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Monday, April 24, 2006

Last night in Hong Kong. Out in Sai Kung



Last whole day in Hong Kong (leaving tomorrow for Bangkok) and I spent the day checking out Kwong's hometown. The place is by the sea and is a thriving fishing town amongst other things.
Walking trough the old quarters there are loads of small little shops that sell everything from beach apparel to giant spirals of incense, which probably would take months to burn trough.
Kwong and me went down to the sea front where the fishermen sell their catch straight from their boats. You point at what you want and place your money in a basket and then get the basket full of your choice of fish...way cool.
We also walked trough the fish market and I can swear that there were so many strange kinds of fish that I stood there perplexed just staring at it. Wake up call! Maybe it was just me but when I saw all these new spices of sealife it made me realize that I've somehow stopped looking for new things when I was back in London. I know I did at first but then got stuck in some comfortable zone where I just plodded along. Great, now bring on the monkeys...just kidding!
We took a cab up to a nature park in Sai Kung and it was fantastic, such a lush landscape that had all these mountains in the backdrop. The fact that it was quite gloomy weather just made it better (it rained like mad last night with thunder and lightning). Checked out the insects and walked around having a look at the different trees, medicinal herbs and birds that resided in the park. Tonight we're going down to the fish restaurants where you point at what you want and then it's on your plate fifteen minutes later...great to be on to top of the food chain sometimes!
Last but not least I’d like to thank Kwong, his lovely wife Geanie and dear mother for letting me stay and for taking me out to all these amazing things theyWeve probably seen too many times by now.
I really appreciate it and am eternally grateful. If you guys ever need a guide in Sweden let me know...I'll be there!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Tobias,
Good writing there. I think travel and beautiful places like where Kwong lives just facilitate descriptive narrative. You've given me the travel bug again.
Chop

4:47 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Tobias,

Just started to check out your blog. Just want to let you know the name of my town is Sai Kung not "Sin" Kung. Anyways I hope you've settled well in Thailand and the weather hasn't yet got the better of you. Looking forward to reading adventures.

5:07 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Tobias

Lovely pictures, look after yourself.

12:28 am  

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