Hong Kong
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I only spent one night in Hong Kong, but what a night! After landing at the airport, I ended up wandering around in Wam Chai, the red light district of the city. I spent an entire evening singing in a bar that had a huge Buddah in it, playing on some used guitar that was probably there for ages and on a PA system that was struggling to stay alive after all these years. The air was very humid and the tempature of over 35°C.

It was really random to end up playing there. I was originaly looking for an ATM Machine. So I asked two young men that were having a beer where I could find money. They said jokingly that they could tell me if only I came back and paid them with a beer: which I did ! It just lasted a little bit longer than having just one drink.

We finished the evening at 5 in the morning with the neighborhood prostitutes off duty that would come and listen to my singing and have one last drink! My left ear was also busted after that because a drunk Chinese had been shouting his lungs out all night long in my face speaking an English that most of us could not understand! What a laugh!

I really want to go back to play in Asia one of these days...

J'ai seulement passé une nuit à Hong Kong mais quelle soirée !! Après différentes péripéties, je me suis retrouvé dans le quartier "chaud" de Wam Chai à jouer dans un bar devant un énorme Bouddha et utilisant un système de sonorisation qui datait sans doute de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale !

J'ai fini la soirée à 5 heures du matin à chanter pour les prostituées du quartier qui ayant fini leur travail venaient se détendre et boire un dernier verre.

Cette bref séjour en Asie m'a donné grandement envie d'y retourner.






August 2005

Here is a little taste of the metro in Hong Kong!



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