{"id":1700,"date":"2012-10-27T05:18:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.wordpress.com\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2012-10-27T05:18:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T13:18:15","slug":"1700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"Harbour City Dragons \u2013 Hong Kong \u2013 [10\/20\/2012]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the three seasons I have been lucky enough to visit Hong Kong, I have discovered that there is a trick to getting around here: move very quickly and with a great deal of confidence. This isn\u2019t because you\u2019re in any particular danger, the risk of being pickpocket etc is not really any greater in Hong Kong than in any other major city in the world, it\u2019s simply that if you move too slowly you run the risk of getting swept up in a crowd and ending up what feels like miles from where you intended!<\/p>\n

Hong Kong is crowded and fast paced, walking along Nathan road is like making your way through a swift-moving slolam course, especially when you\u2019re a naturally fast walker. Somehow I always get stuck behind the little old ladies who manage to take up an entire sidewalk even though they\u2019re just small.<\/p>\n

There is also something to be said for avoiding eye-contact. This isn\u2019t North America (particularly Canada) where you are almost expected to smile at people in the streets. The less eye-contact you make, the more stares you avoid. Also, the less pieces of useless paper advertising massages, watches and heaven knows what else you end up with.<\/p>\n

All that aside, I love the place.<\/p>\n

I mean really where else will you find a mall that has a store dedicated exclusively to Barbie<\/i> themed kids clothes! Not that I want or have any need for such a thing, but it exists which just made me laugh hysterically the first time I saw it. That said, Burbary for Kids<\/i> just made me shake my head in bewilderment.<\/p>\n

Three seasons along I still haven\u2019t figured out the significance of the ever-changing display at 1881 Heritage, which this year was themed around the ballet. Last year it was some kind of garden, and the year before that it was Cinderella\u2019s carriage, or at least that\u2019s what it looks like.<\/p>\n

There is so much of Hong Kong I haven\u2019t seen. Assuming that I\u2019m fortunate enough to be requested back to the Flagship in January (yes it\u2019s been offered and I\u2019ve accepted but until the contract is in my hand anything could change…unlikely but possible), I\u2019m going to spend an entire day of our three days here just visiting all the museums and things that I haven\u2019t seen.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, since I had only a few hours off today (not enough to go out to HK Disney, which would be my normal practice), there was something to be said for\u00a0 a relaxed afternoon walking in the sunshine. Since I\u2019m running over budget for this month, my only purchase in Hong Kong this year were two bottles of Vineyard Peach shower gel from the Body Shop…good bye strawberry shortcake, hello Georgia peach. Don\u2019t ask, strawberry has been \u2018my\u2019 scent for as long as I can remember, for more than one reason it was just really time for a change.<\/p>\n

I am truly amazed at how quickly this contract is going. At only two and a half months it\u2019s the shortest I\u2019ve ever done. It feels like we\u2019re just getting started, but in reality we\u2019re close to half-way through…<\/p>\n

Soon we\u2019ll say farewell to China altogether and it will be on to Singapore, Vietnam and finally we\u2019ll get to say g\u2019day to Australia…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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