Hong Kong is chaos and organized at the same time. At least where I am staying, there are people all over the place at all times but the city runs with great efficiency. Now when I think Hong Kong I think infrastructure. The entire city is covered with subway stations that all seem to have 15 exits and go everywhere. It is not uncommon to see a subway station, walk 4 blocks and see another entrance to the same subway station. They are everywhere so it is almost impossible to get lost even in a city this size. If thats not enough, there is a great network of busses and a trolly that goes around the island. One other thing that takes a bit of getting used to is the walkways. You can almost cross the entire city without ever walking down to ground level. After learning an area it makes it extremely quick to get around because you never have to worry about traffic lights.
If you ever find yourself in Hong Kong I must highly recommend that you go to The Peak. It is the highest point in HK and you can see the whole city from there. The Peak Tram is very reasonably priced and it seems they make most of there money from all the restaurants and shops up there. The view is amazing and my camera just doesn't do it justice (no i am not complaining about the camera Allianz, thank you very much).
They are defiantly gearing up for the olympics here. The other day I saw thousands of people lined up for "special" olympic money. Not sure if its worth more or something, but people are camped out on lawn chairs waiting for days for this stuff.
Like most other Asian countries I have been, there are plenty of markets selling anything people will buy. The difference here is they are more honest. People pop out of nowhere and say "want to buy a fake rolex?" I appreciate the honesty since most other places neglect to mention the watch is a fake.
Finally, after months of searching I have found it! The holy grail! Thats right, it is possible, I finally found a decent cheeseburger in Asia. The Hong Kong Brew-house will make you a all beef medium cooked burger that is the best in asia. I have been craving it for many months now and it was well worth the wait. O yea, the other food here is pretty damn good as well.
Here are some misc shots.
