Sign in men's locker room |
Sign in a stall of a bathroom at HKU |
Ok, so this one has me stymied. I found this sign in a stall of the men's washroom (what they call restrooms here) of HKU. Perhaps there are so many students here who have not used a Western toilet that these signs are needed. Luckily I have not heard any splashes when I have been in a washroom.
All streets have signs of which way to look for traffic |
Many of the streets in Hong Kong are one way, though the only way to determine in which direction is to look at the sign painted on the street. That is the direction the car, bus, van or taxi will be coming that will try run you down if you are in the street. I was crossing the street the other day and it looked to me like the driver of a police car speed up when he saw me in his cross hairs. Drivers in Hong Kong like to speed and do not stop for people in a crosswalk. Pedestrians in Hong Kong do not have the right of way. I was told never to trust a car that stops for you in crosswalk, it is a "trap".
Mark and Karen - these are great pictures and
ReplyDeletean excellent shapshot of some of the cultural
differences. Receiving goods in the afterlife was
especially interesting as well as eating snakes.
These are very different ideals than what we
hold in the West - what a great adventure you
are having. Continue to enjoy