Night Out

Last night we met up with our friend Sanoop to show us around town. First we headed down to the Happy Valley Race Track, a huge mile-long loop of grass in downtown Hong Kong. Crowds of well dressed ex-pats stood around, filling out betting cards and drinking beer. I tried my luck on some long shots, lost both times, but had a great view of the horses thundering by.


After, we rode a tram over to SoHo. Does every big city have a SoHo? This particular district was perched on the foothills of the mountains, narrow streets filled with restaurants and bars, lots of them western themed (italian, mexican, irish pubs, etc). The unique part was a series of outdoor escalators that ran up the steep slopes!



We ate at a little restaurant that served Manchurian-style Chinese cuisine (northern china bordering Mongolia / Siberia). Instead of rice and seafood, this was more of a meat and potatoes place. We had some excellent dishes: lamb leg, sautéed eggplant, pork dumplings and a spicy bean curd.

We finished off the night climbing down a few tiered levels to a street with some chill lounges and nightclubs. We sat around, sipping cocktails, chatted it up with some of Sanoop's friends (on the topic of Hollywood films and the Oscars, no less).


Thanks again Sanoop for a great night out on the town ;)

This morning was a little cloudy and ultra-humid, but we toughed it out and decided to go for a run in Victoria Park, dodging all the retired folks practicing Tai Chi.

A few minutes left to pack up the hotel, then its off to Australia tonight!

-A note on the face masks from the previous post: Sanoop explained that people weren't wearing them to keep *out* the germs, but out of courtesy because they were sick.