Lyn (my boo) and I don’t normally add touristy areas to our list of places to visit when going overseas but considering that this one is somewhat unique we decided to go for it. Avenue of Stars, located at the Victoria Harbour, is modelled after Hollywood’s Walk of Fame giving it an Asian twist. Instead of featuring celebrities like Elvis Presley to Linda Evans, the Avenue of Stars fills their list with a number of Asian celebrities.
Left: John Woo | Right: Andy Lau
To tell you the truth, I was initially skeptical about the place. I mean how fantastic can it be? I have been to the Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and didn’t think it was that great. But considering we had time to kill in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, we headed there anyway.
Upon arriving, I was immediately captured by the Hong Kong landscape from the harbour. I can’t tell you how much I love how the sea nicely reflected the lit up buildings. Its one of those moments you wished you were heavily equipped with your DSLR, wide angel lens, tripod and IR trigger. I just had to make do with Lyn’s Panasonic DMC-FX-33…without the tripod. But the results were pretty good enough for me.
Nice eh? But you only get this at night..coz you know…lights and all… 
Another item that truly captured my attention was the Bruce Lee statue. I know I know…to you its Bruce Lee. But to me…”Woah!! Its freaking Bruce Lee man!!”. So after many attempts at trying to compose an photo of me and Bruce Lee we had to make do with this.
Look..its Bruce (freaking) Lee okay?
As the temperature drops further with the chill factor from the sea breeze, we quickly made our way to the MTR to warm up and head back to our hostel. There was much to do the next day. Leaving there, I felt that this place connects me more than Hollywood’s Walk of Fame…perhaps it being more Asian and all. Maybe..just maybe this is why I might have preferred Hong Kong than California.
So if you are hanging around Kowloon and have some time to kill at night. Head to the Avenue of Stars and bring your camera along and fire away. I love the skyline photos. Up next…how we celebrated our New Year’s Eve and 2nd year anniversary…
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Awesome photos – what a great NYE!
Hi Melissa, thanks for popping by again. It has been a while eh? Well actually our visit to the Avenue of Stars is not our NYE celebration. However, it should be up next