Jamie Bestwick in the June/July issue of Inked magazine.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Observations from Hong Kong
I'm still trying to shake the jet lag from a project that took me around the planet to the cities of New York, London and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is an impossibly damp and vertical city as much a part of China as it is an island. Brand new modern high rise buildings of brushed metal and glass are stuffed inches from crumbling concrete monoliths with damp laundry hanging from every open windows for forty stories. In this financial hub of Asia there is shopping everywhere. For the nuveau riche there is Gucci, Prada and YSL stores nearly as numerous as the Starbucks, 7-11, and Pret a Manger's. Thankfully cheap chinese trinkets are also readily available in one of the many narrow street markets that dot the central part of Hong Kong and Kowloon. Ex-pats from every corner of the earth work in offices of financial giants by day and swarm the bars and restaurants at night. Noodles are delicious, noodles with sliced barbecued pork or duck on top are even better. With a population density greater than NYC it is amazing how clean the streets and public areas are. Mass transit is king and the trains and buses swoop the hoards of people effortlessly above and below the city. It was a long way to travel with not a lot of free time to explore so I wait patiently for a chance to return... B.
Hong Kong is an impossibly damp and vertical city as much a part of China as it is an island. Brand new modern high rise buildings of brushed metal and glass are stuffed inches from crumbling concrete monoliths with damp laundry hanging from every open windows for forty stories. In this financial hub of Asia there is shopping everywhere. For the nuveau riche there is Gucci, Prada and YSL stores nearly as numerous as the Starbucks, 7-11, and Pret a Manger's. Thankfully cheap chinese trinkets are also readily available in one of the many narrow street markets that dot the central part of Hong Kong and Kowloon. Ex-pats from every corner of the earth work in offices of financial giants by day and swarm the bars and restaurants at night. Noodles are delicious, noodles with sliced barbecued pork or duck on top are even better. With a population density greater than NYC it is amazing how clean the streets and public areas are. Mass transit is king and the trains and buses swoop the hoards of people effortlessly above and below the city. It was a long way to travel with not a lot of free time to explore so I wait patiently for a chance to return... B.
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