6 April 2025
Rice not noodles
Kowloon Park
Last night in Hong Kong. For dinner I wanted rice not noodles. I should probably have had some Hong Kong BBQ, which is to say, roasted, steamed and fried pork on rice with a token bit of greenery. Instead I had Bibimbap, because Korean food in Hong Kong is probably a good idea.
Before my last dinner, I went for a walk around Kowloon Park. This excellent park is located right in the middle of everything, and it has a McDonalds as you shall see. There is also a rather large indoor outdoor swimming centre nearby, with a million signs warning you not to take photos, with 100 high definition video cameras monitoring at all times that you are not taking photos.
Anyway, tomorrow I am going to Japan, Osaka Kansai airport to be precise. In keeping up with tradition, I will first fly away from Japan, back to Singapore, where I have only 1 hour and 15 minutes to get a connecting flight to Osaka. What could possibly go wrong?
So tomorrow will be a handful of photos of airports, planes and then, most exciting of all, my Osaka hotel room.
Kowloon park is filled with variations of black cats. At least 50. They should probably cull a few.
View from the park. It really is a very nice park, my photos in the late grey afternoon are not doing it justice.
There is the McDonalds in the park. Note that it sells only ice creams.
The flamingos are not particularly pink.
You can exit the park via an overpass directly into the ferry to China building. I did not.
Instead I took a turn around the geyser, which was spreading Legionella as far as the eye can see.
Just a random street. Note that nearly all taxis are still these old Toyota's.
Highly authetic.
This is the hotel I should have stayed at. Actually my hotel has been great, and is better located than this one.
My bibimbap. Pretty average. Flavourless.
This is Xiqu centre, where you can watch Chinese opera.
And for my final shot this evening, of course it is a street market. This one is a food market and it is literally 2 streets over from my hotel and I had no idea it was there until now.
Time to pack my bags.