One you leave some of the busy streets of Hong Kong, people can be found kicking back and taking a breather from the humid, polluted pavements, in More
One you leave some of the busy streets of Hong Kong, people can be found kicking back and taking a breather from the humid, polluted pavements, in small parks and green areas hidden away from the 5 star hotels and never ending shopping opportunities. On the way to the park we must have been asked at least 50+ times if we were interested in tailored suits by several men on every street corner - Better than being offered other things I guess! It reminded me of a Radio 4 programme by Ross Nobel where he grew weary of Egypt following several thousand offers of perfume during his travels through the area on tour - I think the programme was called Ross Nobel Goes Global - check it our V.funny. Chinese people seem to have a very liberal attitude to passing each others kids around - several times whilst in Hong Kong, including in the park, a stranger would come up to us with oohhs and ahhs for Myles, mistake him for a girl and the try to wrench him from our arms / the stroller for some closer contact. Myles loved the attention but we, with out slightly nervous western disposition were quite uncomfortable with it all - I dare say you'd get used to it - Saying that though, the first words the Scottish head chef at the Langham Place muttered to us at breakfast were - "what a cute blond haired boy - God help you trying to go down the street!" Hide
