China
Congee
I’m really not sure on where to start on explaining this stuff. It’s like porridge made from rice, but it’s horrid. I feel like a child eating cabbage.
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Wooden Double Decker Trams
In overcrowded Hong Kong effective communication is key in every day life. You can find there buses, taxis, trains, most types of cars, bikes and motorbikes, as well as wooden double decker… trams!
Hong Kong Tramways is one of the three tramways in the world that have regular operation of double-decker trams (the others being [...]
Sogo Hong Kong 15 floors + 4 extra for members
Sogo situated at 555 Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay started trading in 1985. It is the largest department store in Hong Kong with over 400,000 square foot of goods. The store has 15 floors for you and me, and if you are a shopaholic and have Sogo membership you have an additional 4 private floors [...]
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Dim Sum, sharks fin, birds nest soup and cat sick
Hong Kong dim sum doesn’t seem to live up to the crazy mad rush of a typical mainland Chinese restaurant, but the food here is much nicer. However I’ve just realised half way through eating this dish, which I have no idea what it is, I can’t eat it anymore. It looks like cat sick.
Anyway [...]
Toyota Crown Comfort Taxis
If you’ve ever wondered what the roads are like in Hong Kong, just imagine every car on the road in your country as one of these red Toyotas and squeeze them all into one town. At a guess 75% of the cars on the road around Causeway bay are these red taxis.
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Illegal workers will be removed if found
Illegal workers will be removed if found. Not quite sure what to say about this, but the sign says it all.
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Accident Rates at Building sites on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
I’m not sure if it’s normal to have accident statistics being promoted on the outskirts of building sites, but judging by the last few months this site on Lantau island is a safe place to work.
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Seriously Big blocks of flats in Hong Kong
There is obviously a massive shortage of space in Hong Kong, it’s amazing to see so many extremely huge blocks of flats.
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Hong Kong Energy saving escalators
Well the Hongkongers here are extremely clever when it comes to energy saving escalators, all they do is switch them off.
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Hong Kong Western Restaurant
I can’t believe it, we are the only people eating Chinese food. I’m not sure how I managed to miss the Knife, fork and ketchup on the table. There are even photos of English like dishes on the table which I also failed to notice. As we sit the other Chinese here are being served [...]
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Pharmaceutical Masks
This is certainly great etiquette in Hong Kong and China, if you have a cold or flu you wear a pharmaceutical mask which kills any bacteria leaving your mouth and nose. This stops the spreading of any airbourne illness. Obviously when you are in such a densely populated city this is a necesitty, I wonder [...]
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Three types on banknotes
It is a bit confusing at the beginning to use Hong Kong dollars. Similar to India they have agreed to use more than one type of banknote for $20, $50, $100 and $1000.
The Government, through the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, authorizes three commercial banks to issue currency notes in Hong Kong:
- the Hong Kong and [...]
Bamboo Scaffholding
There has always been something to amaze me when travelling in Asia. Perhaps one that I feel is the craziest, is the bamboo scaffolding used instead of steel. I’m sure that it works well considering I’ve now seen this used over 20 floors high, but would you dare climb it?
I’m still not sure why it [...]
Ngong Ping 360 Cable car accident
Great the cable car we are taking to the top of Lantau island has been shut for 6 months as a car fell off. It fell over 50 meters before suddenly being stopped by the ground. Luckily there was no one in it! They have no idea what caused the car to fall off but [...]
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