18 September 2013, Rotterdam Centraal
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A typical #HongKong scene: Window air-conditioners... P.S. I just wanted to share this photo as I like the #lines. Had passed by this estate while looking for the start of a hiking trail but didn’t take a photo as I was on the phone. I walked by again several hours later after having finished my midday hike. So, here you go!
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A typical #HongKong scene: However high they might build the towers, these remain dwarfed by the mighty evergreen mountains that run all over the city.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Residential towers in #pastel shades are common here. Singapore, in comparison, seems to favour bright colours for its HDB blocks.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Low-rise buildings like these are commonplace here. However, many are in a poor condition. Sometimes they are left until a state beyond repair and await an inevitable end - to be replaced by a generic tower. An “ironic” juxtaposition in the first picture: The shiny sport cars parked beneath an almost-empty walk-up building that is likely slated for demolition.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Tall concrete blocks stacked tightly together wherever the terrain is flat enough for such construction. This photo was taken from a vantage somewhere along Section 3 of the Wilson #hiking trail.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Concrete residential blocks that incite claustrophobia. These make me imagine thousands of bird cages piled sky-high with tiny windows that might offer a brief respite (if one is lucky to have an open view instead of staring straight into the neighbours or a wall lined with pipes).
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A typical #HongKong scene: An elderly person doing back-breaking work collecting waste materials for a pittance. The 2018 #Oxfam Hong Kong Inequality Report shows that “the richest now earn 44 times more than poorest and... there are over 1.3 million people living in poverty.” Of which about one-third are people aged 65 or above.
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A typical #HongKong scene: ¾ of the land in Hong Kong is undeveloped, with country parks and nature reserves making up 40% of the territory. Always impressive to see the towers set against the green #mountains.
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This photo beautifully captures a transitory feeling!
Thanks Lisa! I had just alighted from the first train from Brussels to Rotterdam, and was waiting for my ride to the airport in Amsterdam to catch my flight back to Singapore. So quite a few transits but it was all worth it to see my family and friends again 🙂
Ouf, that must have been a long journey. Glad you made it safely and reunited happily with everyone. 🙂