As local people would know, Happy Valley is largely a residential area, tucked away from the noise and people of densely populated retail district like Causeway Bay. Geographically, it is a valley, flanked on three sides with hills and plenty of greens.
why it was named as "Happy" Valley, am still trying to dig it out, but legend has it that when the British first took over the island, British soldiers tried to camp at this valley, which used to be a marsh land, and little did they know then that a lot of toxic gas was emitted from the swamps, huge casualties! eventually, the marshland was cleared and settlements were built and in order to wipe off the memory of the incidience, the place was named as "Happy Valley".
nowadays, the swamps were all gone, and thks to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley is perhaps the only district on this island that has a vast open space with sports fields, garden, jogging trails, occupying the area circumscribed by the horse racing tracks.
plenty of nice restaturants too, and the recently opened Jockey, a Pub close to the tram station is a nice, comfortable place where you can have your brunch leisurely, enjoying over a pint, and lazily watching people walking by...
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