When you reach Queen's Road, turn left and continue along it until you come to the Old Wan Chai Post Office standing on the left above Queen's Road. It was built in 1915 on the site of a forty-seat public latrine and is now used as the Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre. Outside in the courtyard the tree nearer the Post Office is a camphor tree and the other a mango tree.
Spring Garden Lane leads off the right side of Queen's Road just before you come to the Hopewell Centre. It was so called after a house, which is described in a sales brochure dated 1845 as follows: 'A large three storied house with capacious godowns (see Glossary), offices, coach house, stables and outhouses with ornamental grounds. The courtyard contains a fine well of spring water with a powerful iron pump ... The sewerage is extensive and effective' At the lower end of Spring Garden Lane was the sea wall and praya. Some of the smartest of the early residences were built along here facing the sea. If you walk down this lane you will find the market extending down the second lane to the left. Continuing on along Spring Garden Lane, you will find on the right a shop with live snakes in its window. It sells snake soup and is well patronized as soon as the weather turns cool, as snake meat is well known for its ability to heat the body.