The first thing I did was to sort out my phone so I could get data and have maps available to me. I then had a decidedly western breakfast of eggs and some veggies, and headed out to explore.
It was Sunday morning and because I was on Sydney time I was up early. As I quickly learned, Hong Kong has a lot of shopping centers connected with bridges. Because it wasn’t even 10am on a Sunday yet, most of the stores were closed.
As I continued to walk from building to building I noticed a strange pattern of people on the bridges. There were these women who were sitting on flattened cardboard boxes talking to each other. Some were unpacking food and it seemed like they were having a picnic.
Initially I thought the women might be homeless, but they didn’t give me that impression based on appearance and how many of them I eventually came across. As I walked past more and more of them I thought perhaps they might be protestors left over from the Hong Kong rallies that had occurred the previous year.
After wandering for an hour or so I ended up standing in front of a symbol known all around the world – the big white apple. I don’t know why it is, but whenever I explore a new city I always seem to randomly end up in the main mall at some point. It must be the flow of people… all roads lead to shopping malls in our modern times.