{"id":1048,"date":"2018-06-30T18:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T00:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:14","slug":"the-signs-of-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2018\/06\/30\/the-signs-of-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"The signs of Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the best sign I saw in all of Hong Kong.<\/p><\/div>\n

Whenever I go on vacation, signs at my destination always catch my eye. Since I am always armed with a camera, I take a picture of whatever it is that has piqued my interest. Here is a selection of those photographs.<\/p>\n

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Hong Kong is an easy city to get around in. Everything is signed well and, in the event you do get lost, the folks are friendly and willing to help you out.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Though not officially a sign, there are signs on the bins so you know where to recycle your garbage. These are everywhere in Hong Kong and they are used.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Helpful signs are all over Hong Kong so you can find your destination easily.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I saw one cattle (or is it cow?) and zero buffalo on my trip. The one I saw was not close enough for me to feed it, not that I would have anyway.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the room of 10,000 Buddhas, there is a sign just to the left of me that says not to take any pictures here. I didn’t see it until after I took the picture.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We’re heading left.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This sign does not lie.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another true sign.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Although this sign is on the Wisdom Path, one of the things that I witnessed over and over was the sense of community and people looking out for each other. I’m pretty sure this is for dumb tourists because, from what I’ve seen, most people in Hong Kong do this anyway.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m not sure why there is a caution sign here because you are inside the Macau Tower and the people are bungee jumping outside. It is impossible for you to get in their way.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Uhm, okay then.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is a stereotypical Asian driver joke in here somewhere.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is one of my favorite photos from my trip to Hong Kong.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rich people signs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What?<\/p><\/div>\n

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This sign at the light rail station creeps me out.<\/p><\/div>\n

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While standing at the platform waiting for the MTR train, signs are clearly marked which direction you are going. The station you are at is in black, and the rest of the line is colored according to the color of the line to indicate the direction you are going. The grey is the stops where the train has been. If you need to go to Tuen Mun or Siu Hong, this is not the train you want.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Inside the MTR subway car, there is an arrow pointing the direction you are traveling. The next stop also blinks between yellow and white. This is in addition to verbal calls on the intercom.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prioriy seats are clearly marked, and they’re happy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yeah. No comment.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Signs point to the many trails you can hike on around the Peak as well as a host of other information you might be interested in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Which bird?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just above the door handle on a door not far from The Peak is a sign that assures you the door handle is not gunky. In the humidity, I would imagine it gets sweaty and nasty quickly. At least this door gets cleaned often.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is important. There is an exclamation point at the end. If they’re shouting, they’re trying to get your attention, so it must be important.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Don’t handle anyone’s poop. Really. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bird or some other animal. Don’t play in poop.<\/p><\/div>\n

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People are dumb all over.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Don’t tell me what to do. I didn’t hold the handrail once on my trip to Hong Kong. I’m a rebel.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Not a sign per se, but this is a bad sign. That person just in the edge of my photo could easily walk away with this camera. Don’t do this. Pay attention to your gear.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In several parks around Hong Kong, there are signs on the trees to let you know what they are.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The sign says “dog latrine.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the Hong Kong Wetland Park, visitors are warned to not be stupid.<\/p><\/div>\n

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No one can escape the blue screen of death.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I agree. Straws are bad.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The sign above the water fountain at the Hong Kong Wetland Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

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You don’t have to tell me twice. The bees were working hard near the butterfly garden at the Hong Kong Wetland Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who says going to the bathroom can’t be educational? A variety of signs about poop are posted on the inside of each stall at the Hong Kong Wetland Park. I do, however, have an issue with that exclamation point and the double spacing.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever I go on vacation, signs at my destination always catch my eye. Since I am always armed with a camera, I take a picture of whatever it is that has piqued my interest. Here is a selection of those photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[183,275,276],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","tag-hong-kong","tag-photography","tag-photos"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3838,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions\/3838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}