Hong Kong - Hipstamatic Tour

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Hong Kong is easily the most dynamic city I have ever visited. Alive, moving, walking, running, and most of all eating and all of this with great vigor.

This Amazing HK Street Artist Painted These Birds - We bought this

I was charged to do a Hong Kong post by another lovely blogger and so I decided it was long overdue to take my Blissful Adventurers on a tour.

I fell in love with the Hipstamatic iPhone app last year and I enjoy how this $3 investment really forced me to look at Hong Kong under the surface and explore subjects that on my Nikon D90 may have seemed plain and ordinary.

Hipstamatic forces the user to function within parameters assigned to lens and camera type (electronically simulated) and shoots only in square images which are ideal for blog posts.

I hope you enjoy and let me know your thoughts.

LIFE AND FOOD

HK is obsessed with food, and that is OK because so am I. It was on every corner and at every time of day. I could easily stay here 6 months and not tire of the food but perhaps I would get a little sick of the hurried pace and the confining cityscape. Our photos of the traditional Cantonese Dim-Sum simply were not suitable for the post, but know that we ate this every other day till we could not move.

A high-rise apartment.

Notice the window unit air conditioners. There are so many of these in HK that the exhaust from them is said to warm the city by several degrees in the summer nights.

Hot Pots Cooking Along the Sidewalk

This amazing all-in-one meal includes rice, vegetables, and some form of protein served in this steaming hot clay pot. Adding lots of chili sauce and tall beers makes the meal that much more of a party.

Entering the Subway

On the Subway - I was at least a foot taller than everyone

Soup with noodles, rich pork stock, and meatball stuffed pasta - $4 US

On our funicular ride to Lantau Island (that is an apartment building below)

Approaching the island and the Giant Buddha

Monks and Nuns - same hair - same robes

Street Food - Corn and Octopus Balls with Seaweed and Sauce

I wanted to love this. I did not

CHINESE MEDICINE

In all of my travels this was one of the most fascinating sites. Store after store, vendor after vendor hawking every kind of herb, sea creature, shark fins (fucking bullshit) and an array of dead stuff plucked from the planet to keep humans healthy. I want to know more.

Bins and Bins of every possible dried sea creature

What does one do with a dried and splayed lizard on a stick?

In Texas this would be on someone's wall

THE MARKETS

I was simply blown away by what one could purchase on the streets. Fish, both fresh and freshly butchered. Meat, hopefully fresh, every kind of shellfish possible. Just walking around HK I felt like the oceans would be empty in less than a generation as I cannot imagine how much food we are eating as a planet.

Beautiful Razor Clams -

Pardon me sir, do you have some - THWACK!! - Never Mind

Would someone please explain the bloated sacks in these very bloody fish carcasses? Next time I am getting a guide

STREET SCENES

Juliet and I walked for hours each day to simply immerse ourselves in the life of this city. My head was on a swivel as my camera was clicking non-stop

The Ritz Carlton is Housed at the top of the International Commerce Building - Making it the Tallest Hotel in the World

The Double-Decker Tram - This was our view from the front of our tram to the next tram in line. The open air and sounds of the city make this one of my favorite modes of transport

Great Tools Come in Handy around the World

Yeah, that's Bruce Lee

"In a room all filled with Chinese Lamps" - who sings this?

I bet this guy is a banker during the week

It's up to YUE - YUE YORK - YUE YOOOORK!!

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