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hongkong, day 12

today i decided to do a "nature" day. so i went to "HK wetland
park"[002-111], a huge conservation facility open to visitors.
it's a huge area full of plants and animals. you sometimes walk
on wooden ways[005,007,039-044,054,060,066] through swamps or to
special ornithology hides[076-077]. additionaly they added some
information[010] on various animals and plants nearby. very edu-
cative and fun. cute crayfish[029-034,038], dragonflies[022,045-
046,072], big butterflies[047] (though the one i took a picture
of was pretty small. the bigger ones were very cautious and one
couldn't get very close to them), and of course all kind of
birds[026-028,055-056]. in every hide there are telescopes (by
svarovski) and people from the park that setup the telescopes
for you, so you get a nice view on the birds very fast and
easily. they also give you all the facts about the bird you're
seeing (if you want to), and they are all enthusiastic bird
watchers it seemed to me. and of course i found some wedding
photography[043-044] going on again. seems they are everywhere.

 


then there's also a huge visitor centre with all kind of exhi-
bitions[081-108] and also some living animals[091-093,099-105].
although it was very hot again (around 35C again) this was a
total nice day in nature.

 


although to get there one has to pass by hundreds of skyscrap-
ers. and i really mean hundreds. well, maybe not that much, but
i think you get the idea. oh, and not to mention that i was the
only caucasian again there. seems tourists only stick to tour-
isty places? strange and sad, since they really miss a lot. ok,
not the skyscrapers, but the people, the lifestyle, and such.
on my way home i came by another lantern carnival[112-117] in-
stallation again. again loads of pandas. people seem to like
them here a lot. also cute red pandas were there. so cute!

 


back at the hotel again i wanted to check out some udon restau-
rant i found a few days before (see day 09, [124]). unfortuna-
tely the queue at the entrance was quite long, so i decided to
go somewhere else. then i found a small restaurant with a menu
card in chinese and english, and some pictures. here's a short
(and by far not complete) list of stuff they offered: fried
fish skin, beef/pork brisket/cheek/knuckle/reticulum/cartilage/
viscus/hastle, etc. i chose the safe side and ordered "baked
pork chop with rice". boring, but delicious.
today the chinese people celebrate "mid-autumn festival". seems
it's the most important holiday here. it takes place when the
moon is the fullest, thus they eat cake that is called "moon
cake". it consists mainly of sugar, but i haven't tried one yet.
maybe i get one. they have all kind of fruity flavours, but
there are also (exotic and non-traditional) ones with salty or
sour flavours. the festival also is for family reunions, so may-
be comparable to the european christmas celebration when the
whole family joins to be shiny happy and eat together.
oh, and i still did not give up thinking that one day all those
people on "jordan road" might stop asking me if i want a rolex,
suits, or hashish. but since it's the mostly always the same
guys the annoyance got less. i think they know me by now.

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