Today we take a brief passage in a rather ugly district, say decidedly anti-aesthetic, but famous for technology : Sham Shui Po
is located in the Kowloon Peninsula, north-west. It is considered very bad because it is the area with the oldest and most buildings to be renovated throughout Hong Kong. It is far above the stalls to see all those ugly gray apartment blocks, dirty and thick with dripping air conditioners. The government is doing a big renovation plan despite the crisis, and so these will probably be the last picture "bleak" in Sham Shui Po
The area is still of great interest for the technology sold to the market : from the webcam to batteries, from motherboards to the fans, to monitor the banks of RAM, everything is sold at prices stracciatissimi the street. It is one of the only places in the world in which electronic components are treated the same way as chickens . Even if you do not buy anything (but extremely difficult to resist the temptation to buy the latest newfangled suggests that the Asian market, at prices absurdly low) walks alone is worth the trip.
take a bus to go home to Sindi, who lives in Eastern . It is a place on the water, climbed the hills and full of huge blocks of flats but colorful folk from fifty floors and more than 10 wings.
Eastern is perhaps a bit 'out of the way (is the most residential, with less density of premises or places famosi) ma è davvero bello. Soprattutto, è calmo. Ci trovi parchi, luoghi da cui guardare il mare e pescare, bar che servono cose semplici e buone a prezzi bassissimi (ma siamo a Hong Kong, quindi comunque parlano inglese, e c'è sempre un taxi a portarti dove vuoi se ti perdi).
public services, as I said earlier, Hong Kong esiste il ricatto italiano di cercare un locale per comprare un caffè per poter così usufruire del bagno . Fra le tante cose che fa il governo con le poche tasse esistenti sui grossi capitali e la finanza (per il resto le tasse praticamente qui non esistono), oltre che la sicurezza, la sanità, le pensioni eccetera, ci sono anche appunto i bagni pubblici . Se ne trovano ovunque, e sono molto ben puliti e accessoriati. Ovviamente non siamo in Italia e quindi scordatevi l'esistenza del bidè, anche negli hotel di lusso, ma per il resto c'è tutto. I water sono prevalentemente all'italiana (con poca acqua) ma se ne trovano anche all'inglese (quelli odiosi pieni di acqua profumata, che vi obbligano a far sapere a tutto il vicinato che state pisciando). Inoltre, qui costruire un palazzo è un business, ed esiste sempre, anche se gli appartamenti sono tutti comprati, il proprietario dell'intero palazzo (o meglio grattacielo, visto che qui con meno di 20 piani non esiste nulla). L'interesse principale del proprietario è quello, ovviamente, di far soldi, e quindi si occupa privatamente della fornitura di acqua, riscaldamento, eccetera. È in sostanza il nostro amministratore di condominio, che però è anche un imprenditore, e quindi ha interesse nel rendere bello e "famoso" il proprio palazzo, concedendo licenze ai migliori negozi, e soprattutto invitando i passanti alla visita del palazzo grazie alla presenza di toilette wonderful, with lots of staff present 24 hours on 24. So if you do not find a public restroom, look for a building at the base has a gallery with shops and restaurants: you are almost certainly the toilets, free, clean and well equipped.
And speaking of water, lies the eternal question of when abroad: you can drink tap water? The answer is yes in theory "because the water supplied by the government is perfectly clean and good, in standard Italian. Unfortunately, in many buildings the water is kept in huge tanks placed on the roofs (to give pressure), that if they are old render the water non-potable . So if you're in a house in a new or newly renovated building, or hotel, as well drink tap water. If you are in an old building or renovation, forget it. It is tradition among the local boil water but do not trust tap water: boil is used to kill microorganisms but is useless against all the junk metal tanks that are old. You can feel it immediately, because the taste is terrible . You should buy the water in any market open 24 hours to 24 (there are everywhere, just do a maximum of 50 steps in any direction to find one). Water for drinking because it costs very little there is also non-mineral (simply because it is pure filtered) and actually costs less, on balance, Italian tap water. Of course, it is unfortunate to note that in Italy we have the best tap water in the world but for addiction to advertising are the ones who buy more mineral water ... What fools we are.
But back to Eastern, and the wonderful dinner at the home of Sindi, with all his family.
While we go out for a drink in Central, known restaurants on the street, selling everything. That surprises me especially: sell goose meat and tau-fu. Note the poor goose heads on display.
We also have a dear old friend, Vivian, you can see that here in the center, waiting for a child, no less than seven months pregnant ... As impressive as the Oriental does not fatten a single gram and maintain an appearance as a young girl despite the pregnancy ...
They took us to eat a "pizza" ... are as usual very suspicious but I have to change his mind again: in fact it is absolutely a pizza but is a 'good bruschetta. But really good. Rich and tasty. We also carry chicken wings fried with chili sauce, which is a typically American thing I would say, called "buffalo wing . The name is playful and, indeed, very American. I really enjoyed explaining to my friends who buffalo is the animal that you see in western movies and has not really ever seen a fly .
The next day I two overlapping commitments : Dinner with Friends of CouchSurfing e cena coi genitori della mia ex. Decido di incastrare entrambe le cose : non mangio a pranzo e mi preparo a una doppia abbuffata. Incontro gli amici di CouchSurfing a Tsim Sha Tsui. Lei si chiama Ada, una tipica hongkonghesina ventiquattrenne che dimostra non più di 13 anni, complice anche una statura finalmente inferiore alla mia di una buona quindicina di centimetri (e io sono molto basso) e un faccino asiatico classico. L'altro viene dalla Norvegia. Mi chiedono entrambi dove andare, e io vengo un po' spiazzato perché penso che Ada, essendo locale, sappia certamente meglio di me dove andare... Non importa: prendo le redini della situazione e propongo il posto più vicino e caratteristico che mi viene in mente: Temple Street , coi suoi locali che cucinano e servono sull'asfalto, e i suoi market notturni all'aperto di prodotti semi legali e giocattoli sessuali . Ada è contentissima della scelta perché ci tiene a mostrare a un norvegese un posto così peculiare, così unicamente hongkonghese, e anche perché le piace il posto in quanto tale.
Ci facciamo portare pesce, ma anche carne. Il posto, come vi dicevo, è incredibile: a parte l'igiene garantita dei piatti, delle vivande e delle posate, tutto il resto è zozzo e burino come nelle migliori stamberghe dei vecchi tempi. Dalle nostre parti si dice "stasera si mangia dal Lurido!" e qua è lo stesso, più o meno. La qualità del cibo è incredibly high: like clams, fried fish so good and so tasty and well cooked meat can be tasted in very few places in the world. Everything you see has cost around four euros. I'm not kidding. Sure, you can also find land for Snout, the waiter is more greasy and ugly ogre of a fairy tale, the toilets consist of a garage with tools where you piss on the asphalt, but for four Euro what do you expect?
leaving friends and ride to dinner with the parents of my ex. I expect a table laden with every immensely good things. I do and courage in a chat and the other I can taste a bit 'all, aided by the fact that the stuff is an awful goodness, giving the impression of having eaten a lot (if you do not eat everything here is something a bit' rude).
Now, slightly changing topic, I'd like to propose an argument: you would go to sea the next day, when it rains the night before? Probably thinking, "Well, if it's sunny in the morning ... why not?"
Well, Do not ever this reasoning in a subtropical country !
But let's degrees. This was the situation the night before we decide to go to the beach:
So, a hail absurd. But then in the afternoon and then in the evening, the situation in front of my house seemed much improved . In this filmatino can see what it was like before and after the heavy rain:
The forecast was uncertain. Accuweather sun gave the government of Hong Kong gave disaster. We decide not to follow the Government , accustomed to the nonsense that my government to trim it every day, and leave for Stanley, south of Hong Kong, in a beautiful sunny morning.
Midway, two shots to Abardeen district, quite famous for its excellent ethnic restaurants and for its location halfway between the cities and resorts:
But when we come to Stanley , we realize with horror that the government Hong Kong had fucking reason. It hell breaks loose . It opened the floodgates of heaven . Even with the umbrella is not impossible because the clothes wet ' water comes down in buckets , not by drops, and from all directions. We take the opportunity to eat something but then we take courage and bathe there since in underwear. Then, air-conditioned bus for the return, 17 degrees with strong winds, will be the official end of my good health and Buscher me a cold which lasted for four days with a cough that persists even as I write these lines.
3 - Third Party political situation, Central, Mong Kok
4 - Part Four Kennedy Town, Lan Kwai Fong, Tsim Sha Tsui, IFC, Red, Soho, a pizzeria.
5 - Part Five Dim Sum, smoking, Wan Chai, Lan Kwai Fong, Causeway Bay, Times Square, an Italian restaurant a Soho
6 - Sesta parte McDull, Cheung Chau, templi spiagge e troupe della TV cinese, Hong Kong skyline dal traghetto, middle level.
7 - Settima parte Hong Kong skyline, Temple Street, bancarelle erotiche, hot pot, dolcetti, Soho con massaggi ristoranti fusion e narghilè
8 - Ottava parte Sham Shui Po, strade di Hong Kong, North Point, Eastern, l'acqua del rubinetto, Central, Temple Street, Sheraton, La Dolce Vita, Stanley e l'acquazzone
9 - Nona parte Lamma island, manifestazione anti-Cina, the Peak, Causeway Bay, il durian, i fuochi, il cibo thai
10 - tenth Shek O, Aqua Spirit, Heritage, BBQ, Baby Buddha, karaoke
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