I’m getting a bit paranoid about people who walk and text at the same time, especially here in Hong Kong where the streets can often be awash with people.
This guy just stopped abruptly mid sentence as it were and I just cannoned into him.
He then glared at me as though it was my fault. Grrrr!
Away from the quite westernised part of Hong Kong island where I am staying, across the harbour on the Kowloon peninsular is Mongkok, a hive of shopping and eating activity, mainly for the Chinese.
Entire streets are closed off to accommodate a vast street market where anything and everything is on sale from Chinese New Year decorations
to fake handbags,
the inevitable mobile phone accessories and some rather strange looking ladies underwear
And just around the corner in Nathan Road, every other shop seems to be selling jewellery, a lot of which appealing only to a certain market!
If the endless round of shopping is ever tiring, a good foot massage would probably do the trick – there’s a big choice.
I think something may have got lost in the translation of this optician.
As an escape from the fevered shopping experience of Mongkok, I took the Mass Transit’s newly opened underground line to the residential area of South Horizon on Aberdeen island. The contrast was extraordinary
with residential skyscrapers replacing commercial ones.
This conurbation just around the corner from Aberdeen harbour
is home to some 34 apartment blocks some of which rise up to 42 storeys tall and many with superb views of the outlying Hong Kong islands.
About 32,000 folk live here in almost serene calmness in comparison with the frantic pace of life a mere 10 minute underground ride away.
I think I have done more sightseeing in Hong Kong over the last few days than I did in all the years I was doing business here but that’s it. I’m off to another favourite haunt tomorrow – Bangkok -which I sincerely hope will be cheaper than here. £5.50 for a pint of Carlsberg is just a bit OTT I think.
Phileas
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