Hong Kong Stationery Fair

This years fair was again held in the Hong Kong Convention Centre, but this time on the fifth floor, right up in the top of the building. It's an amazing state of the art building right on the quayside, overlooking the harbour.

It was a good fair to meet clients from all over the Far East, and the booth looked bright and exciting, attracting a lot of attention. 

The city is one of those places that never sleeps, looking up there are high rises and skyscrapers all around, while at ground level there are street markets, independent retailers and hole in the wall hot food vendors. Here are some night time shots around the city : 

Time Square's buzzing at night ! 

The print on the Trolley Bus above ! 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a total one off as a city. It has all the shiny new sky scrapers that mark out it's distinct skyline, but it also has all the hustle and bustle of chinese street markets down at ground level. In comparison to the West with it's half empty shopping malls, their streets are full of bustling shops and stalls, all doing business and catering to the many nationalities that inhabit and visit Hong Kong. The city has it's shopping plaza's too with names like Prada and DKNY, but to experience the real local urban Chinese lifestyle you have to go to Yau Ma Tei or Mongkok on Kowloon Island.

Here are a few photo's from the city :