Tracking Down Vintage Hong Kong Postcards in Sham Shui Po’s Paper Wholesale Alleys
There’s a particular kind of thrill that comes from holding a piece of paper that’s older than you are, especially…
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Where Neon Goes to Die, and What It Leaves Behind
The first thing we noticed about the sign shop on Kweilin Street was not the neon itself but the smell….
Where the Bamboo Still Holds
The dried-seafood streets of Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan district smell exactly the way you’d expect something that’s been dehydrating for…
The gully that wasn’t on any map
The trailhead on South Lantau Road looks like a drainage ditch. That’s the first thing that throws visitors off —…
The Last Light Over Shek O
The trailhead at the end of Shek O Road is mostly empty by late afternoon. A few taxis drop off…
The stone steps that lead nowhere—and everywhere—in Hong Kong
From the MTR exit at Shau Kei Wan, the air changes. Down at the tram terminus and the fishmongers on…
The 5:30 AM City That Becomes a Ghost Town by Lunch
The air in Kowloon City’s wet market at first light is a physical substance, not a collection of scents. It…
The hour before sound arrives in Tai O
Tai O wakes before its own reputation does. By five-thirty in the morning, the stilt houses along the water channels…
Staunton and Shelley: The Wrong Stop That Wasn’t
The escalator that carries passengers up through Central to the Mid-Levels is, at nearly any hour, a moving diorama of…
The floorboards moved. So did the bunk.
The ferry from Central Pier left well after the evening rush, which meant the sky was already doing that Hong…