Flat warming in Tsim Sha Tsui.

At the the very south of the Kowloon peninsular, you'll find the area called Tsim Sha Tsui. Here just at the front to Victoria harbor with its famous view to the sky line of Hong Kong island, you are in one of the most busy and famous parts of Hong Kong.
The big avenue; Nathan road, divide the peninsular in an eastern and a western part, like a straight line from Prince Edward in the north and down to Salisbury road just at the Harbor front in the south, with Hong Kong Cultural center, the Art Museum, the Space center and the Famous Peninsular Hotel, the hotel where James Bond like to stay when he happens to be in Hong Kong. Tsim Sha Tsui is maybe on of the busiest parts of Hong kong and is an alternate fusion of different cultures, consumerism, Haut Coiture, cheap tackiness and Fine Art. Walking around the streets of this cultural melting pot, will give you a good picture of the latest development in Hong Kong and the brutality with which measures they are transforming the city so it fits into the picture of a modern world city ready for the 21 century. Old narrow streets and housing blocks gets wiped away to give space for huge modern finance - business centers, shopping malls and hotels. Behind the big main avenues, you'll still find some small narrow street with hundreds and hundreds of small shops offering everything from dried chinese herbs over hardware to high fashion. But not only from all these shops business is being done, here you' ll also meet the big army of copy salesmen, who -on street level- are trying their luck, offering copied brand watches and handbags to the big number of tourists exploring the area. Next to Wan Chai, Causeway bay and Central on Hong island, Tsim Sha Tsui is maybe also offering the best alternative to a fun night out, as here a various numbers of restaurants bars and pubs can be found.
To this place our friends Jason and Lesley has moved.(See former post; "Celebrating Lesleys B-day...") From the quite life on the country side in Sai Kung to the busy and noisy life in a flat in the middle of an area where the light is always on and the bars never close. From a view to the mountains to a view out onto huge commercials and neon signs.
Tuesday evening at 6 pm, they opened their flat for all interested and nosy friends, like me. After a gathering, some snacks and other refreshments in floating form in the flat they offered a guided tour around their new resident. It wasn't much of a tour though, just some steps forward; the kitchen, turn around -or go backwards- turn left; the guest bedroom, turn right one steps; the bedroom. 650 square feet, typical Hong Kong apartment, very nice and cosy. As it became too crowded, we all headed out in the busy evening light and life of TST (short form for Tsim Sha Tsui) for nachos and tacos at a mexican place around the corner and next to bars like; "The stags head, Whale pub, Drop Zone and Kangaroo pub. Just to make it clear to everybody and to avoid any misunderstandings; it wasn't going to be a late night as everybody had to go to work the next day so even we were at home at a decent time to rest for the next day and its tasks and duties. With this post I want to wish Lesley and Jason congratulations and all the best with their new home and I hope they will enjoy it and be happy there as well. And maybe friends could find a bed to sleep, if it should happen that one should get lost on the way between two pubs and home at a night out in TST, just a plain hypothetical thought.