Street Smart
Street Smart
This is a list of some of the more amusing names of streets in Hong Kong.
The names are real, but the explanations are highly dubious. I've managed to collect the best of the lot, though I have left out the ones that sounded really dirty. And don't ask; you'll just have to use your imagination.
Butts Avenue
The place to find fine fannies.
Chik Shun Street
The place where men go to get away from their nagging wives or girl friends. Or both.
Cleverly Street
Named for that famous singing duo from the 50s, the Cleverly Brothers.
Cliff Road
One-way only. Watch that last 90 degree turn.
Comfort Terrace
Some places in Asia use the word comfort to identify the washroom. Bring an umbrella.
Creasy Road
Hadn't been ironed properly after the asphalt was laid.
Ham Tin Street
Where all the canned ham in the world is packaged.
Hang Yiu Street
Very unfriendly. Name posted as a warning to foreign devils.
Hong King Street
Noisiest spot in Hong Kong.
In Mi Lane
Mostly populated by wayward Rastafarians.
Ki Ling Lane
A place to avoid at all costs.
Lee King Street
Bring rubber boots.
Lung On Street
Where the air is so dirty, you'll cough up at least one.
Man Hang Street
Where you end up when you can't pay your gambling debts.
Man Sing Street
Home to Chinese Opera stars.
Narcissus Path
Popular and heavily travelled. Soon to be upgraded to Narcissus Highway.
Po Man Street
Home to Hong Kong's former tycoons.
Rehab Path
Filled with recovering smack-heads that'll roll you for loose change so they can get their government-supplied $2 methadone shot.
Sik On Street
Once a vast and notorious black spot, filled with unlicensed cooked-food hawkers.
Tung On Street
Site of many triad humiliations. As punishment for transgressions, offenders were made to lick the road clean.
Wan King Path
Like Lovers Lane, but for the especially lonely.
Welfare Road
Only used by employees of the Social Welfare Department. Avoided by everyone else.
Wo Shing Street
The cleanest street in Hong Kong. Maybe in Asia.
Yu On Street
The Bermuda Triangle of Hong Kong. Many lost tourists, upon asking a local where they Hell they were, have heard this in reply.