Travel Tales: Streets of Hong Kong

Location: Tsim Sha Tsui and Darling Island, Hong Kong

Let’s walk through the streets of Hong Kong. Hope you enjoy this short ride.

 
Life moves fast, in the lively streets of Tsim Sha Tsui. The night looks brighter than the day, and streets overfill your vision in blinking colors of red and amber. And if it’s your first time walking down the streets of Hong Kong, you stare and stare some more. Like me. 
 
 

I watched all the glaring signs in Chinese letters, trying to figure out what they mean – not that I have any knowledge of the language. I was surrounded by voices and words I couldn’t understand, it felt alien … exciting. Rows and Rows of shops, street after street, every corner, ever bisection – Till you reach the waterfront. On the other side was Hong Kong Island – The business district of Wan Chai and it’s ultra modern skyscrapers. Along with numerous highly expensive outlets for clothes and accessories. 

The skyline looks completely different when compared to Tsim Sha Tsui. The swanky skycrapers with sleek designs and fittings has the feel of metrocity, while Tshim Sha Tsui still carried within itself the old world charm.

The busy streets of Wan Chai with their many many luxury outlets.

 

The mural looked so bright and vibrant against the blue colored wall. It ran along the sloppy sidewalk.

Towards the evening on our way home we found an old woman holding a foot massage sign, asking passerby if they need one. I had been walking the whole day, from the Gadget district  to Tsim Sha Tsui to exploring the lanes of Hong Kong Island. As I stopped and asked for prices, the old woman quickly took my hand and ushered me into a dark narrow lane –  for a foot massage.
 
 
 
 

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6 thoughts on “Travel Tales: Streets of Hong Kong

  1. Hihihi. What's the back alley version of the tale…? 😛
    Beautiful pictures… Hong Kong.. I wanna go…

  2. This is bringing back memories from 2009. I think throughout HK and Macau people want to drag you in some massage parlor. I was ushered into a shop for a foot massage too by some young girls in Macau, but i ran away after looking at the product in the shop – i think you can guess what it was!!
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  3. This is so colourful Shunjhini.I have not been to HongKong and I am really worried about what happened in the dark alley

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