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Kowloon & Hong Kong Island
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Seat 30B on one of these was my home the two times I flew into Hong Kong, once from Dubai and once from Delhi. The mountains in the background put Hong Kong on the list of cool airports to fly into, along with Anchorage and Boston. (Photo copyright Cathay Pacific) |
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Hong Kong is no longer the world's busiest container port (it is now #2 to some Chinese port), but the water traffic around the city is of comparable scale to Hong Kong's human traffic--it's crowded! Modern barges loaded with shiny containers, old junks with tires hanging off the side, and even an old Chinese fishing boat or two use the waterways around Hong Kong. |
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This building was most interesting architecturally. To me, it looks like a candy bar coming out of a wrapper. |
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Hong Kong's answer to Times Square. This fake Times Square doesn't have the cool Cup-o-Noodles soup with the steam coming off the top like our real Times Square does! |
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Hong Kong does trump San Francisco here: they have both double-decker busses AND double-decker trolleys. This picture is not warped! |
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A leisurely game of soccer in a park on Hong Kong island. |
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"If a sign says don't feed the animals, go ahead and feed 'em. Wasn't the animals that put that sign here." --Forrest Gump |
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Nathan Road in Kowloon--the Chinese version of the Las Vegas strip--lights up at night in a sea of neon signs reaching all the way across the road. |
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Local entrepreneurs set up digital cameras on tripods at night in Kowloon on the promenade overlooking Hong Kong island and "sell" digital pictures of people standing in front of the amazing skyline. The yellow-colored building in the top photo changes color to green and magenta. |
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A children's carnival was in town the day I left. The carnival featured a magic show, puppets, singing, and dancing. This group was, I presume, performing a traditional dance. A fellow in black (center of the lower picture) was the ringleader while others in black pounded Rubbermaid buckets and metal disks. The girls in green chanted, although I couldn't determine exactly what. |
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