Traveling in the west of Wanchai, one may unknowingly enter into Causeway Bay, a popular nightlife and dining area favored by locals.

Deriving its name from the fact that it used to be a bay, Causeway Bay, which is thoroughly earth-based after reclamation in 1950s, now serves as a colorful and attractive district packed with shops and restaurants.

The main interest in Causeway Bay is definitely shopping and consumption. Most of the boutiques and department stores stay open late into the evening, when the district is aglow with neon and alive with people. If you are interested in shopping, be sure to check out the ultra-modern Times Square, the Japanese department stores and boutiques of Fashion Walk, where can meet your need by the greatest extent.

The eastern part of Causeway Bay is dominated by Victoria Park, a surprisingly extensive patch of green grass by Hong Kong's standards, which contains a swimming pool and other sports facilities. Down at the southeastern corner of the park is the two-hundred-year-old Tin Hau Temple, a rather dark, gloomy place surrounded unhappily by high-rises. Tin Hau is the name given locally to the Goddess of the Sea, and her temples can be found throughout Hong Kong, normally in prominent positions by the shore where they were frequented by fishermen and sailors.

The low-lying area, extending inland from the shore south of Wanchai and Causeway Bay, is famous known as Happy Valley, a place for the people in Hong Kong to hold their favored gambling action - horse-racing.

Happy Valley Racecourse, which dates back to 1846, was for most of Hong Kong's history the only one in the territory, until a second course was built at Shatin in the New Territories. Each time during the racing season which runs from September until June, the whole Hong Kong is extremely excited by this kind of gambling activities. Hopeful punters swarm into Happy Valley Racecourse to view the horse-racing. Before having a flutter, some of them even go to the temple to pray for the good luck. If you're interested in witnessing the madness, entrance to the public enclosure is just HK$10.