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I have wanted to visit Hong Kong, ever since I fell in love with its skyline on a postcard calendar someone gifted me in high school. I don’t know what it was about tall buildings on the waterfront with shimmering neon signs, but it spoke to me.And just before the pandemic hit the world, we finally made a trip to Hong Kong, a place one needs to experience to experience to even begin to understand.…

  I have put this in its own section as you could spend an entire day exploring the street markets or just an evening. There is a lot of opportunity for shopping, eating, and photography. One could also spill out the market exploration over multiple days as something to unwind in the evenings.  For a three-day itinerary, I recommend covering the markets in one day or over two evenings. We made a walking tour of this and…

This July, I fell in love with Hong Kong. It was quick and unexpected and on short three- day stopover trip en route to Los Angeles. With temperatures in the 90s and typhoon season humidity, those few days are a sweaty blur in my mind. But I remember the feeling of being in a giant mass of humanity, of a place of some importance. As I boarded my flight back home, I carried specific images…