It seems decades ago since I was in Hong Kong. Oh hold on, it was almost decades ago. I took these in April 2004, when you might recall we were just getting over the SARs pandemic!
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Oh, I love those markets!
Here is my bright picture: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/bright-white/
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Markets are great to explore aren’t they 🙂
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From one financial capital to the next: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/bright-as-a-new-penny/
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ooh I have an idea where you might be but will I be right?!! I will be there shortly to find out . . . .
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I didn’t even know you’d lived in Hong Kong! How long were you there for? 🙂 🙂 It certainly looks lively and I can see you right at home in the markets there.
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Oh I didn’t live there, just stayed for a few days en route to Australia. MrB though has lived here, in fact the youngest was born here 🙂
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Ah ha! I thought that would have come out in conversation 🙂 🙂 I’d like to have visited too.
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Another place I don’t know. Too late now I guess …Nearer to home for me today: https://margaret21.com/2021/04/17/bright-and-beautiful-new-born-lambs/
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Glad I went when I did, only a few years after the handover. Think the feel will be quite different these days
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Yes, but at least you’ve had that experience
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That’s true 🙂 it’s a great place I found for a sole traveller.
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We’ve only been to Hong Kong once and that was 1985. We would notice some changes if we went back these days.
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Oh wow, you were there about the time MrB was living there. Biggest change you’ll notice is the airport. It’s now on a different island!
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I went to Hong Kong first in 1967. It was fascinating but there was so much poverty. I returned in 1993 when my husband was working there & absolutely loved it. We’ve been back twice since for lovely holidays, but I am worried about the political situation there now.
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I know the situation there is terrifying – now they have created strong alternative financial centres within China itself they are flexing their muscles over Hong Kong. Future is not great 😦
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I almost didn’t make it … Now, off to bed!
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Great to see you here, sleep well xx
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We can’t wait to get back, having lived there for many years we have been going back every year, my husband is really missing it.
here’s mine
https://travelswithali.com/2021/04/17/pull-up-a-bright-blue-seat/
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MrB lived there too in the 1980s, so many changes since then. When were you there?
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Husband there from 1968 till 2004 and I met him there in 1989 and we emigrated to Australia in 2004. It was the best life, not that I’m complaining now in beautiful Perth. This Essex girl has come a long way 😂
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What a great story, and fabulous journey. You left the year I came for a visit, and he definitely overlapped for the short time MrB was living there too.
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Yes when you consider I was originally only going for two months!
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oh my, your parents how did they cope?!!
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Such a vibrant & bustling scene, great captures, Becky 😃 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/04/17/bursting-through-the-trees-bright-squares-apr-17/
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Thank you so much Jez, it was a wonderful place to explore
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I miss Hong Kong. So near and yet so far…
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Not sure I’ll ever get back, long way from where I am!
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I miss travelling and visiting the local markets.
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So do I!
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Much brighter than my square today, Becky: https://wp.me/pVkLb-5mj
But where you are looking back, I’m looking to a brighter future! 🙂
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I am all for brighter futures 🙂
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🙂
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