Hong Kong has been a bit of a crazy place. The protesters have been here since I arrived and until I left. So everytime I leave my guest house the roads are filled with people chanting and a lot of times youll walk down a made road only for it to be blockaded by 100 policemen so you have to go back on yourself! Very annoying. It was mostly peaceful with people shuffling along a few steps then sitting down and putting their heads on the ground. There were a few occasions when it got nasty and loads of protestors attacked the police but they were well propared in all their right gear and beat them back with mace foam. Some guys I was hanging with in the hostel were unfortunate enough to get tear gassed! They were watching some of the protestors from a bridge and the rozzers lobbed in a few cans. When everyone else was running they were wondering what all smoke was before hitting the deck and choking. Was only pure chance that I didnt meet them in the hostel as I would have gone with them.
'When does McDonalds open, Im starving!'
Had some nice observations on Hong Kong. For one, they use bamboo for scaffolding and they build all the way up the side of massive skyscrapers! Doesnt look safe at all but I guess it works. Wandering round youll always run the risk of being surprised by a full lung full of what can only be described as raw sewage. Not want you need when your hung over. All the beggars have a curious way of getting on their hands and knees in the middle of the street and making small bowing movements wringing their hands as if they were in a trance. It can look quite pitiful what with everyone walking round them doing their xmas shopping oblivious to them. Other hightlights included a woman singing in the streets karaoke style on a smal mic and amp with a song list for you to pick out and pay her to sing. Dont know if they had 'Wonderwall' as the list was all in chinese. There were quite a few Koreans flying around at the time what with the protests and I decided that when they speak they sound like the crazy frog. Lots of stange rollings of the tounge, beeps and clicking noises. Quite bizzare. Finally, Hong Kong is absolutley frickin minted! The money flying round this place is obscene. Im told that where designers like Gucci and Prada may have one shop each in London and New York, they have 5 in Hong Kong. I suppose its the financial captial of the world with all the banks so I guess it makes sense. There are shopping malls everywhere. It also gave evidence to my theory that rich people are better looking as when you go out at night all the beautiful men and women were clearly loaded.
'Looks nice until you see the 'leccy bill'
The main place to go for nightlife is a place called Lan Kwai Fong which is a circular street section filled with loads of bars where most of the westeners go. It was always busy what with the build up to xmas and it has hindered most of my sightseeing in Hong Kong as I went out there most nights and didnt get back until 6am which meant I was in bed during the day. At one point I hadnt seen daylight for 4 days! Oh well, much fun was had. It was pretty expensive for booze so we all bought cans from the 7-11 and drank in the street with loads of others until going to the bars later (What a bunch of pikey traveller scumbags!).
'Me and Frank Skinner'
And also, 'Random Uses of English' fans, they have they're own wonderful slant on this. On my wanderings around I managed to get some snaps of places that obviously didnt translate too well (well not to a child like me anyway). Highlights included
'Gaylord Commercial building'
Ladys clothes shops 'Wanko':
and my personal favourite:
Fantastic. Watched King Kong (in Hong Kong, chuckle) which is a quite stupendously over the top and incredible film. Cant even begin to think how they made a film like that. Well its Sunday and all I have is a lovely hangover before my trip to Thailand tomorrow......duh duh DUH!
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