National Day Fireworks (2011-11-25)
We hadn't realized our stay in Hong Kong coincided with the National Day, and no idea it was such a big deal there.
Large numbers of tourists from mainland China started pouring into the city on Sep 30 evening. By the next day, we were surrounded by Mandarin-speaking people front, back and center in Tsim Sha Tsui.
A shop salesman said so many Chinese tourists buying name brand bags that there would be a long line getting into those shops along Canton Road during Golden Week.There's no way KL and I would join the 320,000 spectators along the
Victoria Harbour to see the 23-minute fireworks show. Since our
room didn't face the harbour, we really didn't expect to see anything
from our window, maybe one tiny sparkle at most.
But boy, we saw a whole lot more! Check out the clips I took
of the fireworks. I put the end of the show first because I think
that's the most spectacular of the whole display.
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