Stationery Expedition

I decided to go examine the local stationery offerings at shops reported to stock Platinum Preppy fountain pens. I find that this type of expedition is usually better conducted solo so as to avoid any guilt for other people's boredom or excessive walking. And there was excessive walking. First off, I took a bus from Kennedy Town (these placenames don't seem to mean much when they roll into one urban mess) to Upper Happy Valley. With my body not being satisfied with staying awake, I ended up at... Upper Happy Valley.

The map showed some hope of salvaging the situation with a dotted line connecting up to another road which would see me to the first shop. //Hong Kong maps need contour lines

Well... this happens to be the dotted line:

Not very well signed and random ruins. There were multiple paths and it seems more like a drain maintenance access network. The path up did follow a drain at a delightful 60 degree angle. Pictures are kinda useless in those situations though.

Having made it to the top, the road was pretty much downhill... but with not so many footpaths and a lot of buses. I took this shot while on a no-footpath/warning landslide part of the road:

I think that's lawn bowls in the middle there.
Anyway, a random middle-aged lady asked me whether I was going to Country Park or something - she saw my map. I was detained and interrogated for about five minutes before proceeding downhill.

Anyway, here's all the good stuff:

A4 seems like a nice combination of side-click and generous eraser.
A5;A6 are all "so soft that the rubber dust sticks together" kind of eraser.

B1 combines two gel pens with a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. The pens are nice but the pencil does wobble a bit.

On another note, my shoes stink from not drying after the steeplechase (five days ago). =/