My favorite part of Hong Kong was this awesome spot called the Edward Youde Aviary. Beautiful birds roam free in a 6-story high netted off area with 2-story high elevated walkways for people. In a city with so much hustle, finding an oasis like this was a treat.
Oh, hello, who's that bird?
We also took a tram up to the highest part of Hong Kong, the famous Peak. We took a pleasant 2k walk around the top and it was splendid.
On our last day in Hong Kong, we made what we later judged to be a poor decision - lugging our packs to see the Bird Market on the opposite side of Hong Kong. (Hong Kong was originally just one island, but the British made a grab for territory on mainland China, now known as Kowloon.) We took three different forms of transit plus a very sweaty walk to see what ended up being the depressing number of birds, exotic and otherwise, crammed into tiny cages. This is a picture of some of the luckier birds:
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