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The Colours of Wanchai

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A customer with a satisfactory grin at the "Toy Street” of Waichai where shops selling cheap toys old and new franked the open-air market

I walked the NX10 (Did I think that it's a dog?) today in Wanchai, definitely one of my favourite district in Hong Kong.  It is a place filled with exotic yet modern atmosphere, always bustling with as many expats as locals for business in the western and eastern ways.  It is a place of colours, literally so (check open the photos to see'em in colour), mixed with new and really old things.

_SAM2725 (Medium) A typical side street in the district where you find surprises for food and shopping

 

_SAM2729 (Medium) The colour of these stalls gives this image a very atmospheric touch

 

_SAM2732 (Medium)Such a fairly pastel scene is not uncommon in Waichai, which I think is one of the elements making the place unique among all other areas

 

_SAM2724 (Medium) This is rather girly to me but very comfortable to look at


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 _SAM2686 (Medium)Waichai is a place to see old buildings; these ones are older than grandpas 

_SAM2727 (Medium)  Old but happy cake shop


_SAM2685 (Medium)A shot at the open-air market; there are several in Waichai in the side streets

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