Golden Week in Hong Kong
October 6th 2011 October first is China's National Day and the entire first week is referred to ask "Golden Week" and most people get the entire week off. I went to Hong Kong for a few days.
The day I left Guangzhou, Hong Kong was hit with a category 8 typhoon which shut the city down. So upon my delayed arrival I discovered that the metro was half empty and there was no wait at restaurants or coffeesho
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