Dear Steemit Friends:
Christmas is no doubt a busy and festive period. Most people will be looking for an opportunity to buy their friends and family Christmas presents. The streets are always bustling with activity, people singing Christmas carols, Xmas trees everywhere, last minute Xmas shopping. Join me as I take a walk through one of the busiest streets of Hong Kong.
I love these emoji plushies for sale, so cute!
Christmas themed desserts add to the festive spirit
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The Christmas decorations are absolutely stunning!
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At the weekend there are even parades
If you get tired of walking, or need a rest from the heat, you can come try the Swallows nest store. Since the climate in Hong Kong is warm all year round, it can feel very stuffy and humid. Generally quite uncomfortable for long periods of time and can even cause dehydration, coughing and rising internal heat. For relief, people like to drink beverages made with swallows nest. It's a very therapeutic drink which helps dissipate excess phlegm, re-hydrate, and of course beautify!
During the winter/autumn months, Hong Kong is known for it's dry heat, so shop fronts will often sell various cool swallows nest drinks. I tried a bottle of the peach flavoured one but I found it to be a little too sweet. Still, it tasted refreshing and it even had little bits of jelly in the drink.
You can also get swallows nests in boxes as shown in the photo. Because Hong Kong is a port of trade, transporting goods is very convenient and also subject to lower taxes. This means you can get the best prices on swallows nest here.
There are also plenty of Japanese imported health products for sale too.
This is abalone which are ready to eat
This bridge commemorates the history of the Olympic games. One step for every year. It's very interesting.
Hong Kong's news stand kiosks are some what of a precious relic. With the convenience of the internet, and the propagation of information over the web, many traditional forms of media are quickly becoming redundant or superseded. Many cities no longer have these news stands for this reason. However, all over the streets of Hong Kong you will find these little kiosks selling all sorts of magazines and newspapers. Many Mainland Chinese people will come to Hong Kong just to stock up on newspapers and magazines from Hong Kong.
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A turn round the corner and we have a street full of creative X-mas trees. Which tree do you like the best?
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At the weekend, Samsung was hosting a public promotional event. I got myself a steemit coloured baloon!
Can you find me on the big screen?
This is a little Steemit video I made. Since i'm still away from home travelling, I couldn't edit the video very easily but I hope you guys still like it!
今天带大家来看一看香港的街头，快要到圣诞节的香港街头到处是圣诞树，圣诞歌曲和逛街为家人朋友买礼物的行人。路边的表情娃娃，好可爱。周末的街头有游行。走累了走热了，可以来尝一尝香港特色的燕窝店，在闷热潮湿的香港，人们容易燥热，咳嗽，上火，所以香港人喜欢喝燕窝当作饮料，燕窝有着化痰止咳，滋润燥热的身体状况和止汗，更有美容的功效。秋冬式干燥的季节，所以门口有各种口味的燕窝饮料，我尝了2瓶，喝起来有点太甜了，但是味道很好，里面还有果冻。这是盒子装的燕窝，香港的燕窝质量比较好，而且因为运输方便和免税的原因，价格也比较便宜。还有一些日本进口的养生产品。这是立刻打开食用的鲍鱼。这个纪录奥运会历史的天桥很有趣。香港的报亭也是很独特的景致，在网络经济文化快速发展的今天，传统媒体被渐渐取代，很多城市已经没有报亭，所以很多大陆游客甚至专门来香港买一大箱报纸回去看。拐一个弯，就看到了这么多创意设计的圣诞树，大家一起来欣赏吧,送给Steemians的圣诞树，你最喜欢哪一棵？周末三星手机在做活动，我在街上找到了Steemit颜色的气球。你能在大屏幕上找到我吗？这是我录得Steemit小视频，由于现在我还在外面旅游，所以没办法制作的非常好，不过希望大家喜欢呢！