I’ve successfully made it to Hong Kong after a long and strenuous couple of flights that totaled 18 hours, not including waiting time. But, it still amazes me that I can be on the other side of the world in less than 24 hours. The world certainly is getting smaller.
This is a picture of my group at the southern tip of Kowloon in Hong Kong. I’m getting to know a lot of them and I know this trip will end with some strong friendships. (Remember you can click the images for a larger picture)
In honor of all things asian culture, I took a picture of this advertisement in the MTR, the metro system of Hong Kong. I’m hoping to post pictures of such things like this that one would only find in Asia throughout my travels! While riding into Kowloon from the northeast side of Hong Kong, seeing this ad really reiterated the fact that I was really in Hong Kong once again.
(I still don't know what this is advertising.)
Memories of getting a little tacky Kirby keychain from a room full of over-the-top dispensers came to me. And yes, I’d say half of these dispensers were cat-related.
(This picture is from last year; I will run into some later I’m sure)
It’s funny to me how asian pop culture is kind of tacky from the American view, but I really find the over-the-top style and creativity hilarious.
We’re staying in Hong Kong for a week at a YMCA camp in northeast Hong Kong. Surprisingly, YMCAs in China are almost always overtly Christian based and supported. It’s very evident here where a chapel is in the middle of the camp and most of the kids staying here are from private elementary and middle schools.
It’s about a 40-minute subway ride to Kowloon, or the real downtown of Hong Kong, and here’s a small example of what the city looks like.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any awesome shops or supermarkets right across the street.
We've been taking classes from our program leader twice a day, with free time afterward. We have Saturday and Sunday to do whatever we'd like, so I'll be posting again this weekend!
- Kev
1) I think the advertisement you couldn't figure out was promoting violence toward ballpark food items. It's common for Asians to hold some bitter resentment towards baseball, seeing as we didn't allow them to participate in the World Series (it's not our fault they didn't know the secret handshake).
ReplyDelete2)What are pancake colours? Brown? Whitish? Breakfast paints? Be a good lad and find out.