When I left NYC there was no evidence that the Sun exists. When I landed in HK, there was still none. The first ten days of my stay were filled with cumulonimbus clouds and grape-sized rain droplets. Stepping outside is like entering a sauna or breathing with a hot wet rag smothering your face. The CEOs here are taking three to four showers a day to gain short-lived relief from all the humidity-induced stickiness. Some brief musings about HK:
- HK (and China for that matter) is not ethnically diverse compared to NYC. The city’s 95% Chinese.
- There are so many mega-malls that look exactly alike. Armies of cleaning staff ensure they are all freakishly clean.
Hong Kong Oddities
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