Shopping in Hong Kong

Sometimes Hong Kong will feel like one giant shopping mall where everybody’s involved in an orgy of conspicuous consumption. Electronic gadgets, which no longer are as inexpensive as they were some years back, clothes, which still are, shoes, cool jade curios and jewellery and some pretty fantastic Chinese crafts are all available here.

Tsim Shat Sui and Causeway Bay are the main haunts. Stanley and Hollywood Road on Hong Kong Island are as well stocked with goods as they are with ambience. In the first shops stay open from 10 am to 10 pm, all seven days in the week, and in the second they are open from 10 am to 7 pm. Department stores are really pleasant experiences: browse, buy or just take a break, put your bags down and your feet up at their in-house coffee shops.

Street Markets are where all shopaholics should head – it will prove to be a serendipitous experience as one can pick up all kinds of bric a brac ranging from cheap tees to trendy handbags and much more. The popular markets are Ladies market at Mong Kok, Stanley market at Stanley and Jardine’s Crescent at Causeway. At these markets you can bargain all you like and come away with great deals.

Temple Street Night Market is place which offers all kinds of entertainment -from shopping for all kinds things like watches, old and DKNY t-shirts to Chinese fortune tellers, opera performances etc. The whole experience not only is mystifying but also satisfying!