Photos from Hong Kong, China

automatic-handwash-dispenser-unit / Automatic Handwash Dispenser Unit, motion-activated

beef / Beef, large slabs of it, in Wan Chai food market

beijing-olympics-2008 / A month before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Hong Kong sports the easily-recognizable rings

china-olympic-mascots-2008 / Five 'Fuwa' 2008 Summer Olympic mascots in Hong Kong before 2008 Summer Olympics. The name means 'good-luck dolls.'

dvd-wanchai / DVDs for sale at Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market

fish-chopping-block / Fish for sale in street market. You pick how much; the blood-splattered knife comes down on the chopping block.

hong-kong-apartment-rental / Hong Kong's geography and building regulations means living in skyscrapers. A two-bedroom apartment is about US$2600.

hong-kong-at-dusk / Hong Kong city street at dusk

hong-kong-butcher / Butcher in Hong Kong's Wan Chai food market

hong-kong-camera-retailer / Cameras for sale at retailer next to Hong Kong's famed Wan Chai Market, on Queen's Road East

hong-kong-chek-lap-kok-airport / Hong Kong's glass-and-steel Chek Lap Kok Airport, which opened in 1998 on what was former landfill

hong-kong-city-bus / Hong Kong city bus just after sunset

hong-kong-city-signs / Colorful, occasionally illuminated signs on Hong Kong city street: Sing Fat Meat Company

hong-kong-city-traffic / Hong Kong's city traffic, and remarkable skyline

hong-kong-double-decker-bus / Hong Kong's double-decker bus

hong-kong-fish-for-sale / Fish for sale in Hong Kong street market. You pick how much, and the blood-splattered knife comes down. Not for the squeamish.

hong-kong-fish-merchant / Hong Kong fish merchant, selling whole fish not quite dead, or chunks of a still-living fish that's gradually whittled away

hong-kong-food-market / The bustling Wan Chai food market in Hong Kong

hong-kong-freeway / Hong Kong's waterfront freeway at dusk

hong-kong-gloucester-road / Hong Kong's Gloucester Road at dusk

hong-kong-income-disparities / Income disparities in Hong Kong, one of Asia's wealthy cities and world's freest: Vendors share streets with a Mercedes

hong-kong-kfc / The Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC, slogan of It's Finger Lickin' Good seems slightly out of place in Hong Kong

hong-kong-nathan-road / Hong Kong shops, tours, and restaurants near Nathan Road

hong-kong-pay-phone / Hong Kong pay phone

hong-kong-rain / When rain troubles Hong Kong, which is common in the summer, residents crowd under shop awnings to wait it out

hong-kong-skyline / Night view of Hong Kong's remarkable skyline

hong-kong-skyscrapers / The tiny so-called special administrative region of Kong Kong has nearly twice as many skyscrapers as New York

hong-kong-statue-kowloon / Statue with uplifted globe on Kowloon pier near the Hong Kong Museum of Art

hong-kong-street-trolley / Red, double-decker trolley on Hong Kong city street

hong-kong-sushi-restaurant / Cheap, tasty sushi restaurant on Hong Kong's Fleming Road, with treats like fried squid's lips and salmon head

hong-kong-sushi-restaurant-menu / Menu for sushi restaurant on Hong Kong's Fleming Road, with treats like baby octopus, fried squid's lips and salmon head

hong-kong-takeout / Takeout at a Hong Kong to-go restaurant

hong-kong-thunderstorm / When a thunderstorm troubles Hong Kong, which is common in the summer, residents crowd under shop awings to wait it out

hong-kong-underground-mall / Winter weather in Toronto led to an vast interconnected mall. Summer heat in Hong Kong led to a similar one underground.

hong-kong-vending-machine / Vending machine offers varieties of tea and green tea for less than US$1. The West could learn from this.

hong-kong-weight-loss / Nearby Vietnam's relative prudishness about showing skin doesn't exist in Hong Kong's weight loss ads

ipod-knockoffs / iPod knockoffs for sale at Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market

kowloon-public-pier / Night view of Hong Kong's remarkable skyline from Kowloon Public Pier

kowloon-view-of-hong-kong / On the Kowloon pier, you can pay a few dollars for a photograph of you and Hong Kong's remarkable skyline

muji-to-go-store / Muji to Go store at Hong Kong airport

peninsula-hotel-hong-kong / Luxurious Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, which opened in 1928 and has occasionally been voted the world's best hotel. It boasts a private helipad.

produce-for-sale-hong-kong / Produce for sale in the bustling Wan Chai food market in Hong Kong

two-international-finance-center / Two International Finance Center, Hong Kong's tallest, higher than Empire State building without its spire

united-boeing-747 / United Airlines Boeing 747 plane at Hong Kong airport

video-players / Video players for sale in Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market. HK$800 is around US$100.

wan-chai-food-market / Food, fish, produce for sale in Hong Kong street market in Wan Chai district

wan-chai-market / Cable and electronics gear for sale at Hong Kong's legendary Wan Chai Market

wan-chai-market-netgear-outside / Netgear ReadyNAS and other storage devices for sale at Hong Kong's legendary Wan Chai Market

wanchai-market / Outside Hong Kong's famed Wan Chai Market, on Queen's Road East, one of the world's most interesting electronic marts

wanchai-market-cameras / Cameras and other electronic gear for sale in Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market

wanchai-market-electronic-gear / PCs and other electronic gear for sale in Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market

wanchai-market-upper-floor / Upper floor of Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market

wireless-access-points / Wireless access points for sale at Hong Kong's legendary Wanchai Market