May 13, 2006

Mong Kok

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:

Posted by schmeeve at May 13, 2006 7:50 PM | TrackBack
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I spent many a HK$ on Star Wars action figures in Mong Kok...

...though the guns did hold an attraction, too.

Posted by: at May 14, 2006 12:15 AM
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