Tuesday, November 13, 2012

CONSUMERISM IN HONG KONG




I was in Hong Kong this past weekend renewing my Chinese visa, which I have to do every three months. Hong Kong is an hour bus ride and then a two hour ferry ride from Guangzhou where we are living. The weirdest thing we saw in Hong Kong was people waiting in pretty long lines to get into high end fashion stores like Prada and Gucci. At the same time I was able to walk right into Walmart and stock up on jeans. Hong Kong was a good break for some tasty meals and slightly cleaner air.