Escaping Hong Kong Within The City

I don't forget years ago, sitting in class with one of my most effective buds, producing lists of locations we wanted to go. For me, my list consisted of areas that I believed would push my comfort level. For him, his list was about seeing the world’s very best skylines. At the top rated of that list (no surprise) was Hong Kong.

My buddy explained how the aesthetic was so intriguing: mountains as a backdrop, the background, to sky-scrapers and fluorescent billboards, a Bladerunner fan’s dream.

Nevertheless, despite its futuristic foreground, a current write-up by Steve McKenna in The Sydney Morning Herald lists green space, or breathing space, that travelers can locate within the city’s limits.

McKenna escaped the hustle of chaos and located almost everything from harmonic birdsongs to waterfalls to Tai Chi practitioners to malls atop a 552-meter high peak. The highlight might be locating out that far more than 3-quarters of Hong Kong is green space, most of the modern day buildings going up rather of out.

Appears like no matter exactly where you are, even 1 of the most visually stimulating cities in the globe, you can come across a location to uncover peace. You can crawl up to Victoria Peak to cease, breathe and take it all in.

By Brit Weaver

About the Author

Toronto born and primarily based, Brit is an avid leisure cyclist, coffee drinker and beneath-a-tree park-ist. She frequently finds herself meandering foreign cities hunting for street eats to nibble, trees to climb, a patch of grass to sit on, or a little bookstore to sift by means of. You can uncover her musing life on her individual weblog, TheBubblesAreDead.wordpress.com.