a food stall before heading across to Wanchai with Dave and Krissie to Cinta- J for the best Philipino roast pork dinner ever. The live band are doing amazing covers of all our favourite ( how did they know?) songs and everyone in the place sings along and dances between mouthfuls of food and beer. This is way better than any karaoke can be!

On Sunday we meet Dave and Krissie for a Sunday roast at the Globe in Soho to see the Bokke lose in the finals before pouring ourselves into an Uber to the airport.