I am posting this from Singapore.
On the way here, I spent a 9 hour layover in Hong Kong. I was last there in 1988, so thought it would be cool to see how it had changed. And WOW, has it ever!
When I was there back then, Hong Kong was the first place I visited as I traveled solo across Asia. It was foreign, confusing, had NO English and smelled like Chinese 5 spice. It was the first place I had ever seen beggars with deformities.
Well now, HK has english signs everywhere, directing you to any landmark you might like. The people speak english. There is a mass transit system that takes 24 minutes from the airport to downtown. The people seem to be from all over the world, not only China. It was modern and clean, and lots of new construction.
I especially liked the advertising for all sorts of things.
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| winging into Hong Kong |
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| Hong Kong |
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| easy peasy! English signs pointing your way to any landmark |
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| Hong Kong |
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| hangover from SARS and H1N1 |
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| view from Victoria Peak |
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| slope stability works |
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| more slope stabilisation stuff |
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| lion statue |
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| me, on Victoria Peak |
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| No Smoking lion |
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| found a display about dim sum. THis kid REALLY likes it |
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| cleaning the photo display |
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| I was highly disturbed by how much this child enjoys meat balls |
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| is it a cloud? |
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| I have NO idea why the Marriott chose to advertise with a spider as big as a pillow |
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| Victoria Peak tram |
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| Hong Kong |
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| will be sterilised every 2 hours? A method of money laundering? |
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| Hong Kong skyline from the Star Ferry |
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| and now we know what Clark Kent wears |
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| food experimentation in HK. Had to wait for the mochi to thaw for 20 mins. Tasty, but :( |
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| skyline on Tsim Sha Sui side, HK harbour |
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| construction on reclaimed land |
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