2308 - Hong Kong, China

Andrew sent me a tourist card of a street in the Wan Chai District 灣仔區 of Hong Kong 香港.

The Wan Chai District has 153 000 people and is a very affluent district of Hong Kong. Twenty percent of residents have liquid assets of HKD$1 million. The district is considered to be the heart of Hong Kong and represents the epitome of the Hong Kong lifestyle. It has a well established art centre, large exhibition and conference complexes, luxury apartments, five-star hotels, shopping malls, metropolitan office towers, and a large government building cluster.

Wan Chai also has a mosque and several cemeteries of different faiths. The noisy district is 5 minutes away from Bowen Drive, which is popular
with politicians, movie stars, and government officials who go for a jog or a walk.

Wan Chai also has a great number of bars and strip joints in its red light district. It is a popular place for tourists and USN sailors.

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