Chinese Duck dealer - Bikes of burded

[Desmostro]

cool pics! no more???

Ok you asked for it:

This trip has completely blown my mind. In some ways, (not every way,) Hong Kong is about 100 years ahead of any city I've seen in the US. They have a truly impressive mixture of progressive multi-leveled city planning, architecture, ancient culture, food and lifestyle melded together. There is a melting pot of ethnicities, cultures, languages, US, Euro, and Asiatic branding, and a city landscape who's texture outdoes New York by quite a stretch. To boot they have racing culture I found on normal daytime TV  

PS the second tallest building ("IFC1") you see on the left is the one from BATMAN The Dark Knight. The rest of the city has a hint of BLADE RUNNER, with its endless jingles and blinking lights on towers.


Scooters rule the roads here

But you can find just about any kind of bbike buzzing around this sunny 73F November day.

[Desmostro]

Cops ride sporty Hondas and ride around like bad-asses somehow immune to the frenetic traffic. The hills remind me of San Francisco. Cresting some of them will take your breath away. These folks blow around corners on the gas like they were in go-carts.


There is no end to the over stimulation here. I imagine soon they will be putting blinking LED signs on foreheads.

The shoes on he chicks are unreal. This place is one big non-stop party - shopping by day - drinking dining by night. You are never ever alone.




You can walk all over town on pedestrian bridges. Some kids go from school to mall to home and never touch the ground. To go from your home to the subway metro to the airport, you take an elevator. Done.

I checked in my bags 100 meters from my hotel at the subway entrance and got my flight boarding pass. I got on the subway which took me to my gate at the airport. I got my bags at my destination. Holy *#&! that was easy.
Elevator, subway, airplane, home. I was never on the ground level in traffic. Hello? Why don't we have that?



I think I love Hong Kong. Could I handle this place though? begeebaz it's non-stop.

[Michael Moore]

If I remember right, Blade Runner was supposed to be a dystopia.

But cool that you're enjoying yourself so much, and the reportage is great. Keep it coming.

[Desmostro]

That wasn't supposed to be a call of Utopian or dystopia, more just the look of massive towers everywhere, blinking lights and thunderstorms.


We flew into the city skimming the tops of mountains in heavy fog then dropped into the valley & flew between the buildings lighted by colorful LEDs by the millions. Pretty trippy experience. Just reminded me of the look of the film in some regards.

If I remember right, Blade Runner was supposed to be a dystopia.

But cool that you're enjoying yourself so much, and the reportage is great. Keep it coming.

[kopfjäger]

Awesome pics.    How are the Clubs?

[Desmostro]

Awesome pics.    How are the Clubs?

I only went to the area where all the clubs where. Whole blocks are pedestrian only, rows and rows of bars and clubs with live bands and dance clubs open until 5AM. There was such a party in the street I didn't go in any of them. But they looked pretty cool. There was obvious talent all around. Next time I go I will. Going back in a few weeks.

PS. The people are from absolutely EVERYWHERE. Lots of Australians, English, French, Chinese, Thai, Americans, and local Hong Kong folks. etc etc.



 

[kopfjäger]

There was obvious talent all around.

 

[NorDog]

What does "Bikes of burded" mean?

[Michael Moore]

What does "Bikes of burded" mean?

I think he was referring to this:




Awesome book BTW, highly recommended for the "WTF - I can't believe they're doing that" factor on each page.

[duc996]

Looks like an awesome place to visit. Thanks for the post