I will actually fly back through Hong Kong, but I won't go through immigration and enter the city this time. I am simply transiting through the airport and catching a ferry to the city of Shenzhen. Shenzhen is the closest neighbouring city to Hong Kong, located in the province of Guangdong. Pardon me, if I spelled any of that incorrectly.
The ferry ride is the easiest and simplest way to enter Hong Kong from the airport. I am told it takes about 30 minutes, and the line up for immigration on 'the other side' is short and quick. I am looking forward to the journey. I will be in Shenzhen for 4 days, and then I fly to Shanghai on Saturday. Yay!
I have some final thoughts on Taipei. As with any city, Taipei has it's own flavour and style. I've noticed a few oddities, though. For instance:
1) I was surprised to see that the police cars were BMW's. Maybe not all of them, but the ones I saw were. I guess the financial crises is not as hard here?
2) As is the case in most of Asia, school kids wear uniforms. But here in Taipei, they all seem to wear various shades of blue polyester track suits. That certainly makes them easy to spot, since you can see large waves of blue sweatpants-covered kids walking in packs all over the city.
3) I am used to seeing lots of vendors selling street food in any city. But what makes Taipei unique, is that they all seem to wander around. I saw several food vendors pushing their sausage or squid carts up and down the street, looking for customers. Wouldn't it be simpler to just stay in one place and have the customers follow the scent to the food stand?
Here is a photo of a fellow I photographed here in Taipei, named Damien. Damien is a dance instructor here, and has seen the lens pointed at him a number of times.
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so did you finally visit the tallest building?
Nah...I didn't go up the tower. I was somewhat surprised that they use the tower to advertise Visa credit cards, using lights. Its the tallest billboard in Asia, I think.
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