Neon City - Hong Kong
This blogpost comes in a tad bit late due to my usual work-life stretch followed by hectic Indian Holiday season. However it is never too late to reminiscence a good story, so sharing my Hong Kong travelogue here with everyone. Not sure how many of you have the same confusion as I had about this place, about whether it is a country or a city? So before I went there, I did my bit of "googling" to find out more. An interesting system of governance here - manged through the principle of "one country - two systems", this former British colony enjoys quite an autonomy even though it is part of China - and almost despises the fact that it is (which I learnt upon my visit later). Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997 and enjoys political freedom from China for a period of 50 years. Thus it won't be wrong to say that it is almost a country by itself - quite distinct and aloof from Mainland China. Located on the Southern coast of People's Repu...