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HK #3

Hong Kong

By Kai Bernstein

April 26^th, 2020

This is the last part of a series of three posts (#1, #2) of my short, unexpected but fantastic trip to Hong Kong and this is what you'll see:

Facades

Man Mo Temple

Hong Kong Park

Little Taxi Story

The Local Market

Hong Kong is famous for all the different stretched and pastel colored facades combined with air conditioning systems of every kind. Easy to imagine it's one of the most dense cities in the world.

Man Mo Temple

This is the best known Man Mo Temple. It's located in the Hollywood Road and was built in 1847.

Back in the streets

I've been there during the big protests on the 8th of December 2019. The whole Kowloon area was pretty empty.

I don't have the power to conclude the political situation of Hong Kong right here, but I recommend to inform yourself about the complex situation. They are on a crossroad for their future and I wish the Hongkongers all the best making the right decisions, staying strong and independent.

Hong Kong Park

One of the few bigger green areas in the city is the Hong Kong Park. There is a botanical garden with greenhouses, a big artificial dome for aviaries, fountains, artificial lakes and more. During my stay they prepared everything for upcoming Christmas. I still don't get the idea of sticking snowflakes to windows which will never see a minus degree in their lifetime.

Little Taxi Story

During my stay in Hong Kong I developed the idea of creating a little story around the Taxis of the city. I took some photos of these cars earlier in Japan and I still like the simple design. It turned out that a taxi ride is very affordable. Not as cheap as the public transportation, like the subway (MTR - only around 1€ for a few stops), but still good.

The Local Market

I moved on and found a local market. At least since my trip to Japan I’ve been much into soaking up details about the delicacies people are buying and apparently eating. Very curious and in an objectifying operation mode I strolled through the alleys. Me personally, I can’t imagine half of the goods as food, otherwise I couldn’t stay so content. As always there are light banters surrounding the cinematic looking stalls. I always wonder if they pick the specific color of light to expose their items on purpose and I always doubt it.

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