Hong Kong photo round-up
One day I packed up my stuff, checked out of the Cosmic Guesthouse, and spent the morning on metro, bus and boat to reach the Bradbury Hall hostel, on the eastern side of the Hong Kong mainland. The hostel was booked completely, so I spent some time observing a mud flat: hermit crabs, normal crabs, and little mud skippers about the size of my pinky finger. At the hostel, I saw the biggest live spider I’ve seen in my life. Crazy wild (and not so wild) life!
It was a long and tiring hike back, but the views were great and the floating fish market back in Saikung was a nice reward (as were crackers and lychee juice by the waterfront).
From then on, my simple and rational life in Hong Kong involved staying up late watching Olympics an snacking on such gems of the orient as Lactic Fanta and Tim Tams. I made it out to Delifrance once or twice for sessions with a book, back to the food court for more croquette curry with CC Lemon, trips which sometimes involved a crowded subway.
One night in Lan Kwai Fong (look at the mainland tourists! and the Wellcome grocery store took RMB!) was enough to convince me that I’m not a bar person. I resisted any urge to place my bets, preferring to snap pics of tributes to a certain So Cal artist on Western Veggie Market Street and chat it up with the friendly girl at the Panic record shop.
This one’s for Helena: look, the girl in yellow is wearing wrestling shoes!
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