grumeti hongkong

Let's go to a calmer place, the Hong Kong Park, in midst the office buildings lots of green, a pond and the cable-car to the peak. We relax and enjoy the Koi fishes, the flower but not the mosquitos! Escaping is essential, we find a Thai-Restaurant in the park with mosquito candles! Something good to eat and no mosquitos, no that is not the case. The mosquito want to eat as well and they prefer my blood! A short rainshower stops the insects for a moment.
Temperature is approx. 27°C and 8 degrees warmer then in Beijing. The result, my feet did swell and I am getting tired more easily ! Please no blisters. Maybe its time to find a place to cool off, the Hotel swimming-pool is ideal! On the 6th floor outside and again with a view over the harbour towards Kowloon. Putting our feet in the water and order a cocktail, yes, that's it, life is great!
Kowloon, once upon a time it was the place with the highest population density of the world and still is the densely populated part of HK. Per statistics living 180'000 to 250'000 persons on one square kilometre in Mong Kok. Kowloon strikes us to be more chinese with its street markets, they are so colourful with their exotic food, vegetables and stables. We are passing dried lizards for preparing soups, innards, goat heads and well presented vegetables. Looks delicious the red apples, like polished.

Interesting also the Chinese pharmacies with their animals and plant products. We are wondering what this all is but do I want to know ?
The jade market is a good source for souvenirs, may it be a ring, necklace or Buddha, all is available and waits to be bought. Miles further down the street our feet start to scream for a place to sit down, I believe all could hear it, this was too much walking ! We disappear into the MTR ( subway ), a cheap and fast transportation which we share with hundreds of others.

Hong Kong has changed and most likely will be different again when we come the next time. A new bridge from the airport, the new highest building, the ICC at Kowloon's harbour front. It has 116 floors and is 484 meters high, which means rang 5 in the count of the world highest buildings. 83 elevators and the highest observation deck at the 100th floor. Also the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel which occupies the top 15 floors. A fascinating architecture. Unfortunately is the Ritz-Hotel Restaurant booked out for months otherwise it would have been a treat, so high and such a view.


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