>>56419
Naturally the hot spots are Sham Shui Po (Golden Arcade is schway and all but the real shit is outside in the streets surrounding the mall on weekend nights. Any kind of vendor you could imagine, aching to sell you what they know), Mong Kok (arcades, high rises and dense, packed shopping malls both outdoor and indoor), and Kowloon. Central is gentrified, castrated and docile. You may as well be in Ginza or SoHo it's so clean and palatable. Fucking boring. TST is getting to be the same way, although the Chungking Mansions still exist there, to my surprise. If you want some fun go ahead and stay there and talk to some people. Make friends with the Indians out front selling you a room, the African ladies outside the 7/11 selling you their bodies, and you're in for an incredible weekend. I could waste a lot of time in any of the neighborhoods and locations listed above.
Have you been outside the city itself? The New Territories are where it's at man. The infamous walled city was not entirely unique. Many "urban villages" exist as a holdover of Hakka forts and towns across South China. The most interesting, naturally, being in the city. The last one in Hong Kong city limits was demolished in 2016. I made my first visit just two months too slow to experience it. There are still some examples up in Shenzhen (the infamous Baishizhou) if you can get a visa. Commonwealth citizens can get a 72hr visa at the border iirc, but if youre american youll need to pay and apply in advance. Or make a friend in the Chungking Mansions who could help. Aside from the urban villages left over, all of the towns in the New Territories are generally neglected, dilapidated and low-life despite still benefiting from the massive GDP and population density. They are closer to how I feel the old Hong Kong was, they are grimier, less organized and more local. My two favorites were Tai Po, for its network of shopping streets and its night market, as well as its compact design. Sha Tin was also beautiful, if a bit more open and modern. Outside the towns there are all the hiking trails and shantytowns and abandoned villages your heart could desire.
I could go on about Hong Kong for a very long time. It's one of the best places on earth in my opinion. Enjoy it as much as you can.
>>56423
The park is gorgeous. A lovely place to hang out and you're right about all the exhibits. I think they pay a decent homage to the communal experiment which used to exist there. Third pic is a shot of one of my favorite spots.
>>56431
Far more information than I could have even hoped for. Thank you so much lainon
