Photo Update: Hong Kong
We continue:
On the Airport Express train heading down to Kowloon Island. Amazing hills sticking out of the sea. The huge tower blocks (increasing in density) are the first sign of the absolute bonkers-ness of the place:
Street scene. Serviceable sample photo of bonkers-ness mentioned.
Down on the Waterfront. The low cloud and mist only added to the spectacle:
In contrast, the ‘court’ of our (Budget Chinese) Hotel:
Bamboo scaffolding IN EFFECT. It’s used everywhere, we even saw some roughly 200 metres up a tower block on the edge of town.
Yes, we’re immature.
Escalators up the hill on Hong Kong Island:
You better recognise the poad. Whatever it actually meant.
The tram track upto Victoria peak:
Looking back down:
View of the City/islands from the top:
Proof that Chris Morris had somehow infiltrated a local toy shop:
The pathway upto the Sha Tin ‘Ten Thousand Bhuddas’ Temple:
Just some of the wonderments up the top:
Great Bhudda statue. Reputed one thousand arms on display:
Interestingly, when making graven images with a thousand arms like this, the craftsmen could allegedly get away with putting on twenty-five arms or so, “as each one of the great Bhudda’s arms has the power to save forty worlds”
Inside the main temple, these are the eponymous 10,000 (little) Bhuddas. Each one is slightly different. Unbelievable.
Old and new alongside each other:
View of the tallest building in HK from the viewing platform of another skyscraper:
The Star Ferry:
Tim getting suits fitted in Raja Fashions (as written about in top British press) The code word is “Beautiful Fabric”.
“You like the lining, eh? Eh? You like the lining? Eh? Hm! It dazzles, and excites!”
Next: Tokyo!
Look after yourselves,
- Lee.
On the Airport Express train heading down to Kowloon Island. Amazing hills sticking out of the sea. The huge tower blocks (increasing in density) are the first sign of the absolute bonkers-ness of the place:
Street scene. Serviceable sample photo of bonkers-ness mentioned.
Down on the Waterfront. The low cloud and mist only added to the spectacle:
In contrast, the ‘court’ of our (Budget Chinese) Hotel:
Bamboo scaffolding IN EFFECT. It’s used everywhere, we even saw some roughly 200 metres up a tower block on the edge of town.
Yes, we’re immature.
Escalators up the hill on Hong Kong Island:
You better recognise the poad. Whatever it actually meant.
The tram track upto Victoria peak:
Looking back down:
View of the City/islands from the top:
Proof that Chris Morris had somehow infiltrated a local toy shop:
The pathway upto the Sha Tin ‘Ten Thousand Bhuddas’ Temple:
Just some of the wonderments up the top:
Great Bhudda statue. Reputed one thousand arms on display:
Interestingly, when making graven images with a thousand arms like this, the craftsmen could allegedly get away with putting on twenty-five arms or so, “as each one of the great Bhudda’s arms has the power to save forty worlds”
Inside the main temple, these are the eponymous 10,000 (little) Bhuddas. Each one is slightly different. Unbelievable.
Old and new alongside each other:
View of the tallest building in HK from the viewing platform of another skyscraper:
The Star Ferry:
Tim getting suits fitted in Raja Fashions (as written about in top British press) The code word is “Beautiful Fabric”.
“You like the lining, eh? Eh? You like the lining? Eh? Hm! It dazzles, and excites!”
Next: Tokyo!
Look after yourselves,
- Lee.
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