Since the Fair doesn’t open till 1 o’clock, I thought I would explore a bit of Hong Kong I don’t already know, helped by the invaluable Neighbourhood Walks at the back of Monocle Guides.

Tai Hang is basically just a small grid of streets just above what was the old shore line which gives a feel for what Hong Kong must have been like in the early post-war period, still densely packed, less prosperous, with small backstreet industries.

I started at the local temple:-

Otherwise, I just wandered around as none of the coffee shops were yet open:-