Amazing city with lots of (pretty much only) skyscrapers, yet very green.
After taking the train from the airport to the city, walked to the room I booked. Had a small room directly next to the Tsai Sha Tsui station: 40 Nathan road, Block B, 12th Floor, B3, Room 22 Walked around quite a bit, from there on.
Took the train to the southern big island and took the train up to the "peak", which to my disapointment wasn't really a peak, so I walked up further the street going uphill (in the dark, it was at ~22:00) and came by the victoria peak garden, which was probably nice, although I didn't see anything, as it was already dark. Trying to go further uphill, I came upon two wild Boars trying to eat some garbage, which was quite a surprise. While slowly backing up, I bing-ed it and found out that hong kong apparently has got quite the boar problem (stuff they don't tell you when immigrating). The warning signs of the typhoon went up (they were at 3 my whole stay), that evening until 8 with the warning that they might stop the trains at some point or so, so I quickly took the next train to the mainland, as I didn't want to strand on the island during the typhoon.
On the next day, I took the train to the Southern Island again and to South Horizons, which I'd expected to be a small town, but no: it was just more skyscrapers! Walked around there and the harbour and then took the train to the mainland again, to walk form Tsai Sha Tsui to the Kowloon Walled Park (which took like 2h).
So about this "Syper Taifun":
https://www.hko.gov.hk/textonly/v2/tc/tcp.htm
Severe Typhoon USAGI at 20:00 HKT 14 November 2024
( 18.5 N, 121.7 E, about 890 km east-southeast of Hong Kong )
Usagi will move across Luzon Strait in the general direction of southern Taiwan today and tomorrow. It will then turn northeast towards the vicinity of the Ryukyu Islands and weaken gradually.
Forecast Positions and Intensities
Date time Position Classification Maximum sustained wind near centre
20:00 HKT 18 November 2024 28.1 N 134.2 E Low Pressure Area 40 km/h
20:00 HKT 17 November 2024 26.3 N 126.9 E Tropical Storm 65 km/h
20:00 HKT 16 November 2024 24.5 N 123.1 E Severe Tropical Storm 105 km/h
20:00 HKT 15 November 2024 22.1 N 120.0 E Severe Typhoon 165 km/h
Past Positions and Intensities
Date time Position Classification Maximum sustained wind near centre
20:00 HKT 14 November 2024 18.5 N 121.7 E Severe Typhoon 165 km/h
17:00 HKT 14 November 2024 18.4 N 121.8 E Severe Typhoon 175 km/h
14:00 HKT 14 November 2024 17.9 N 122.1 E Super Typhoon 185 km/h
11:00 HKT 14 November 2024 17.6 N 122.7 E Super Typhoon 185 km/h
08:00 HKT 14 November 2024 17.1 N 123.1 E Super Typhoon 185 km/h
05:00 HKT 14 November 2024 16.8 N 123.6 E Super Typhoon 185 km/h
02:00 HKT 14 November 2024 16.6 N 124.0 E Super Typhoon 185 km/h
23:00 HKT 13 November 2024 16.4 N 124.7 E Severe Typhoon 175 km/h
20:00 HKT 13 November 2024 16.2 N 125.2 E Severe Typhoon 155 km/h
14:00 HKT 13 November 2024 15.6 N 126.4 E Typhoon 140 km/h
08:00 HKT 13 November 2024 15.1 N 127.9 E Typhoon 120 km/h
02:00 HKT 13 November 2024 14.6 N 129.0 E Typhoon 120 km/h
20:00 HKT 12 November 2024 14.3 N 130.5 E Severe Tropical Storm 110 km/h
17:00 HKT 12 November 2024 14.1 N 131.2 E Severe Tropical Storm 90 km/h
14:00 HKT 12 November 2024 14.0 N 131.9 E Tropical Storm 85 km/h
08:00 HKT 12 November 2024 13.3 N 133.6 E Tropical Storm 65 km/h
02:00 HKT 12 November 2024 12.6 N 134.9 E Tropical Storm 65 km/h
20:00 HKT 11 November 2024 12.6 N 136.7 E Tropical Depression 55 km/h
14:00 HKT 11 November 2024 12.3 N 138.2 E Tropical Depression 55 km/h
11:00 HKT 11 November 2024 11.9 N 138.9 E Tropical Depression 45 km/h
Took the 18 min train from Hong Kong to Shenzhen
11:43 Hong Kong West Kowloon
12:01 Shenzhen North
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Metup with D_K and localo at the hotel
Walked around the SEG buildings looking at the electronics being sold. They had a whole street full of vendors showing off their reels of SDM components, pure paradise.
Took the train there, although we missed the first one, because we were standing in line in order to get to the platform and it was just not moving. There were multiple trains departing and I don't know why, but people were standing in line in front of us waiting for the train after us, so we missed that one and booked the train an hour later.
