Before you wake up: Mong Kok in the morning
Mong Kok, with so many people and buildings packed tightly together, is a city within a city. — Pictures by CK LimWe are surrounded on all sides by tall buildings, many of them a dishwater brown or greying like the frizzy hair of aThey seem stacked one atop the other, leaning against their neighbours for succour.
But there is another side to Mong Kok, one that is less romantic, perhaps, but also less dark. The trick is to wake up earlier than the hordes of tourists still nursing their hangovers from the previous night's excesses or gluttonous midnight repasts at the night markets.The truth is Mong Kok never sleeps. So even as you step out of your hotel, at however unearthly an hour, there is life on the streets.
For now, you can still see the iconic bamboo scaffolding that is one of Hong Kong’s best preserved traditions. It might appear terrifying: an entire shaky-looking skeletal structure constructed of bamboo. These professionals work quickly and can assemble a 1,000-foot-tall scaffold in a single day! This might explain the density of skyscrapers on the island...
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