Longing for Hong Kong

Wow. Reading the latest blog at aiyah.net really reminded me of how much I want to travel:

...mongkok, i don't think there's any other place like it. it pulses with electricity yet at the same time, the overload of information from people, colors, sounds and smells is inconprehensible. you can literally stand there in the middle of the street and not move while the feeling like you've been caught in a time warp as everyone else in super speed motion - like you're fast forwarding a movie. i don't know know why but mongkok always exudes a feeling that it's very real, very much of what i think of hong kong without the pretty packaging that many tv shows show you. it's gritty, it's raw, it's intense.

It's exactly how I felt the last time I was in HK. It's not the shopping (which is fantastically cheap), or the food (which is fantastically good) or seeing relatives (who are...a little quirky). Watch Lost In Translation and you'll sort of understand. Well, minus Bill Murray and the fancy hotel. The scenes where Scarlett Johansson is wandering around Tokyo by herself.

Slight chance that I'll be going back next winter with my family for my cousin's wedding. Here's hoping that all the scheduling works out!