Sunday, July 5, 2009

Hong Kong

Hong Kong feels much more like a western city than any of the other megatropolises we've visited in China -- all skyscrapers and rush, not as much green. So far, the prices seem to be fairly Western as well.

We are going semi-guideless; we left Gloria in Shanghai, where she will return to her husband in Beijing and sleep for a week. [There are travel restrictions for mainland citizens coming to Hong Kong.] Our local guide Pattie met us at the airport and was supposed to give us a half-day tour yesterday and a half day today; we postponed because of the rain, and today we're scheduled for a full day of the standard tour sights -- Victoria Peak, Stanley Market, Aberdeen. Then tonight and tomorrow are completely unscheduled; I'm hoping to make it to a museum or two. Then Pattie will bring us back to the airport day after tomorrow.

It's hard to blog without pictures. I'll probably report this tonight with all the pictures that are only on the laptop and in my head...

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