Rain in Stanley
I "flyed" from Macau to Hong Kong on Saturday and stayed for three days. When planning, I considered that there might be too many people in the urban area on Sunday, so I put the trip to Stanley on the first day of the three-day tour in Hong Kong. Choosing Stanley was somewhat selfish. In 2009, I lived on Boundary Street, and I rarely visited Hong Kong Island. The southernmost Stanley was not in the plan at all, and it was so famous.
It is said (various Hong Kong travel promotions) that Stanley is a must-see place in Hong Kong tourist brochures for foreigners, such as beaches, sea views, leisurely atmosphere, etc. These are not my taste, but just one thing that attracted me. During World War II Fierce battles took place on this peninsula. After the Japanese army captured Hong Kong, they massacred the wounded soldiers in the hospital here, and then set up concentration camps to hold prisoners of war.
Make a plan before the trip and circle the British Army Cemetery and St. Stephen's College, which are the main relics of this theme. How to go? I found on the Internet that I took the Hong Kong Island green minibus No. 40, and the journey took 50 minutes (starting from Happy Valley in the north of Hong Kong Island to the southernmost point), so Hong Kong Island is not big.
One of the plans was questioned: is the minibus safe? A while ago there was a report of a bus accident in Hong Kong, and it had to pass through mountainous areas. I successfully refuted it on the grounds that the taxi fare was more than doubled. The second question about the plan: it’s hard to find the station. I originally wanted to board the train at the nearest station to the hotel, “Happy Valley Racecourse” (also the second stop of the whole journey). I searched it the afternoon before. Looking for it, so I decided to sit at the starting point.
According to Baidu Maps, the starting point of the No. 40 minibus is on Tang Lung Street in the southwest corner of the Causeway Bay MTR Station, not far from us. I walked around this area a few times on the day I arrived in Hong Kong, and I feel quite familiar. After breakfast, I went straight to Deng Lung Street, which is actually an alley off Hennessy Road. There is no bus stop when it is broken down. A group of foreign children who look like college students are standing on the side of the road talking and laughing. Are they also waiting for the bus to Stanley? Don't worry about asking a passing grandmother in the alley, she said that she has moved away, but where can she move, she can't understand her pronunciation. It happened that two patrolling policemen, a man and a woman, walked by. When they asked, it would be better for my grandmother to explain clearly: This is Denglong Street. If you say it is here, you can wait here.
While hesitating, I remembered that Google Maps can be used. After checking, No. 40 is not Tang Lung Street at all, but starts from Jardine Street in the east corner! Grandma is right, it seems that I have to take a taxi. Don't worry, check where Jardine's Street is. It turned out to be nearby, at the southeast corner of the Causeway Bay MTR station. When I walked over, I saw several green minibuses with 40 written on the side of the road. There was a line of people lined up below. Later, when I passed by the bus station, I found that even if there were not many people waiting for the bus, they still had to line up. Although Beijingers are quite humble when getting on the bus, but the queue may make the fair order more clear at a glance.
The speed of the car is very fast, and through the long tunnel, it enters the forest at once, passes through Ocean Park, Deep Water Bay, and Repulse Bay, and soon arrives at the end point, Stanley Prison. I asked: St. Stephen's College? The driver signaled us to continue sitting, turned around, came to a fork in the road, and stopped us. It turned out that the minibus did not follow the stop, and we stopped at the place.
The mother wanted to clean the toilet, and the elderly were in a hurry. Looking around, only the church opposite could ask for help. It happened to be the weekend, and there were many people coming in and out. A fat European and American man in a priest's robe was chatting with a group of Chinese men and women (because he asked the bathroom in a hurry, and didn't bother to listen to what language they were speaking), by the way Following his instructions, he took his mother to the small aisle next to the church, where another row of small rooms was set up, and several female believers were queuing up. Seeing that his mother was old, they pointed to another door on the side, which turned out to be caregivers Dedicated toilet.
A little raindrops fell from the sky. A seven or eight-year-old white boy walked through the crowded women in the aisle, muttering: excuse me, and walked to the narrow courtyard behind, where his bicycle was parked, brushed off the seat Raindrops on the bed, carefully pushing through the women's queue... There are more people in line, and they must not be Chinese, maybe they are Filipino maids? Many of them wear headscarves, aren't they Muslims? I learned later that Catholics have to wear headscarves to show solemnity when they enter the church.
Out of the town, head towards Stanley Fort, which used to be stationed by the British Army, but later returned to the People's Liberation Army. In short, it is not open, but there is a cemetery of the British Army on this "Huang Ma Kok Road". The asphalt road is in good condition. It is not wide but there are few people and cars. The winding road runs along the coast. Although there are trees and shrubs blocking it, you can still see large freighters passing by in the distance and dhows cruising nearby.
(The name "people are doing what the sky is watching" should not be linked by the public, right?)
It may be that the flowering season has passed, but the greenery here is quite thick but there are few flowers. The monotonous colors and one or two "armed" runners chasing up from behind made the loneliness here even deeper. Suddenly there was a burst of sweetness, as if opening the bottle cap of jam. There was a red carpet under a big tree, which was the result of fallen fruit being broken or trampled by pedestrians. Looking up, the tree was full of berries, purple Black and purple, what kind of tree is it? It's like blueberries, but blueberries are said to be shrubs.
The Stanley military cemetery is on the side of the road. There is no large square. A gate with an iron fence goes straight uphill. It is raining lightly and no one is there. There are reed flowers beside the cross monument in the center. Shouldn’t it grow by the water? of it? The following is an excerpt from the graveyard nameplate:
This cemetery was set up for the burial of the Hong Kong garrison and their families in the early days of Hong Kong's port opening. The cemetery was closed for 70 years and reopened in 1942 to allow the burial of prisoners of war who died in Hong Kong or civilians who died in detention camps. The remains of those who died in the Anti-Japanese War in 1941 and were buried on the battlefield, especially those of Hong Kong volunteers, were also buried here.
Those buried in this cemetery include members of the British Army Service Corps. The regiment employs a large number of civilian personnel, works in the occupied areas of China, assists the escape of prisoners of war in the camps, and supplies these camps with medicines; collects military intelligence; provides shelters and Help them escape. The members of the British Army Service Corps who are buried in this cemetery were all arrested and killed while engaging in these activities.
The cemetery buried 691 war dead, including 37 Navy, 467 Army, 3 Air Force, 23 Merchant Marines, 98 interned civilians, and 41 other civilians (including 39 British soldiers). Service Corps members), and 22 unidentified martyrs. 488 of them were British, 20 Canadians, 5 Indians, 157 Hong Kongers, 11 Allied personnel, and 10 dead who were totally unidentifiable.
The Sai Wan Monument bears the names of soldiers who died in the war and whose graves are unknown, for people to pay tribute to. The names of sailors are engraved on the memorial in their home harbour, while those of the air force are engraved on the Singapore Air Force Memorial.
The cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Commonwealth War Graves Commission), and it is also introduced on the nameplate: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for maintaining the cemetery of 1,700,000 Commonwealth soldiers who died in the two world wars. These heroes and heroines from various countries of the Commonwealth of Nations have different beliefs, including atheists, and their graves and monuments are located in 153 countries around the world.
Return to the church along the original road, and decide to go to Stanley Prison, which is the main entrance of St. Stephen’s College (the back entrance is very close to the British Army Cemetery, but it is not accessible). At this time, the rain is getting bigger and bigger, umbrella and raincoat It can only protect hair and jacket, shoes and trousers are all soaked. Between the road and the sea is the Hong Kong Sailing School.
The Academy is a middle school with a long history. The Japanese army invaded Hong Kong before Christmas in 1941. It was one of the lines of defense for the British troops stationed in Hong Kong. A military hospital was set up in the school. On Christmas Day, the Japanese army successfully captured and massacred the wounded soldiers and medical staff in the hospital. , and even more than 60 school employees. This is the last and largest massacre in the Hong Kong Defense War, known as the St. Stephen's College Massacre.
A month later, it became a detention camp for British, Dutch and American civilians. The first batch of civilian captives buried the remains of British soldiers they found there. Yes, but the abandoned cemetery since the 1860s, one after another, the civilians and prisoners of war held here are also buried here.
During the heavy rain, the gate guard refused our request to visit inside, but the Internet said that we can visit casually. I went to Taiwan the year before last, and there were also cultural relics in the school. They were originally available for viewing, but later there was an incident of attacking students and they were not opened to the public. The mainland also refused to let them go easily. People learn from others. Later, I saw on the website of the College Cultural Relics Trail that you need to apply online.
On the opposite side of the road outside the gate, there is a new "attraction", which is also found on Baidu Maps. It is called the "tic-tac-toe" landmark. It is "Hu Shi". The cultural accumulation in the southern district of Hong Kong has only been carefully sorted out and promoted in recent years. During Hu Shi’s visit to Hong Kong in 1935, he was invited to have afternoon tea at St. Stephen’s College. Hu Shi's introduction, Hu Shi's vernacular poems, and historical and natural pictures of Stanley.
in central
On the day of arranging to experience the various means of transportation in Hong Kong, there was a short walk in Central. When I came out of the Peak Tram Terminal, I had already seen the 15c bus stop on the side of the road, because there were many people standing on the license plate Get off, I'm afraid the car will be crowded, I suggest: go to the Central Pier, it's only over 1,000 meters away. Everyone is looking up at the top of each tall building, because the eyes at the same level are always cut off by the bodies of these buildings, as if they want to rush out of the encirclement earlier, thinking that the Victoria Bay can have a bright environment from the pier, and they all agree .
But when I walked, I found that the good streets on the map were completely out of order. Of course, this is just our feeling. People who are familiar with the terrain in this area may enjoy themselves. Arrange delicate connections everywhere. For example, it is obviously a road, but there will be a height difference in the middle; it is obviously two parallel roads (I think of it as a car lane and a sidewalk based on experience), but there is a ramp that leads you in the opposite direction. In short, I searched while savoring, and arrived at the Central Pier all the way, but the route could not be restored on the electronic map. It is estimated that another trip on the ground will be a different way.
But the node will not change. First of all, St. John’s Cathedral, which is on the Garden Road with the Peak Tram, can be said to be diagonally opposite the door. In 2009, it was also the focus of my visit, and I even sat in the chapel for a long time. It was not a gathering place at that time. At that time, as long as the people who worship on their own are not disturbed, and the atmosphere of the church is not damaged, no one will interfere. Just after crossing the road, I saw that the front of the cathedral was covered with scaffolding. Bamboo is still used as scaffolding in Hong Kong (Macau as well). It seems that it is not allowed in Beijing. Maybe because it is too dry, bamboo is easy to break. On the facade, there are several walls that were painted in different periods at the height of one person, and the outside is covered with a protective cover. The cover is written in Chinese and English. The Chinese is "Since its establishment, St. John's Cathedral has used different Paint whitewashing, the following are some paint layers", and the paints found in the bottom layer, middle layer, and surface layer are listed below, but there is no specific era, which is often written clearly in the restoration of important historical sites in Taiwan.
(The entrance door is lower than the chapel, so the church looks even taller.)
(annexed building with similar style on the side)
The Central area is very expensive, and it is not easy to have such a large area of St. John’s Cathedral. The tall trees and shrubs have blooming flowers, especially the shrubs on the roadside. The flowers are very fragrant, like camellias, and the enclosed courtyard is small and Quiet, every facility often has a nameplate, write a sentence of the bible or a line of thanks, let you experience the power of believers to add bricks and tiles.
In addition to the maintenance of the front, the chapel is still in use. At that time, a Korean funeral was being held. The door of the hall was wide open. There were not many people in the deep lobby. The sound of chanting was almost inaudible outside the door. Visitors came and went. Stretch your head inward... There is a hearse parked under the flower tree, the back door is open, and several elderly funeral home workers are sitting at the door having lunch.
There is a green area next to the car, and a Celtic cross in the middle. In 2009, I read in the introduction of the church: In the northwest of the cathedral, on the land near the Celtic cross, there is the tomb of Mr. Private Maxwell. He was a Roman Catholic who died in the battle of Hong Kong and was buried in situ. At that time, I thought of another introduction: there is a monument to Captain William on the north wall of the church to commemorate his martyrdom under the city of Guangzhou in 1857. This time I went to the monument deliberately, only to realize that it was completely different. He and we went to Stanley the first day to pay homage to the victims of World War II:
3176 private
R. D. Maxwell
hong kong
volunteer defense corps 23rd december 1941 age 22
remember ed by his family and comr ades who buried him near where he fell
After leaving the cathedral, we saw the Peace Monument, and there was a large empty field centered on it, but there was nothing but the lawn. I thought it was to highlight the monument itself, but because the surrounding buildings were too tall, And people are not allowed to enter the lawn, so no matter what, it is impossible to make the monument taller. Baidu said that it was built in 1923, originally to commemorate World War I, and later World War II. The wreath decorations mourning the dead are the same as the speech "The Immortal Spirit and the Glorious Dead" (rarely, the English is more concise than the Chinese), but in terms of time, a line "1939-1945" is added under "1914-1918", However, the Roman numeral "MCMXIX" on the top marks the year 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. What about the end of World War II? Missouri signed the instrument of surrender? Do Europeans think so? I had no choice but to forget it!
Make up for why the Roman numeral "MCMXIX" is 1919:
Starting from the right, the first digit X represents 10, the second digit I represents 1, and the small number is on the left of the large number, indicating a large number-decimal=9;
The one to the left still represents 10, and these three are 10+9=19;
Further to the left is M for 1000, these four digits should be 1019, but looking further to the left is a C representing 100, and the small number is on the left of the large number, indicating a large number-decimal=1019-100= 919;
Continue to the leftmost digit is M, which is 1000, and the sum is 1919.
Hey, there are more than these rules for Roman numerals, thanks to the simple writing of 1919.
The Court of Final Appeal, which is across the road from the monument, is a very solid building. It was built a hundred years ago. , The Hong Kong Club collapsed and disappeared, and this building will still stand tall, like a pyramid, leaving a testimony to the wisdom of the Far East." Like the monument, it can hardly be called "standing tall" now.
This area is probably the densest business district in Hong Kong, and there are landmark buildings everywhere.
Under the guidance of pedestrians, we stepped into a covered flyover spanning several streets, saw the Ferris wheel, and then saw the small buildings of the Central Pier, we knew that we had finally reached the shore of Victoria Harbour, and the next step was to It's the experience of the Star Ferry.
Visit Victoria City
On the last day of this trip, we arranged for a longer walking route, but there are also contingency methods, that is, if you are tired or not in the mood, it is very convenient to take a bus or even take a taxi back to the hotel. The theme of this line is "Victoria City". We all know Hong Kong's "Victoria Bay" sandwiched between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, but little is known about Victoria City. After all, it is obviously colonial, and Hong Kong's development has already broken through the original city for more than a century. range.
At the beginning of the British occupation of Hong Kong, the site was chosen to build the city on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. Of course, it was not surrounded by walls like Kowloon City, but to make an overall plan for the land. This is the "four rings and nine agreements" that are often mentioned later. From west to east, the ring is divided into: West Ring, Upper Ring, Central, and Lower Ring. It is roughly named according to the traditional residents’ mouth of the Bo Chuan Bay, which is naturally formed along the concave-convex coast. The pronunciation of Central Ring and Bay in Cantonese is similar. As for the "Nine Covenants", it is a more detailed administrative division. It borrows the name of a certain alliance obtained by agreement between several nearby villages in Guangdong to make it easier for the public to understand.
Today, Shanghuan and Central are preserved by the subway station names, but where is the specific boundary of Victoria City? In 1903, the Hong Kong British government planted boundary markers around the planned city. With the development of the city and personnel changes, only 6 pieces can be seen today. In fact, there are 7 pieces that are known exactly, but one of them was in June 2007. It was removed privately, which aroused social concern. Now the remaining 6 pieces are often "planted flags" by tourists and hikers who like to explore ancient times.
In 2009, when I visited the University of Hong Kong, I visited one on Pok Fu Lam Road. It was halfway up the mountain, and 5 of the 7 blocks were like it. They were distributed along the mountain from east to west, and only two blocks were at the foot of the mountain. The plains are relatively easy to reach, so this time we plan to visit them. According to previous research, we started from Wong Nai Chung Road on the east side of Happy Valley, and after we found the east boundary marker of Victoria City, we took the Ding Ding bus to the westernmost point of Hong Kong Island, and found the west boundary marker by the sea.
I went the wrong way after morning tea and went out. Is it because Hong Kong is too small? Are there many forks in the road? In short, the intersections on the map are always passed by. I wanted to go through a "tunnel" (in Hong Kong, I often heard the word "tunnel". At first I thought it was a long tunnel through the mountain. When I got closer, it turned out that It's the "underpass" that crosses the street, not so solemnly) Going back, as a result, the tunnel is divided into several forks, and when you go up, you can see that it is still on the west side of Happy Valley.
According to my type A blood temper, I should walk again, but to take care of my mother’s body, I walked along the Wong Nai Chung Road on the west side of Happy Valley to the Ding Ding bus terminal. In 2009, I only went to this On the other hand, the simple Hindu temple is still the same. It is not a Persian cemetery next to it. I went in to pay homage last time. This time I will not go to the habit of taking care of everyone. The Ding Ding car went west all the way, and when it reached the end, it continued to go west. To be honest, I don’t know the exact location of the western boundary marker. The closest statement I found on the Internet is: in Xining Street Park, north of Victoria Road.
Open Baidu Maps (I can’t help it, I’m too lazy to download Google for a few days), walk along Victoria Road, there are no houses here, there are many trees but there are also many cars on the road, and the Xining Street Bus Terminal is two intersections away , beside the parking lot is the ruins of the Donghua acne bureau. My mother said: This is still there. There used to be acne bureaus in our town. Mr. Han, the grandfather of someone’s apprentice, opened the acne bureau. I remember there was a big black plaque. I felt the scenes in Ma Jiahui's "Dragon Head and Phoenix Tail", which seemed to say that this area is inaccessible, leprosy, cemetery, etc., it is very scary.
Across Xining Road, you can see a line of sea. The buildings on both sides are factory warehouses and mortuaries. No wonder there are so few people here. Continue west along Xining Road, first the factory buildings, then the stadium. The stadium facing the sea can be regarded as an excellent environment. It is really a paradise for citizens. No place is locked. We can walk around to find the boundary markers. But until the end of Xining Road was the gate of a factory area, when I asked the guard, he said there was no one inside, and he didn't know where it was. There is a small garden outside the gate, and I even go in and look among the flowers and grass. Suddenly, the brother-in-law who was walking on the other side of the road by the iron fence of the stadium called: Here!
(What kind of flower is this? It’s similar to the one in the courtyard of St. John’s Cathedral, right?)
Take a few steps to enter through the gate of the stadium. The stadium is lower than the road. There are trees, flower beds, and a drinking fountain on the side of the iron fence. The boundary markers are mixed with them. If you are not careful, you will really ignore it. The simple square columns, the roof, the English words "city" and "boundary" and the year "1903" below have been repainted with black paint. The younger sister joked: You work, not just follow along. My brother-in-law is the kind of person who is relaxed. When someone else arranges the itinerary, he asks every morning: What are you watching today. Remember, just go to the topic, instead of being easily distracted by looking around like us, so he can grasp the key points.
"What's next?" I asked if I wanted to go to the University of Hong Kong, and everyone agreed. I followed Baidu Maps all the way, and soon came to Shanshi Street. I was very impressed here: it is wider than most Hong Kong roads, but It is all the way up the stairs, looking back, you can see a line of sea water across a few roads and high-rise buildings on the side of the road. The difference from 2009 is that an elevator is installed on one side of the steps. The station ladder rises to half of the street, and a covered corridor connects the covered rolling ladder to continue uphill. The mountain street next to it is also changed to a slope. I got it, but my previous impression was that I kept going up the stairs.
(On the handrail is the instruction of the Lands Department of Southwest District of Hong Kong Island. The two arrows point in one direction, but they say "towards the road" and "towards the pedestrian road" respectively. What is "C&W"? 337 should be the house number, maybe it is in that position It is a fork between the road and the pedestrian road.)
When we arrived, it happened that the escalator was being repaired. After climbing a slope, my mother said that she didn't want to go. Rest on some seats arranged between the escalator and the ramp. These were not available ten years ago. Who said that Hong Kong has not developed in recent years? It’s just that after a certain level of maturity, the progress is often subtle and difficult to detect. . It was getting late, and I originally wanted to follow the 2009 route from the University of Hong Kong along Pokfulam Road and Bonham Road all the way east to go to a node - Yung Kee for dinner, so I had to take a bus instead.
Back to the waterfront of Kennedy Town (the name of this road is also strange enough), there are many buses to Des Voeux Road, get off and walk up the hill again, all the roads are steps or ramps, and my mother Worrying for the people of Hong Kong: how hard it is every day! Yes, the plains are like Beijing, and the water towns are like Anhui. My mother mainly lives in these places. I really can't imagine living in mountainous areas (including cramped seashores). Even if it has been developed into a city, I have to adapt to the ups and downs of the road.
Coming out of Yung Kee, I wanted to go back to the hotel directly by car. I found the nearest walking route on the Baidu map to take Pottinger Street. The waiter at Yung Kee pointed it out very clearly, but when I arrived, I found that it was a road with steps. Shanshi Street is much gentler. There are small stalls on both sides of the street, and the goods are messy. Because the ground is looking at the road, I accidentally saw the stone Trump coming out with a smirk on his face... It turned out that this was a stall selling masks. Helping my mother to go down, cross a road and then cross another road, all of them can take a car. In addition to memorizing a single line, Hong Kong people also have to remember whether it is a road with steps, which is so troublesome!
When we went back to the hotel and checked, we found that we were walking directly below Lan Kwai Fong, and up Pottinger Street was the famous place, and Pottinger Street is also known as Stone Street (the foreign name comes from the first Hong Kong Governor Pottinger), I have walked through the upward section, and it is also a famous area for wedding photos in Hong Kong... a bit regretful.
The days in summer are very long, so I can’t wait for it to get dark. My mother stays in the room to rest, and my sister plans to let my brother-in-law accompany me to go shopping. Everyone split up, and the WIFI was gone, so I chose the map in the room and read it carefully several times, remembering the key points, and then set off.
Go out from the east-west path in front of Nanyang Hotel, find the north-south Canal Road with the overpass (this is a key sign), turn right to the south, cross the overpass, take Leighton Road, and soon come to a three-way intersection , there is a small triangular roundabout in the middle, which is convenient for pedestrians who cross the road to wait for the red light, turn right across the road and then cross the road, and you will get on Wong Nai Chung Road on the east side of Happy Valley. After having morning tea in the morning, I passed this intersection. I was ignored because it was too small. I walked along Leighton Road to Canal Road, and finally went to Wong Nai Chung Road on the west side of Happy Valley.
Wong Nai Chung Road is U-shaped and surrounds the three sides of Happy Valley. The road on the west side is wide and there is an overpass on it, which makes it very busy. The road on the east side is that we didn’t go there in the morning. Let’s look for it now. Huang Niyong said, it seemed very quiet, even though at this moment, it was the time when it was off work, parents led children with schoolbags, office workers with briefcases and even office workers who only held mobile phones came and went.
The driveway is not wide, and the sidewalks on both sides, especially the side near Happy Valley, are very wide. There are trees, flowers and seats. Some men in suits and leather shoes sit alone and look at their mobile phones. The gate of the cricket club says that members can enter. A slightly fat young man is on the phone by the side of the road. There is a big bag with half his height beside him. It should be equipment. Category. There is a solemn stone gate across the street, with "Caroline Hill Road" marked on the side. Is it a very important road, and there is such a park-like entrance?
(Entrance to the middle of the racecourse)
(St. Margaret's Cathedral, opposite to the entrance of the racecourse's midfield)
(St. Paul Catholic Primary School)
The east boundary marker of Victoria City, I saw the street view on the Baidu map. The marker is surrounded by the commonly used isolation piers on the street, so it is not easy to be found, but diagonally opposite is a primary school called St. Paul Catholic Primary School. As a coordinate, but before I saw the school sign, I saw it standing abruptly on the wide sidewalk, and there was nothing around. Nearby, there is a small piece of bronze inlaid on the ground under the stele: one of the boundary stones of the then city of victoria (in all capital letters), one of the boundary stones of the old Victoria city (traditional characters), and several signs below (no text description, I don't know what organization it is).
(The "Victoria Road boundary marker" found that morning)
(Pokfulam Road boundary marker in 2009)
If we say that the West Boundary Monument still has a suburban feeling (although it is not crowded), it is completely busy (although it is relatively quiet), and the former Victoria City has become more and more diluted in the process of urbanization in Hong Kong. The disappearance of Beijing's old city depends on the painstaking demolition of a circle of city walls, while Victoria City is more simple, just pull out a few boundary markers. However, Hong Kong people uphold the tradition of the British, preferring to huddle together, and try not to touch the nature outside. Take the crystal bus for sightseeing on the first day, and take a taxi to the airport the next day. You can see a large suburb, unlike ours. No matter how you go, it is a city.