An arresting sight – the Hong Kong Seaman’s Union building.

Also, red and pink buildings!

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Photos from the short Star Ferry trip across to Kowloon. Apparently the junk is only a tourist thing, but it looked picturesque in the mist. The fog didn’t lift enough for us to take the cable car up to Victoria Peak.

The huge Apple store in Hong Kong. It was still buzzing when we went by later in the evening.

Loved this Stanley hammer sign!

Amazing to see bamboo scaffolding even on really tall buildings. It’s bound together with tough black plastic strips. I saw bundles of bamboo scaffolding piled on the street ready to be used. The builders also use large slightly flexible plastic bowls with rope handles to carry concrete around, which stack together pretty neatly when empty.

Some more images from Hong Kong. I liked this conglomeration of aerials that we could see from the flat.

Characters stuck on the wall opposite the entrance to the flat. Are they girl and boy worms do you think?

Outside many of the flat entrances were these little offerings.

Michael in the main entrance to the apartment building we stayed in.

Swatches of floor coverings on the wall of a store.

First night in Hong Kong, staying in a tiny flat in Wan Chai. Caught the CityFlyer double decker bus from the airport, sitting up the top at the front which gave us a great view of the city and docks! The buses have wi-fi, too.

Bus terminus at the airport.

View from the flat. There were mostly buses and taxis on the streets; apparently 90% of the population uses public transport, which is impressive.

We had a wander on the streets before crashing. This building changed to many different colours.

I loved the really narrow traditional trams. They made me think of sardine tins.

Michael in our airbnb flat. The bed was in a window nook, and apart from a postage stamp bathroom and balcony, that was it :)