Apilu Street Flea Market, Geek Shopping
Apilu Street is located in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Apilu Street lies between Nan Cheong Street and Yen Chow Street and runs in parallel to Cheung Sha Wan Road. To get to Apilu Street is relatively easy, one needs to only get off at Sham Shui Po MTR Station and use exit C2 or A2 and come up straight to Apilu Street.
The Apilu Street Flea Market is a rather massive flea market and sells electrical parts, electronics and various other electronics related items. Both used as well as brand new items can be purchased at the Apilu Street Flea Market. A popular trend in the Apilu Street Flea Market is called Geek Shopping.
Nearby there lies the Golden Shopping Arcade which lies on the opposite side of cheung Sha Wan Road. The golden Arcade is famous for the sale of computer hardware and computer hardware related parts and merchandise, where as the Apilu Street Flea Market is popular for the sale of electronic components and related merchandise.
In Mandarin Apliu Street is called Hanyu Pinyin, but much of the population in Hong Kong speaks Cantonese. In Cantonese Apilu Street is called Jyutping. The Cantonese name for Apilu arrives from a village that once stood in the exact location of Apilu Street, but this village has since that time been buried under the modernization of Sham Shui Po.
After a rather tiring day at the Apilu Street Flea Market a good idea would be to try a Spa in Hong Kong. Chuan Spa Hong Kong is a good Hong Kong Spa.