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August 20, 2009
I Love HK
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China has good Feng Shui. The city is just about as packed with people in high rise office and apartments as it could be. However, it is easy to leave this Amazon of the world's concrete jungles. I went on an early morning run from my city hotel and quickly found myself running along a sleepy coast highway and swimming on a rocky, deserted beach.
Maybe that is not the kind of Feng Shui that $500 per hour interior designers in Shanghai and New York practice, but what I am getting at is that Hong Kong seems to have a nice balance of different elements. The city is very Chinese, but as a result of the centuries of British rule, there is a thriving Western community - not just expats, but people who have actually grown up in the territory. The city's cuisine also has depth and variety, everything from inexpensive noodle houses to the hautest of haute cuisine.
For now, I am enjoying the motorbike exhaust in your face, developing country chaos of living in Saigon. This city is a rebellious teenager, while Hong Kong is decidedly middle aged and settled. Hong Kong has a piece of my heart, and it is a place I could feel comfortable living when I am more settled as well. My Hawaiian friend who lived there last year even told me that there is some surf on the other side of the island...
Posted by mt_mrobinson at August 20, 2009 11:38 AM
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