Hong Kong: I had to get up early again today to get to the airport, but this time to meet my son, Rob Hartsough, who is flying in from Boston to spend the week with me in Hong Kong. As I was riding the subway (MTR) out towards the airport I noticed again the warning signs about the dangers of escalators.

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In addition to the warning signs, on the express train they also had a series of infomercials that demonstrated the dangers of escalators.

At this point, I am basically convinced that having a drunken toddler operating a wood chipper would be safer than ever getting on an escalator again. However, given that they are basically death traps, there are a surprising number of them all over Hong Kong.

Leaving aside the harrowing escalator videos, I was impressed again by how clean and efficient the MTR system is.

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They even have a souvenir stand.

After meeting up with Rob and heading back to the apartment, we went out to explore the surrounding area a bit. The first stop was the local market.

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In addition to the usual collection of goods, they also had some more unusual items.

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After the market we headed down towards the waterfront.

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Unfortunately, it started to rain at this point, so we headed back up to the apartment. Since Rob was pretty tired from the flight anyway, we stayed in the apartment for awhile. Later in the evening we headed over to Kowloon on the opposite of the bay.

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Here we were able to get a good view of the sun as it sank behind the clouds in the west.

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We walked around the shopping district for awhile looking at the different stores and buildings. We also happened upon a spot where people would be glad to tell us all about the dangers of Falun Gong.

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We ended our exploration as we walked past a performing arts center where a small ensemble was playing.

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After taking the MTR back to the island, we got dinner before heading back to the apartment for the night.

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