My Hongkongese friend and I met up to go for a walk. On the way to the start, we went through a shopping mall that had a curved escalator. I wondered why I’d never seen one before. On a normal escalator, as the steps disappear, they go beneath and are parallel to the visible escalator and emerge at the other end. This isn’t possible on a curved escalator. So, I looked around and saw another curved escalator going in the opposite direction. The steps, instead of going under the escalator went to the adjacent escalator. Together, both escalators formed a large circle. They were a partially visible merry-go-round!
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Our walk started with the Wan Chai Green Trail and went up to Orchid Valley, which was a steep climb. But there were good views ascending and descending
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On descending, we went to Forsgate Conservatory. It was a well-maintained little botanical garden, in which there were humid and arid sections. Some of the cacti came up to your knee. They were huge!
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We finally ended up in Hong Kong Park, which is a good escape at any time from hectic Hong Kong.
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For an early dinner, we went to LochCha. It’s a traditional tea place and serves vegan dim sum too. Both were good. When we’d finished eating, a calligraphy class started in an adjacent room. I wished we could have joined after my calligraphy attempt in Taiwan. Alas, even if we could, the class was in Chinese.
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