A few weeks ago, we ventured to Hong Kong for the weekend. Hong Kong is a great city and completely different than Shanghai.
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| Looking to Hong Kong Island. |
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| The Clock Tower on Kowloon Island. |
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| Looking to Hong Kong Island during the evening light show. |
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| Hong Kong Island. |
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| Kowloon Island. |
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| Hong Kong Island. |
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China. It was a British colony until 1997, at which point it went back to China under a "one country, two systems" type policy, meaning that it has a different political system than mainland China. It is about 430 square miles and has a population of 7 million people, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Oddly enough, even though Shanghai's population is between 4 - 6 times the population of Hong Kong, it felt VERY crowded.
In addition, Hong Kong is a vertical city - with all of those people and little land, everything goes up - add to the fact that its a mountainous island, and EVERYTHING goes up.
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| Hill in the back of a building at Victoria's Peak. |
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With high humidity and rainforest like conditions, the paved walkways
are slippery. And, you know my balance isn't so great... |
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| In concrete jungles, you gotta do what you gotta do with doggie doo. |
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Hills, hills, and more hills...these stairs/ladders are for
'slope maintenance.' |
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| Jeff hoofing it up one of the many hills. |
Since Hong Kong is only a little over a 2-hour flight, we knew we'd be there a couple of times, so we set out to explore the different parts of the city. Later in the year...when it is a bit cooler, we'll head back to do some hikes and exploring.
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If you'll notice, it is 7am and 'feels like' 97 degrees.
It. Was. Awesome. |
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Hong Kong is a funny city. "Please mind your head!! If you're a
full grown pygmy!" |
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