Embracing the ancient and new in Hong Kong
The exotic yet familiar Asian city boasts a ultra modern cable car, trams, old villages, houses on stilts ...
I seem to have lost Hong Kong. It was there a minute ago, with its 1,295 steel and glass skyscrapers glinting in a stunning display of wealth and style. But now the spectacular skyline has disappeared inside moody storm clouds, with just a few neon lights flickering through the gloom like displaced lighthouses. Hong Kong has more skyscrapers, billionaires and Rolls Royces than any other city. It’s an addictive, crowded scuffle of sights and sounds with lots of bling and the fizz of adrenaline. It’s exotic yet familiar, easy to get around, and is blessed with absolutely stunning views — on a clear day. But as the rain buckets down, I’m glad I decided this is perfect weather for the Maritime Museum, a touchy-feely place with buttons to poke and excellent explanations of things such as the laws of displacement, or why stuff floats. I’m hugely amused by a video game that tests my prowess at loading a container ship, and I sink it twice before I remember the laws of physics. There’s an a...
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