Daily Photo – The Vertical Everyday of Sai Yeung Choi
It was my first, full day in Hong Kong. I love travelling and finding myself in a world filled with signs I can’t read, food I don’t understand, maps that are confusing, and street layouts that seem to make no sense at all. Trying to decipher the public transport system can feel like an attempt to crack the Enigma machine. There are unfamiliar social etiquettes that you unknowingly break, currencies that feel like Monopoly money, bathrooms you can’t operate, and plugs, switches, and electronic systems that appear to defy all logic.
Most of all, I love being unable to read, write, or speak a word of the local language. And when I do attempt to converse, I inevitably butcher it, usually with profuse apologies and reducing my method of communication to a game of charades, accompanied by a confident smile and a great deal of pointing.
And I wanted to embrace the experience completely.
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