10 Dec 03

The Streets Of Hong Kong

Posted in: Daily Life, Photo/Events | Tags: ,
Thumbnail: Bird street 1
Thumbnail: Bird street 2
Thumbnail: Flower street
Thumbnail: Fish street

I visited Bird Street, Flower Street, and Fish Street yesterday, perfect examples of how Hong Kong has developed in a very concentrated manner. Each street is one long row of stores related to one type of thing, and people can come to shop around from an overwhelming selection of a specific market. Bird Street was the most interesting though, because it starts off as a stone walkway with signs warning that no dogs are allowed. The walkway is surrounded by trees on both sides, and people congregate there to hang their birds in their cages on the branches, and socialize. Walking further on, one is greeted by endless rows on rows of birds in front of stores. The sound of birds chirping can be thickly heard from the street over.

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#1Pat

Wow, Holy Moly, Woah,

I can’t belive there is a bird street. Just from your picture, I can probably say that, that is one of the few places I would actually want to visit one day. I think i’ll save the pic to my harddrive if you don’t mind. Thanks for posting it Jeff.

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