23 Jun, 2009 in
Hong Kong by Fili An
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admiralty; Hong Kong; local; longham place; mongkok; shopping malls; social constrasts;
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After some shopping in the area, I took my little sister inside for a tea set cake and she was extremely impressed with how long the escalators run and how fancy everything is. Prices in most stores are quite up-market, although nothing nearly as expensive as the shopping in some of the malls at HK island. As an example, it gets really pricey around Admiralty, and you can get a sense of how posh it all is just walking around and feeling the atmosphere (I strongly recommend a short visit to the wash-rooms) :
There is a strong contrast in Hong Kong, sometimes in the same neighborhood, between very local life and very high social class shopping malls. They co-exist quite well together, which is something I find quite extraordinary about Hong Kong and have come to really enjoy.
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