In the Land of Li Wai Kong

We arrived in Hong Kong after a tiring journey from Shanghai to a complete change in the weather. From 4 degrees and raining in Shanghai, to 24 degrees and sunny in Hong Kong was very strange!

So we were finally in the place that Mr Li Wai Kong, aka Jimmy Lee, aka the guy in the Village People Cop outfit above, had been selling to me for years.

After checking into our hotel, we set off to Happy Valley Racecourse. Whilst on one of the “rainy days” in Shanghai, we’d discovered that there was a floodlit horse race meeting happening on our first night in Hong Kong. We’d been aware of these race meetings for years, but never thought we’d get the chance to go ourselves, so grasped the opportunity with both hands.

It was very cheap to get in, being 10 HK$ each (less than £1), and was a good experience to do.

I’d also love to report that we made a fortune on the bets we placed.

I’d love to do this, but unfortunately we lost on every race we placed a bet on! Oh well!