So, as I said in my last post, I'm currently in Hong Kong for the summer and as such I'd like to give some initial thoughts. To those unaware, Hong Kong is a region of China, technically part of it, however is given a special administrative region status or SAR, one of two, the other being Macau. This means that Hong Kong is essentially another country with autonomous rule. This can easily be seen in their not having the heavy censorship of internet as in China. Hong Kong has around 7 million residents packed in an area of 426 square miles, smaller than the smallest US state Rhode Island, and about 6 times the size of Washington DC. To give a sense of the population density difference, Rhode Island is about 3 times larger yet has about 1/7th the population and the city of DC has about 600,000 people so 6 times the actual size and assume population, and that's still only half the population of Hong Kong.
Onto the weather, during the late spring/summer months it is very humid and quite hot. Since I've been here, a little over 3 weeks now, it has rained at least once a week and averaged around 76-80 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, as you might expect of a heavily populated urban area, the air quality is not the best. If that doesn't sound appealing, come in the winter when average temperatures are significantly lower, but not enough to snow. According to Wikipedia, a great source for these kinds of things, the average low temperature in January, the coldest month is still a nice 57 degrees Fahrenheit.
Anyways, it's a pretty amazing place, albeit really crowded, and I'll have more posts coming soon. The next post is on transportation and international travel, for those interested.
--CsMiREK
1 comment:
I thought Tibet was also a SAR. o_O So, is HK really free of the heavy censorship that the mainland . . . enjoys?
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