Kowloon Park - Hong Kong

One you leave some of the busy streets of Hong Kong, people can be found kicking back and taking a breather from the humid, polluted pavements, in small parks and green areas hidden away from the 5 star hotels and never ending shopping opportunities.

On the way to the park we must have been asked at least 50+ times if we were interested in tailored suits by several men on every street corner - Better than being offered other things I guess! It reminded me of a Radio 4 programme by Ross Nobel where he grew weary of Egypt following several thousand offers of perfume during his travels through the area on tour - I think the programme was called Ross Nobel Goes Global - check it our V.funny.

Chinese people seem to have a very liberal attitude to passing each others kids around - several times whilst in Hong Kong, including in the park, a stranger would come up to us with oohhs and ahhs for Myles, mistake him for a girl and the try to wrench him from our arms / the stroller for some closer contact. Myles loved the attention but we, with out slightly nervous western disposition were quite uncomfortable with it all - I dare say you'd get used to it - Saying that though, the first words the Scottish head chef at the Langham Place muttered to us at breakfast were - "what a cute blond haired boy - God help you trying to go down the street!"

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• Kowloon
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• Kong
• Chinese
• Nature
• Water
• Children

[gragrn]

I was there at the same time, in Kowloon park that afternoon. Small world ! Thanks for the memories!

[HongKongPrincess]

I was at Tsim Sha Tsui watching the pyrotechnics show...

[OnePeopleOneChina]

Were you amongst the millions of people crowded into the Ocean Terminal/Star Ferry Pier that night? :-) Funny though, just two (2) blocks away, Kowloon Park was virtually empty.

Sigh! It's New Years Eve 2008, and I wish I were in HK again (The temp in SF is currently 7*C or 45*F) Brrrr!

[HongKongPrincess]

well then I was very close to you that night!

[OnePeopleOneChina]

OMG! I was here just before midnight on New Year's Eve 2007, and I didn't even know the name of this place!