Hong Kong is an extremely small SAR(Special Administrative Region), and public transportation is wonderful. There are buses, subways, trains, mini buses, taxis, ferries and more available at very affordable prices. And since Kowloon is square miles, you can basically walk anywhere within 30 min or so.
One thing that is interesting about the layout of the city is, each industry groups together in certain areas. That means that there will be a street filled with flower shops, an area populated almost exclusively with textile stores, and another with second hand stalls. My area is the mechanic area where smashed up cars line the streets and the air smells like motor oil... Ah, the fresh scent of radiator fluid in the morning!
G-Fung and I saw actor Chow Yun-Fat in the subway yesterday. He was wearing plain clothes and a baseball cap maybe to conceal his identity. I was going to post a picture, but I couldn't get a good one. Maybe he is a method-actor prepairing for his next movie... Or maybe he had to lay low after his last movie(which was a bomb and extremely disappointing to his fans). Or maybe he just enjoys riding the subway with the other 4 million city dwelling Hong Kongers(the remaining 3 live in the new territories but most work in Kowloon or Hong Kong island). It's a pleasent and fast ride for only 60 or so cents.
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Too bad you couldn't get his autograph.
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