A few more pictures from my hotel window yesterday morning. Lots of tall buildings in Hong Kong. Spiderman could live here, but he wouldn’t last in Tokyo because the buildings are too short. As you can see the weather in Hong Kong was hazy and depressing. It felt like it was going to rain all day but never did. I was pretty much exhausted from saturday and with the weather being the way it was I didn’t want to do anything. I’ll probably be coming to Hong Kong quite often so I don’t feel an urgent need to go see stuff this time.

So, I spent the morning catching up on emails and putting in a few hours of work. Around noon, I went to get a massage at a place recommended by yumiko. The place is called Golden Rock and is run by the blind. A one hour massage was just what I needed! After that I walked around Causeway a bit and got some barbequed pork buns and coconut bread. Haven’t had these in years and they were delicious! If I had to compare Japanese bread products to Chinese ones, I would have to say I prefer the Chinese ones because I grew up eating the stuff.

Another unrelated observation is the lack of bookstores in this city. Maybe I just haven’t been going to the right areas but so far I’ve only spotted about 3 bookstores in the week I’ve been here. Page One in Times Square has a decent selection of English books and there was another shop in IFC. The third was another Chinese bookstore near the night market. That’s it. I read on some blog that people in Hong Kong don’t like reading. I doubt that to be true but it sure does appear that way with so few bookstores in the major areas of the city. This is unlike Japan where there are tons of bookstores. On the other hand, I’ve seen a considerable number of magazine and newspaper stands, selling lots of Japanese magazines too. One stand had gay porn magazines hanging prominently at the front for everyone to see.