Growing Old in Style - Riding the Ding Dings (Trams) and Causeway Bay Presents "The Force Awakens"

Growing Old in Style – Riding the Ding Dings and Causeway Bay Presents “The Force Awakens”

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First editors note: apologies I haven’t written this for two weeks. Real world issues are weighing heavily in life, and also… Do you how hard it is to do YouTube videos????

With my batteries recharged and my body on some sort of time zone (which one is still up for debate), I headed out for the morning.

One of my co-workers suggested I head to Causeway Bay as there was some Lego related items on show.

Well, I can’t resist when there’s Lego. When this is combined with Star Wars (and The Force Awakens), it’s got to be done.

After riding the MTR to Causeway Bay, I headed out to be confronted with an X-Wing at Time Square.

Poe Dameron’s T-70 X-Wing… BB-8 is there *somewhere*.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker and Yoda.

Grand Moff Tarkin, Darth Vader and the ever smug General Veers.

Ah. The Droids I was looking for. C-3PO and R2-D2 (no BB8 sadly).

Leia, Chewie and Han.

Aren’t these guys a little short to be Stormtroopers?

The Emperor arrives at ~~Hong Kong~~ Causeway Bay

Attack on Hoth!

After oogling at some Lego for a bit, I explored the area a bit, before heading back towards Central to jump on the MTR back to Kowloon and the Ladies Market.

Now I could had taken the MTR to get there… but why do that when there’s a perfectly good tram system?

Here’s my vlog to riding the DingDings!

Hong Kong trams are amazingly simple to use – costing a grand total of HK$2.30. For those who work in other currencies, HK$2.30 works out around 21p, US$0.30, €0.27.

In other words – cheap.

Remember – you pay when you get off the tram with either cash (in the form of coins as an exact fare) or with an Octopus Card with credit loaded with it.

If you want a slice of life, sit on the bottom deck of the Tram. If you want to see the sights – head to the top deck.

Here’s some views from the trams (taken on two trips)

Heading into Wan Chai

South Des Voeux Road

I love this shot

The Bank of China and the skyscrapers of Central.

Back in Wan Chai!

Junctions everywhere – near Causeway Bay.

Trams everywhere…

As well as the locals cyclists who use the tram lines as cycle lane.

At the end of my first trip on the trams, I though my coat had gone walks. The exact thoughts going through my mind were “oh no, not again”.

There was another matter too – I would be leaving Hong Kong with a hell lot more stuff than I brought with me (some items for my co-workers had bumped up my luggage considerably).

I needed a cheap bag, and a cheap coat. I headed off the tram at Central, and to the MTR for my next adventure – The Ladies Market at Mong Kok.

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Growing Old in Style – Riding the Ding Dings (Trams) and Causeway Bay Presents “The Force Awakens”

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