this and that - hong kong 2012, part 3

This is one of many photo diary of a recent trip to Asia

arriving at my hotel near Mongkok

the room is quite good and spacious for a mid-low price hotel

 knocked off Tolomeo wall lamps

 dual flush toilet is common place in Asia

 always curious about the guts of toilet in different countries

 it has an excellent flush

my room is high up and has a "view"

bringing the flip flops is the smartest thing i did. my feet were happy to be liberated from the yoke of the shoes all day - ready to explore Mongkok's street; still have the wetsuit tan from the summer

 at an Nathan Road intersaction

 this camera chain has been around decades - however the camera selection is mostly consumer grade; unlike decades ago they have very little higher end gear now

 PCCW is one of the large mobile phone operators

police mobile command center built on a large Mercedes Benz

ubiquitous hello kitty merchandises - majority sold on the street are counterfeits

 the Ford Transit here is much bigger and quite different the tiny ones we get in the US

 this building belongs to the water department - it sits on a large piece of prime real estate

 street snacks - unlike in the old days most of them now sell less than palatable food

jumbo containers of hygiene products

family size Porsche- yuke!

 a Chinese brand crossover - this is the first time I saw this in Hong Kong

 the front end looks very Pontiac

 clay pot rice 煲仔飯

 the assortment of ingredients

this basket of new pots are ready to stand in place of the ones demise the war of attrition

needing some fabric in my digestive system i bought a Asian grapefruit from this lady - she is using a tool made of cow bone to remove the thick skin

this is the most popular new format dimsum only eatery; it is a new phenomena in recent time; this one was made famous by Michelin Star

one of many model shop in this part of town

Hong Kong is the capital of pellet guns in the world

 more street snacks

 this one shop is the real McCoy - the food looks quite decent

 the sign say homemade Taisan salted pork zongzi 粽子

 the street vendor is taking advantage of free excess concrete given to him by the city's road crew patching the road

one of the few remaining large movie cinemas that have decades of history

a fresh fruit vendor stall on my way back to the hotel

the banyan trees cling to the stone wall on Hollywood Road is emblematic of colonial Hong Kong

 

 everything is underground so they are constantly ripping up the road to repair and update the utilities

one of the few places I saw has has genuine architectural furniture

eagles soaring over the concrete canyons

old school herbal drink shop

 a cold drink made from sour plum was one of my childhood favorite

 this dai pai dong sells an assortment of soup-like Chinese dessert - all are eaten hot

 technicians splicing communication faber-optic cables

this temple belongs to a nonprofit organization that runs a chain of public hospitals called Dong Wah Group of Hospitals 東華三院; it also runs the school next doors

 

 watch repair - but most the the work nowadays is replacing the batteries

life inside a food court in late afternoon before the onslaught of dinner hour