Time Square, HK

5th April, midday HKT.

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April 5th 2006
I wake at midday, well rested and still not in synch with local time - a good job I didn’t have to work today! My shower sounds like a bow continuously drawn over a violin string, with the note decided by the temperature (I settled on a comfortably cool D-flat). There’s no need to dry my hair, since a walk around Victoria park does that quite comfortably for me, delaying the effects of heat ex ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more