Mong Kok

Posted by: on May 13, 2006 | One Comment

Over in Kowloon (not familiar with the geography of HK, look here) there’s a huge market area called Mong Kok. To westerners, it’s completely non-sensical: entire streets with 50 stores all selling exactly the same items. One street is chock full o’ mobile phones, cameras, and other gadgetry; others clothing and semi-automatic rifles. Fun town!
Volume seems to be the key:



The smell wafting from this food vendor was, best I could guess, a moving tribute to the collective ass of 8M Hong Kong residents: