A terribly uncomfortable night bus and ferry bring me to my last destination. I look for a room in the foreigners neighborhood of Kowloon, populated by Indians, Filipinos, Africans, and tourists. Exchange offices and electronics shops that never seem to close, double deck busses and drops of leaking aircos everywhere.
The center of town lies across the river on the island of Hong Kong. The crossing takes 10 minutes on the Star Ferry, where two un-Chinese instructions surprise me; Do Not Litter -6 months to prison-, and, Do Not Spit!
The last evening of my trip i enjoy the views from Victoria Peak over the spectacular skyscrapers and the bay.
My kind of town.

Tom Tobback © 2000