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Today I reserved for wandering around my old Hong Kong neighborhoods. One stop was at Via Vai Travel where I said hello to old friends Sef Lam (rear), Florence Chan (right), and Edna at their new office in Central. |
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Land and space is everything in Hong Kong. Wherever possible, the government grabs land for small "sitting parks" like this corner in urban Wanchai. |
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Now in busy commercial areas, some long-standing street markets such as this one have survived to serve the residents of the urban areas. |
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Hong Kong streets are bustling 24 hours a day. This scene is not rush hour but just the middle of the afternoon. |
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The dome of the legislature building rises above trees in another urban park in Central. |
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Skyscrapers, tunnels, and streets full of traffic mark the Central business district. |
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Crossing the harbor on the Star Ferry from Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon skylines rises on the mainland. |
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A residential neighborhood on Hong Kong Island. No one lives in single-family dwellings except the VERY rich. |
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Even in an age of technology, deckhands handle the hawsers that secure the Star Ferry to its berth after a harbor crossing. |
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On the other side of Hong Kong Island, at Stanley, dusk falls on a much quieter scene on the South China Sea. |