Mongkok 50 years ago

Got into Guangzhou today. Unsurprisingly Facebook and blogging is banned - hence now resorting to email blogging.

I have never been to Guangzhou. The Baiyun airport looks exactly like the other 200 airports around China - large, white steel structures. Like Jakarta, it is again chaos, but quieter, slightly more organized, and a whole lot more crazy Chinese people. Driving into the city was amusing - the sight changes from acres and acres of green foliage to crammed runned down condos to even denser, but slightly cleaner city center. Not that I had been to Mongkok in Hong Kong 50 years ago, but I'd imagine if they had to make a Hong Kong mafia movie from back then, this would be it.

I can't wait to see more of this place, so will report back then. But till then, I will leave you with an image - be warned it might be disturbing to ponder the fate of its subjects.

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