Traffic, looking strangely like candy, in Wan Chai, on Hong Kong Island
On-the-boil Hong Kong will bowl you over.
Hong Kong has the big city specials like smog, odour, 14 million elbows and an insane love of clatter. But it's also efficient, hushed and peaceful: the transport network is excellent, the shopping centres are sublime, and the temples and quiet corners of parks are contemplative oases.
The best thing about being in Hong Kong is getting flummoxed and fired by the confluences and contradictions of a Chinese city with multi-Asian and Western elements. It's about savouring new tastes, weaving through a human gridlock and humming some dumb Cantopop tune while slurping your noodles
International Finance Centre, 88 stories high, now Hong Kong's tallest building
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong: 'for guests looking for an exclusive sanctuary'
Souvenirs from more fanatical days, at Cat Street curio shop, Hong Kong Island
A glittering capitalist jewel: Hong Kong Island and Victoria Harbour at night
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, in woodlands near Sha Tin, New Territories
Local artist, working mostly with pastels, on Hong Kong Island
Many strange things for sale at Poor Man's Night Market, Hong Kong Island
High-rise buildings at night, Sheung Wan district, Hong Kong Island
