Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 November 2009

perhaps it never was a "fragrant harbour"

Apparently Hong Kong (香港) might not mean "Fragrant" (香) "Harbour" (港) as often said,

but rather the "Incense" (香) exporting "Harbour" (港), though "exporting" in this case might only be up the Pearl River to China.

apparently either the timber used for incense was shipped out of here, or there were incense-manufacturing plants in the town, and incense was shipped out.

photo of the day


reflection of the so-called Thousand A'hole building, Central District, HK

Saturday, 31 October 2009

fish of the day


fish drying in the dying rays of the sun
Cheung Chou (長洲), Hong Kong

photo of the day


The Shad's photo of the sunset from the ferry to Cheung Chou, HK