Wandering

This morning Patty was filming an interview for INTA about the new “Fashion Industry Group” of which she is a founding member, leaving me on my own. I took off wandering the streets with my umbrella.

One of the difficult things about Hong Kong is that the sidewalks just end at some places and you have to take to elevated walkways that go for blocks, through buildings, hotel lobbies and then end in unexplained ways. Once you figure one out, they are a nice way to stay out of the rain as they are covered, but they complicate life if you are just trying to walk one direction.

After walking a while, I got on the old two level trams that are a little like the San Francisco Cable Cars.

The rain stopped and I was able to put down the window and take pictures from my seat. Hong Kong is an amazing mix of world class architecture and the dilapidated and tawdry, existing side by side. Also, every brand you have ever heard of has a presence here.

I stopped for lunch at a random local place and even though I was the only non-Chinese in the place, they had an English menu and I had a good but basic lunch. The city is not cheap however as the lunch was close to $10.

Even if you came in alone, they sat multiple people at tables, not to waste any space for the crowded lunch time trade.