| A three day break from teaching English in Thailand | | | | off a stick. Shop stalls of all things spread through slot |
| was clearly a justifying claim for a brief excursion to | | | | canyons of concrete buildings. |
| Hong Kong from Bangkok. I arrived mid afternoon to | | | | When I didn't know if my simple mind could handle |
| the very friendly and high tech airport. The airport link | | | | another flashing light or billboard, we arrived in the |
| train located literally inside of the airport was an easy | | | | Causway Bay area where people stampeded around |
| ride to Hong Kong train station. | | | | like wildebeests migrating from one street to the next. |
| Through the green forested mountains we traveled. | | | | We hung around Causway Bay before relocating to |
| For a jiffy I thought I might come face to face with an | | | | Wan Chai where we caught a live band covering |
| Orangutan, when abruptly the green dissolved and | | | | popular English songs. In the A.M's we headed home, |
| transformed into monstrous fabricated structures of | | | | making the ever vital dim sum stop. Don't hesitate to |
| engineering impossibility. | | | | jump to a conclusion about a pattern forming. |
| That evening we indulged in a variety of fried delights | | | | On day three I was able to dive into one of my |
| accompanying a Chinese style massive portion of | | | | favorite activities, aimless wondering, which eventually |
| steamed rice (I've become so accustomed to rather | | | | lead to the Hong Kong viewpoint at Victoria's Peak. |
| small Thai portions). Neck deep in awe of this urban | | | | The touristic clusters and the overall haze of the air |
| dwellers wonderland, I was introduced to the uber | | | | distracted from the otherwise unbelievable view of the |
| materialism of the SOHO region where glittered shops | | | | Hong Kong metropolis. |
| caught everyone's attention from infinite directions. | | | | For our last night in Hong Kong we thought it might be |
| From there we hiked to the ferry terminal in order to | | | | appropriate to observe jockeys as they battled each |
| catch a vessel across Hong Kong Bay to the | | | | other at the famed Hong Kong Jockey Club. Robust |
| Kowloon side, ecstatic to inspect the outrageous blaze | | | | horses sprinted by, carrying puny, wide stanced |
| of illumination like some kind of crazy aurora. | | | | jockeys, under an enlightening starry night backdrop of |
| "How did Hong Kong ever happen?" I gawked, | | | | illuminated cubicles and shrieks of unlucky betters. I |
| dazzling at the cliff faces of the man made edifices. | | | | must say, my debut horse race was quite enjoyable. |
| The display of electricity in visible form had me | | | | Again we hung out in Wan Chai to the benefit of |
| wondering if I was actually hallucinating. At around 12 | | | | wonderful conversation with awesome friends. We |
| am we began our trip back to Hong Kong Island | | | | went home, but obviously not without gobbling my |
| where I would be faced with the most ambrosial | | | | favorite divine delight also known as dim sum. |
| dumplings I have ever ingested. | | | | The next day was dedicated to a return to the airport |
| I could actually smell the dim sum from across the bay. | | | | and a flight away from the concrete canyons of Hong |
| At a small local joint, next door to our apartment of | | | | Kong. |
| rest, lay a fine dim sum eatery that begins it's nightly | | | | The trip was wonderful. We did not have the time or |
| vending of artistic dumplings at 1 am. Curious upon | | | | money to partake of all touristy norms, but what we |
| entrance, it took merely minutes to begin involuntarily | | | | did, saw, and experienced, was clearly a taste (literally) |
| seizing bamboo steamers and gobbling ferociously. | | | | of what Hong Kong is and the flavors it has to offer. |
| The next day began with a trip to Mongkok where | | | | Though I would find it hard to dwell in such a |
| fanatic shoppers and eating erudites can both reside in | | | | geometrical manufactured society, I consider a visit to |
| harmony. Humans seemed to be going bazurk on | | | | Hong Kong an opportunity to put "city" into an empirical |
| greasy treats like tube steak surprises and everything | | | | reality. |