More from Hong Kong

Grouchy cat, near the Mid-Levels Escalator, Hong Kong. Pic by Rachel.

In some not-quite-tangible sense, Hong Kong felt big the way New York feels big. It's something about the combination of wealth, grand physical presence, and grittiness. As noted below, by night it's actually a more impressive sight than NYC. By day it's pretty cool, too. Here are a few more pictures.

Above: minibuses and apartments in Kowloon.

Shoppers at the Goldfish Market, Kowloon.

Girl on a bike, Victoria Park, Hong Kong Island.

We're currently in Beijing, our last stop in China before flying to Tokyo. We arrived this morning after a marvelously comfortable overnight journey in a soft-sleeper class high speed train. Spent the day biking around the city, which was great but which has left us extremely grimy and with bloodshot eyes and sore throats from the pollution. Tomorrow: the Great Wall.