Zig-zag like a Hong Konger


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January 18th 2012
Published: February 24th 2012
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Hong Kong is definitely one of our favourite cities, so we have decided to blog about this visit as we haven’t published a blog for years on Hong Kong and we have quite a few pictures from our different visits which we have added to this blog. As much as we love HK, we don’t love the fact that at certain times of the year it gets really, really cold. Apologies to those of you in the UK and Eu... Read Full Entry



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Happy Valley RacecourseHappy Valley Racecourse
Happy Valley Racecourse

Strange CNY dress-up stuff going on, people were having their photos taken with these ladies!
Bank of China buildingBank of China building
Bank of China building

...apparently built with these angles to send bad feng shui to their nearby competitors!
HSBC buildingHSBC building
HSBC building

Underneath there is a huge camp of protestors. They even have a library, they have been there that long.



24th February 2012

My feeling is that you've toned this down - it is far worse than this in mainland cities those people are so very uncivil - you left out that even single walkers will snap their heads sideways to pretend they do not see you. You're supposed to think, oh my god, they are gonna run into me! I better move! Nope. I carried my bag in front of me and let them smack into it. The bag also helped me get off the Line One subway in Beijing.
24th February 2012

Nice blog! I've been wanting to visit Hong Kong for years, still haven't made it. Maybe next year. The zig-zagging was something I experienced in Bulgaria especially, for some reason. It is indeed very infuriating, I can perfectly relate to your sentiments. Cheers, Jens

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