In order to begin, I think I will describe my first impression. It is huge! Image the sky scrapers in NYC. then stretch them out in a huge horseshoe. Then clean them up. Then put cleaner water than the Hudson River in the horseshoe! Does that give you a picture? Then at night put colored moving changing lights!
We went up to what the call the “peak” at night and the city is very pretty at night from this top of a mountain. We also the same night saw what was referred Tia’s the nite light show. We didn’t get it, in fairness maybe there were clouds? But it looked like those lights in the sky looking for airplanes. We did see a few turn green and pulse and cross. Bottom line, I am not impressed. It was on the ave of stars like CA, same idea. It was mobbed with Chinese kids taking selfies everywhere. Get us out of here! The city lights are pretty I give them credit for the colors.
Wait there is more! Shopping! Think Macy’s and Bloomingdales, and Bergdoff goodman! Now take they top brands they carry and instead of putting them in a department store, create individual name brand stores, everywhere. Oh, and scatter Chinese food everywhere.
Oh I forgot the market. Stanley market. Think flee market only narrow aisles so two people can hardly pass! It is famous. I went and frankly I didn’t think much of it, but that said I only was there for 30 minutes and it goes on and on and on. So I saw a fraction of one street.
The place is in continue growth and development. The strangest thing is they use bamboo scaffolding to build. I am talking sky scrapers 80 floors tall! I wouldn’t stand on that!
The beliefs here are the Buddas. These people burn incense like crazy. The offer food, fruit, noodles, paper anything to the Budda. The temples are very pretty. We went to see the Budda in the sky. Think of the Jeus in Rio. Huge!
We went to eat lunch in a monastery. It was vegetarian so we ate 3 dishes of vegetables one was predominantly corn, one broccoli and one a book Choy mix. Then rice white, veggie spring rolls and something like a donut and tea. The we went to the temple, Budda of course. Wow was my reaction!
We also went to a fishing village on one of the islands. They live in conditions that are beyond slums. On boats, over water in hovels. It was awful. They eat dried fish which smelled worse.
It was a holiday for dragon boat races. So everywhere was packed. We ate a famous restaurant called jumbo. It is out on the water and you need to take a tender to it. It is emense. The boats are like a pencil stretch it out turn the ends up ever so slightly and put about 2 dozen rowers in it with oars going as fast as possible!
We did go to repulse bay and beach area. There it is very pretty the beach is funny because the Chinese typically don’t go in the sun. The crowd under trees and swim in shirts. Their skin is very fair and white. The housing is nice and new and the boats are rather yachts! Like anywhere there’s the very rich and the rest. The population is 7 million and on a small island they all don’t fit. so they build up. The buildings are very close and very tall. We did take a tram ride in the sky from the island to Hong Kong. It was very pretty and passed over a huge airport. The people are given 100 sq ft per person to live. Of, course they don’t own it. This is after all owned by the Chinese.
Hope you enjoyed the visit.
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