JUL 13, 15 .. ONE SUNDAY IN HONG KONG CENTRAL ..

When it comes to the very heart of the Central Business District (CBD) of Hong Kong .. Chater Road is one of the three major roads running east and west. 

For the sake of simplicity I will not get into Des Voeux and Connaught Roads that sandwich Chater Road between the two of them. Nor will I go into Pedder and Ice House Streets that run north and south.

Stepping out above and looking down Chater Road to the right.

On this very special Sunday .. To Chater Road and the Hong Kong CBD I am going to add the Hong Kong Central MTR Station and THAT crowd.

So in a generic sense .. the Hong Kong CBD is busy on Sundays.

A Sunday or two ago I was just minding my own business heading to the Hong Kong Central Library to work on the internet.

Do you see the library below. Use the above photo to find it. The below photos were taken looking west up Connaught Road at the east end of the library. The first photo below shows just a sliver of the dark window wall face of the library you see above.

I am also showing you Connaught Road a major road in the CBD of Hong Kong.

Below .. pretty much straight ahead .. you see only the plain flat white east end of the library. It is to the left and above the Blue Parking Lot symbol.

Chater Road is parallel and to the left of Connaught Road above. 

Suddenly I looked up as I was about to cross Chater Road and WOW .. 

What is happening here?

Will you just look at all of the colors and the happy people!

Notice in the above four photos the elevated walkway above Chater Road connecting the buildings on either side of it.They are real landmarks in downtown Hong Kong.

The first photo below shows the beginning of Chater Road.

Below you can clearly see the two elevated overhead walkways across Chater Road.

A night view of the overhead walkways.

Back into the daylight!

Inside of the first and the western-most walkway looking down on Chater Road.

Looking at Chater House from within the walkway.

Back down on Chater Road.

Above you can see that on a normal weekday you do NOT see what you see below!

Colors and more colors and more smiling happy people!

Below notice The CHANEL logo on the right.

The next three photos show the building on a weekday. It is a real landmark in the Central Business District of Hong Kong.

Take a good look at the yellow crosswalk above on our sunny gorgeous Sunday.

Below you see quite a different scene of the same crosswalk.

And back we come to Chater Road on our one special Sunday.

Everyone seemed to like having me shoot their photograph!

And we have arrived at .. taa-daa .. THE STAGE!

Looking west up Chater Road with the stage at my back.

Sports Fans .. I do NOT want to mislead or to lead-you-astray into believing that this was some serene and quiet little Sunday in the Park! 

OH NO .. I EMPHASIZE that there was a LOT of music BLASTING AWAY at this shindig!

The crowd was good natured and loving each and every minute of the fun.

Ah-h-h Chater Road in the heart of the Hong Kong Central Business District.

IF .. but it will come to happen I am sure .. so I will say .. 

WHEN .. I leave Hong Kong .. it will be a real WHEW .. I sure will miss you !

I am indeed one very fortunate individual to be living here in Hong Kong for this one moment in time! Thank You Oh God Of Abraham!

Smiles .. Cap in Hong Kong ..

Captain!  IF you keep throwing Posts like this one up .. People are actually going to think that you know what you are doing!

FEB 1, 15 .. SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IN THE UNITED STATES !!

I stress the words in THE UNITED STATES !!

In Hong Kong .. As I watch the game it will be Monday Morning the 2nd of February. 

Game time kickoff is 7:30AM in Hong Kong.

I purchased a ticket reserving me a seat in THE SAINT .. a Sports Bar .. to watch the game for $220 Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) which is $28.57 U.S.

I was thrilled with this deal and quite frankly I would quite willingly have paid considerably more money for this fantastic opportunity!

After I submitted my on-line application (I was lucky to get one of the very last vacancies) and paid my money (PayPal) and joined the Hong Kong American Football League (GOOGLE it at .. www.hkafl.com) and was formally signed up .. I found out that my entrance fee entitles me to a BREAKFAST BUFFET and MANY other goodies! 

Captain that sentence above is quite a sentence. Some child in India or elsewhere trying to improve their English must be thinking the same thing!

SUCH A DEAL MISTER ALEX BERRIMAN!!  

Today I walked to the venue so .. Yes Captain? 

There will be NO DRAMA tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock when I plan to head for the venue. 

I used Google Maps to find THE SAINT which is located in SOHO ..

One of the very IN-CROWD Districts here in Hong Kong.

Finding it was a bit of a job and involved an ENORMOUS uphill walk.

Let me try to show you what I mean. We are going to start out at Queen's Road Central located in the Central Business District of downtown Hong Kong.

Where Peel Street comes down the hill and intersects with it. 

My 'landmark' tomorrow morning is shown below ..

I found THE SAINT using Google Maps.  Google Maps led me along a completely different route than you will see here.  This is because once I found THE SAINT and was ready to return to my studio apartment .. I simply began to walk continually down hill and I found a far more direct route which is the route I photographed below.

We will head up the hill towards the CIRCLE K sign.

As we go up the hill .. I will also show you the view back down the hill as well. I hope this does not confuse you. Doing this shows you much more detail of the walk.

Below is a close-up look at the shop up the hill above on the right.

Chinese New Year is coming!

As you all may have noticed .. I am NOT telling you the photo above looks up hill and the photo below looks downhill. It seems obvious to me. JUST ENJOY the sights of an inner city Hong Kong side street!

Oh yes and up we continue!

In the above photo we are looking down Peel Street.  We have now finally come to the uppermost point on Peel Street that we are going to walk to.

In the below photo we have turned 90 degrees to our right from the above photo and we are now looking in the below photo up ELGIN STREET the street that THE SAINT is located on further up Elgin Street on the right hand side.

In the below photo we have turned around 180 degrees from the above photo and are looking back down Elgin Street. To retrace our photo shoot coming up Peel Street from Queen's Road Central you just go to the end below .. turn right and walk down Peel Street. As you can see below Peel Street continues up hill!

Notice IF you will the uphill slope of Peel Street below!  This steady uphill grind really took its toll on yours truly!

Up Elgin Street we continue.

Looking back down Elgin Street at Peel Street in the distance.

Up Elgin Street we continue. Below on the right further up Elgin Street do you see the yellow sign in the distance? THE SAINT is just past the yellow sign.  You can see this yellow sign five photos below.

Peel Street recedes into the distance below.

We turn around above and we have arrived at THE SAINT.

Once we got up Peel Street and turned onto Elgin Street I believe that you can see the upscale nature of this part of the SOHO District in Hong Kong Central.

The time has come to go inside of THE SAINT and see where I will be tomorrow morning watching the Super Bowl.

Of course I have no idea of where exactly I will be sitting but this will give you all some idea of the venue where I will be enjoying the Super Bowl.

When I got back to 23 Mercer Street I was so tired out from the above walk that I lay down and I slept for two hours. It does not look like much of a walk but it is all uphill after you leave Queen's Road Central and start up Peel Street.

HAPPY HAPPY SUPER BOWL SUNDAY TO YOU ALL .. MAY YOUR TEAM BE THE WINNER.

I AM FEELING SO MUCH JOY AND SO MUCH GRATITUDE!!

CAP ..

IF you would have told me five hours ago that I was actually going to launch this Post I would have told you NO WAY. But here it is.