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Hong Kong - May 2004 |
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After looking at my photos from this trip, I realized that I had captured aspects of both the good life, and some of the gritty truths about the economics of Hong Kong. I also had the good luck of getting to the Po Lin Monastery when it was completely empty. |
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This is the soup course at Alain Ducasse's "Spoon" in the Intercontinental Hotel. |
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A vivid nightlife scene from the bar "Aqua" located at the top of One Peking Road. |
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This is what passes for a suburb in Hong Kong. This was taken from the rooftop terrace of a large flat in the New Territories. Mainland China is just over the hills. |
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Oh geez...not the ICH Brunch...AGAIN. |
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A view of the Po Lin Monastery from the Buddha statue. Those flags are flying in honor of Buddha's birthday. |
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This is the Buddha statue at the Po Lin Monestary. The amazing thing about this photo is that there are no people in it. |
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Hong Kong depends heavily upon cheap imported labor--usually Filipino. Every Sunday these live-in maids are turned out onto the streets for their one day off. Since they can't afford to shop, and are second-class people, they congregate in large numbers in public areas happily commiserating. They used to be widely mistreated, but their workers' rights movement is thankfully gaining traction. |
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These smaller statues display the Buddha in different poses and gestures, holding different objects. Each one has a symbolic meaning, apparently. |
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