As part of my playing-tourist-in-Hong Kong plan, I’ve been visiting some old neighbourhoods in order to know another side of Hong Kong. On 29 May, I made my way to Tai Wo, an old neighbourhood in the New Territories. Tai Wo used to be one of the old market towns in Tai Po Town.


Another dimsumdolly and her ramen-loving friend – I found them in the shopping centre next to Tai Wo train station.


Tai Po Railway Museum – just about seven minutes’ walk from Tai Wo MTR station


Love these old light switches in the museum


Old signalling devices for the trains


Tunnelling back in time by sitting in an old train carriage. I should be wearing a cheongsam and I’d fit right into the setting!


The neighbourhood barber – many things still seem to have remained the same as they were decades ago.


The Fu Shin street market along Fu Shin street (富善街) – a street full of stalls selling food and other household items.


Old-style pyjamas and grannies panties. Heehee.


Coils of incense hang in the Man Mo Temple along Fu Shin street. From Wikipedia:
‘A Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu (文武廟) is a temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai (文帝) / Man Cheong （文昌） and the martial god Mo Tai (武帝) / Kwan Tai (關帝). The two gods were popularly patronised by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties.’


A shop specialising in clothing and accessories used in belly dancing (肚皮舞) – what are the odds of finding such a shop in such an obscure place???
Getting to Tai Wo: Take the East Rail Line (東鐵綫) – the line is coloured light blue on the Hong Kong MTR map.