It was my dinner companion, not me, who wanted this photograph. At the time I had no idea what a keen eye she had, nor did I appreciate the uncanny depth of this street scene in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po (the “deep-water pier”). And for sure I didn’t know that less than a mile…
Category: Essays
Searching For Hong Kong’s Soul
尋覓香港嘅靈魂
Hong Kong’s soul rests far from the casual eye, modestly shrouded and demurely confident, or maybe just unwilling to fight for the limelight. Hidden. So well concealed, in fact, that most visitors miss it. I almost did.

