Cocktail Lounges--Although virtually all hotels in Hong Kong have cocktail lounges, I've limited my selection here to three with great views--since you're in one of the most romantically beautiful cities in the world, why settle for anything less?

Causeway Bay & Wan Chai--Wan Chai, once Hong Kong's most notorious nightlife scene for raunchy bars and prostitution, is back on the scene with a growing number of bars and erotic shows with female dancers, concentrated mostly on Lockhart and Luard roads.

Topless Bars & Hostess Clubs--Hong Kong's world of hostess clubs and topless bars has changed in the past 40 years. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Wan Chai was where the action was, buzzing with sailors fresh off their ships and soldiers on leave from Vietnam. Then, it was a world of two-bit hotels, raunchy bars, narrow streets, and dark alleyways where men came to drink and brawl and spend money on women.

Today, most of Wan Chai has become respectable (and a bit boring)--an area full of new buildings, mushrooming high-rises, and Hong Kong's expansive convention center. There is a small pocket of depravity, however, concentrated mostly on Lockhart and Luard roads and consisting of bars catering to young revelers and shows of erotic dancers. To be on the safe side, stick to the two longtime recommendations described. If you decide to explore on your own, be sure you know all the charges.