Hong Kong was born thanks to the commercial exchange and this is still a very important business in the area (according to the Wikipedia, it is the eleventh largest trading entity in the world). You can easily notice it due to the huge number of cargo ferries in the area.
As the area in the city is scarce, and the coast line has also limitations, they have found a new way to increase the capacity of the cargo port: cargo platforms. This is another example of “If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain“…
Pretty interesting, isn’t it?
Hong Kong was the last base in my trip to China, and I really took it easy there. No hurries, and more days than needed. I already wrote about Hong Kong in this or this other post more than one month ago, but I also had some time to go around the main area. This is the case of the small trip to Chuang Chau.
A perfect opportunity for seeing Hong Kong skyline from the water, and also checking that calm is also possible very close to such crazy city. Chueng Chau is another island, with a nice fishing port, and a relaxing atmosphere.
A very positive surprise, completed with this sunset…
Finally, after 5 days, I have recovered some kind of rhythm (even though I am on vacation) and I can start updating the blog again. 🙂
The flight went a bit better than I expected. My stomach recovered just on time, and I did not need to visit the lavatories too often. I enjoyed a couple of movies (Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the classic Shrek), some short series, I read a complete The Economist, and played some Sudoku and other games in the on-board entertaining system. By the way, I flew with Swissair this time and it was the best for this so far. Movies on demand, lots of games (you could even play Tetris against other people in the plane!), and lots of music CDs in it.
I sat next to a german guy, who after drinking one Campari, one bottle of wine, four beers and being disappointed for the lack of sake, opened up his laptop and started working. I do not know how he could do anything at all… but I guess it is still a good thing not to have Internet during the flights… Otherwise, companies should start considering implementing by default a feature like this one in Gmail to prevent people from sending e-mails, not being completely aware of what they are doing.
Since I landed in Spain, I have met a couple of friends, been to the office, and come to Alicante to enjoy a familiar weekend full of home dishes and lots of children (big family). I am also getting used to some of the differences between Japan and Spain. For example, my metro station is not prepared for people carrying (big) luggage, you need to be extra-careful with your belongings in public places (otherwise you get robbed) or how you are treated in the shops (this deserves a longer explanation in a separate post, I guess)…
I will be used to this in a few more days… (I hope)
In a few hours, I will be in Narita Airport, taking an Airbus which will bring me back to Europe, after six months in Asia.. In this ocassion, the intermediate airport will be Zurich, and I will be arriving pretty early to Madrid.
This time, though, will be a bit tougher, as I am a bit sick from the stomach and have temperature, and I am not sure of my condition for the 16 hours of aircrafts and airport… Wish me good luck… I’m gonna need it!
More posts in a few days, when I get recovered from the jetlag, and back to some kind of normality.
