Postcards from Pansy

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Christmas 2025 at Pacific Place. One display had pastries so realistic I was convinced they were real!

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Banyan tree walls of Hong Kong. Symbols of nature adapting to the urban environment.

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Kwan Kee claypot rice. An hour in line and another hour waiting for food. The anticipation probably made it taste better than it actually was. It was good, though I suspect there are equally solid spots without the queue. Sometimes you do the tourist thing anyway.

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Blake Garden basketball courts. One of many rooftop courts scattered across Hong Kong, painted in bright colours that have become part of the city’s identity.

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Central Market, Hong Kong's first wet market. It closed in 2003 and sat empty until revitalization began in 2009. They kept the original Bauhaus architecture and the wide stairs. Now the building houses cute souvenir shops and local snack spots. I brought my mom along. She used to walk past this market every day when she worked in Central.

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My go-to when I land at 6am in Hong Kong. I stay in Wanchai district, and Kam Fung is one of a few solid spots open early in the area. I love the intimacy of it—small chairs and tables, shared with strangers. This morning I sat with a woman from Toronto. Two Canadians enjoying breakfast in the same corner of Hong Kong!

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Cities change, but the Hong Kong red taxis stay the same.

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Walked from Wanchai to Sheung Wan and found myself on a pedestrian overpass, surrounded on all sides by skyscrapers. The concrete jungle in full force. Hong Kong, I'm back!

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Summer’s last hurrah

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Docked on Scotch Pond

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Sunset stroll at Garry Point