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chronosquare / photos / photos from 2004
Hong Kong Christmas-New Years 2003-2004
On the Way there
Our flight to Hong Kong departed from Vancouver at 1:30am on Christmas day. By leaving on Christmas day, we saved something like $400-500 per ticket. By saving $400-500 per ticket, we ended up on a flight booked full of people looking to do the same. By being on a fully booked flight, we got upgraded for free to First Class because my dad is an uber frequent flyer on the airline.
Many interesting goodies awaited in First class: unlimited Super Nintendo, unlimited alcohol, unlimited-room, and the best part... clean washrooms. I'm hooked, but like Crack Cocaine, it's a habit that I won't be able to afford to pay for. Also included below are pictures from the Airport Express Train
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Boxing Day and Onwards
First 3 pictures: Inside the Tai Koo Sing Mall ("City Plaza"); Last 5 pictures: Taken from the Plaza outside the Star Ferry Harbour in Central, Hong Kong Island.
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New Years Eve 2003 - New Years 2004
In Tsim Sha Shui, Kowloon, centered mostly around the area of the Kowloon Star Ferry Terminal. New Years celebrations in Hong Kong are vastly different than in Canada. Whereas people in Canada stay at their friends' places and bars to get spend all their money getting drunk, people in Hong Kong tend to congregate in outdoors in public places to spend all their money on funky glow/light accessories.
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New Years Day 2004
New Years day was a full-day trip all over Hong Kong Island with my dad. We ended up doing some shopping, visiting one of my cousins, and even got to watch a pro-democracy protest. It's interesting how different populations like their cars. North Americans prefer environment-destroying, gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles like Cadillac Escalades, GMC Hummers, and Ford Excursions. Chinese people prefer environment-destroying, gas-guzzling compact sports cars like Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions, Subaru STi's, and Nissan Skyline GT-R's. My theories are the following: 1) The typical North American adult cannot physically fit into a compact sports car. 2) The typical Hong Kong adult cannot physically fit an SUV into their parking spot.
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Miscelaneous and Engrish
There actually isn't that much "Engrish" (English used improperly) in Hong Kong. The only way to find it, is to really look hard for it. I guess it's one of the results of being a former British colony. Pocari Sweat tastes like Gatorade.
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Copyright © 2009 Bryan Har
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