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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

A Morning In The Fragrant Harbour....

This morning, I headed to Lan Kwai Fong to meet a friend and I wanted to soak in the Hong Kong experience, again, on a tram.


Waiting for the tram at Des Voeux Road West...


Artwork at the Ruttonjee Centre on Duddell Street...
The building is named after Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee, a Mumbai born Parsi businessman who shifted base to Hong Kong...


It's well past rush hour now...
And the traffic has eased...


Neeti and I took the Peak Tram from here in 2010...
Gawd! I'm missing her on this HK sojourn..


High-end boutiques and showrooms are everywhere...


At one point, only Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei were seen as destinations for luxe products...


The red cabs...


A bit disorderly...
Feel Hong Kong has a bit deteriorated in standards since our last visit..,


The Coach store...




He looks a bit bored...


A mural...


Queen's Road...




A nice place to sit and have a coffee with an egg tart...



A Wing On store...


Waiting for a tram to take me back..,




Here comes a tram...



I am curious....


Old trams have been restored to function and coexist with the modern transport systems like Hong Kong's MRT...


...and swanky double-deckers...



A public service message on a tram - Hong Kong stores will start charging for plastic bags, which isn't a bad idea...




High-rise apartments...


People pay millions for apartments like these...



A shortage of space and tiny apartments have forced Hong Kong residents in this fashion...



Every inch of land is worth a lot here...


In a sense, Hong Kong reminds me of Mumbai...


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