Hong Kong & my reunion with chocolate Or now its the 3 A's. 4th-16th February

Hong Kong is not what I expected. Well in fact it is a lot more than I expected. I assumed that HK would be a concrete jungle. A lot of it is. However a lot of HK is also green. You can travel from concrete - Wan Chai, Central on the northern coast of HK Island facing Victoria Harbour,Kowloon on the mainland on the other side of Victoria Harbour - to green - Lantau and Lamma Islands, and even the southern coast and middle of HK Island.

Hong Kong I believe is truly a world city. Where east, west, north & south meets. Yes, I liked the place. It was hard to leave.

I meant to have met John. unfortunately he could not make it in time - as I type this he is in Honk Kong. We missed each other by 2 weeks. However I did meet some people in HK. First Aurelie, from my dorm, a French student - I seem to be a magnet for French speakers - spending a long weekend in HK. We spent a afternoon visiting the largest outdoor sitting Budha in Asia - that was is claimed.

Then I met the 3 Argentinians. Pat from my dorm and earlier that day I bumped into Gabriel and Fabiene who I met on the Halong Bay trip. - see the Halong Bay post - A pleasure to see them again. They are the 3 As. It starts to feel like a sequel to the 3 Swiss??!!

What did I do then in Hong Kong? Well, I ate a lot chocolate. I mean a lot. I should say I gorged. Bought myself at last a new lens for my camera - if you see any close up shot in the photos below, they may not be of interest but look at the details!!!! Well the smog anyway - thank you Qualibris. Reinstalled XP on my lap top - this took me a few days. Now my lap top is virus free, trekked across Lamma Island, the Budha on Lantau Island, shops and markets..

Unfortunately, HK was not a great place to take photos. Not when I was there anyway. There seem to be a permanent smog over the city. Very bad light. My next destination is Seoul, South Korea.