Around the World in 128 Days - Hong Kong Day 2

 

Travel Day 74 - March 17, 2024 - 11,408 Steps

Foggy in the morning

In the afternoon the morning fog is gone

Sign on the inside of our bus

Another town where the city birs is said to be the crane.

Bamboo scaffolding

The old city wall. The Japanese tore it down to make an airport in the war. After Hong was turned over to China by the British in the late 1990's, this section of the wall was reconstructed from the original stones.

Spotted Dove

The are within what was once the walled city has been turned into a park.

Model of what the area looked like when the British had their lease on Hong Kong. It was a terrible slum and our guide said his parents told him to never go inside because he would never come out. After China took back Hong Kong they build new housing for the people living here, tor all the buildings down and turned it into this park.

The remains of the foundation of the south gate to the bottom and right. The rebar is from later buildings built atop it.

The original sign that stood above the gate. When the Japanese took over Hong Kong the locals buried the sign stones to prevent the Japanese from using them to build their airfield.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Our bus driver on the left. For being such a young man he was exceptionally good, both as a driver and in assisting the less mobile passengers.

It's springtime as the flowering trees indicate.

During the Pandemic Hong Kong constructed over 18,000 units to house those who had to be isolated. Now those units are starting to be utilized for low income housing.

It's good luck to rub the dragon.

Wong Tai Siri Temple

The rooster is my Chinese zodiac sign

Linda's is the rat.

The history museum was on the original itinerary, but it was being renovated so we visited Nan Lian Garden instead. 

Rocks everywhere made Linda a happy girl.

A bit of paradise in the heart of the city. 

There were many bonsai in the gardens, I took a photo of both sides of this pine bonsai.

And what I was photographing.

There was a title for this rock that translated to: Hideous veins on rocks sculpt them into curious and interesting forms.

The sign on this one translated to: Fine rocks are good-looking.

Flower and Sparrow

Burlap tree.

Buddha’s Hand citrus next the hand of my goddess.

Red Whiskered Bubul. Talk about a beautiful bird!

Construction goes on everywhere in Hong Kong

More of the Pandemic temporary housing units.

Rather than post so many images, I put together a slide show of what we saw when leaving Hong Kong.