Wandering Through Wan Chai
Lonely Planet Asia|July 2017

Wandering Through Wan Chai

Akanksha Nair
Wandering Through Wan Chai
 Past the overwhelming expanse of Hong Kong Central, the bustling central business district of the country, the Wan Chai metropolitan area within the larger Wan Chai district is nestled conspicuously in Hong Kong Island, surrounded by popular areas like Victoria Harbour, Happy Valley, and Causeway Bay. This commercial district was one of the first to be developed in Hong Kong, and continues to be a bustling metropolis that exists alongside its reputation of being one of the island’s raging party districts.

Today, the district finds itself being given a new breath of life, with urban renewal projects sprouting up to reconstruct the urban decay that the district has been facing. Wan Chai has hence become an enticing symphony of the old and the new. Hong Kong’s well-connected transport system makes navigation fairly easy. This includes a comprehensive MTR (Mass Transit Railway) network, taxis that are easy to hail, as well as the quaint Hong Kong Tramways.

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