Today, I'm embarking on a trip to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Taiwan with @ubahnverleih and @robbi5!

[blinry@chaos.social]

Today, I'm embarking on a trip to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Taiwan with @ubahnverleih and @robbi5! 🇭🇰🇨🇳🇹🇼

Do I have any followers there who might want to meet up? Or any recommendations on what to do/see/eat?

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5 Ha, I should have sent you parcel to take - sending stuff there is a nightmare.

[marble@chaos.social]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5
I don’t know of it's around anymore, but north of Sham Shui Po station there are lots of tech stores.

When I ventured into one of the less polished building, I saw a lot of small stores mostly doing refurbishment - checking disks for bad sectors, installing operating systems etc., lots of second hand hardware.
And they still smoked in there :D

I got a couple of 500 GB HDD there eight years ago when I was still a broke student on exchange.

[ubahnverleih@chaos.social]

@marble @blinry @robbi5 yes, that’s the Golden Computer Centre and Golden Computer Arcade

[marble@chaos.social]

@ubahnverleih @blinry @robbi5 that’s the name!

[dl6pl@social.darc.de]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5 Für Huaqiangbei unbedingt mehr Zeit einplanen, ich war nur einen Abend und einen kompletten Tag dort unterwegs und das hat nicht im Ansatz gereicht. Generell lohnt sich Shenzhen total, also bloß keinen Tagestrip, sondern unbedingt länger dort bleiben!

[bassistance@chaos.social]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5 лек път! (Das war Bulgarisch für "Gute Reise", wörtlich "Leichten Weg")

[linse@hachyderm.io]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5 DimSum Labs, Hackspace in Shenzhen falls es den noch gibt. Da hab ich jemanden getroffen der einen Forth-Dialekt geschrieben hat um in klassischem Chinesisch zu programmieren. Veröffentlicht in dem Deutschen Forth Fanzine „die vierte Dimension“. 😁

[marble@chaos.social]

@ubahnverleih @blinry @robbi5
I hope I don’t misremember the restaurant, but I think it was the Treasure Island Beach Club on Lantau island where I enjoyed a very tasty portabello burger back then 🤤

[blinry@chaos.social]

Tried to decode the Chinese menu on the plane, and I think I'll have endless fun with that! :D

Butter is 牛油 – cow oil!
Ice cream is 雪糕 – snow pudding!
Potato is 土豆 – ground bean!
Tomato is 番茄 – foreign eggplant!

[blinry@chaos.social]

It's the end of a very long and very nice first day in Hong Kong!

There's a lot of cool-sounding birds & plants! The density of skyscrapers is ridiculous. Things seem old and new, forgotten and well-maintained at the same time. The food is plentiful and ridiculously cheap!

[aeveltstra@mastodon.social]

@blinry How's the air quality?

[hejchristian@mastodon.social]

@blinry @ubahnverleih @robbi5

Amazing, hope you have an amazing time. Not sure how long you're in HK for, but I highly recommend:

- Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin

- Tian Tan Buddha + Tai O Fishing Village in Lantau Island.

- Pineapple Bun (bolo bao) - They're available all around, but if you happen by Sheng Shui station (Hong Kong's New Territories area), the best one I had was from Kwong Sing Café which is a short walk away

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HFtJnDkxpSmDh9KW6

HK-style cafe, comfort food 😊