This BBC podcast took me back exactly 25 years.
Way back in 1984, I visited Asia for a couple of months, including about two weeks in Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong I was staying at a unusual little rooming house in an intriguing and unique building on Nathan Road on Kowloon side. The building (apparently five buildings, not that I could tell) were called Chungking Mansions.
Even at the time, this building was a riot of activity. Hundreds and hundreds of little tiny shops and food stalls. Several 'hotels' that offered rooms barely larger than the cot; bathroom down the hall.
Chungking Mansions on Wiki.
BBC radio has a half-hour audio podcasts on this building. It's probably not of interest to everyone, but if you are then here's the link.
Chungking Mansions podcast
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20090731-1100a.mp3
2009-08-15
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