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What I forgot and loved most about this visit was the overload of Hong Kong people thumping through the city's unique geography of half dilapidated: half bling streets.
Everywhere you go in Hong Kong it is crowded. Even as against other big Asian cities like Tokyo or Seoul Hong Kong somehow feels more. As though a human tap has just been turned on.
And this morass of people gives rise to beautiful, crazy situations such as an old woman under a bridge who you can go to when you want to curse someone (above) or wet markets nestled amongst the most expensive real estate on the world with the best produce I've ever come across (below).
It is the Philipino helpers who colonise the centre of Hong Kong on their one day off a week and who always seem to me like the most positive cheerful people in the city despite the racism and low pay they face.
I miss it. Which is kind of wonderful really as it is only a few hours away and an excuse can always be found.
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