Batgung

At first glance you might think you're looking at a pedestrian crossing on a rainy day. But these aren't umbrellas, they're one of the other results of a wet Hong Kong summer:

Hong Kong has an odd relationship with recycling. On one hand, many people drop litter without thinking. On the other, if what's dropped has any value as scrap material, someone will pick it out and sell it long before it reaches the landfill.

This photo shows part of a bale of crushed drinks cans, waiting outside the local scrap collector's shop until the truck comes to take it away. Some came from the old people you see scavenging for cans in public litter bins. Some may be from your apartment block, picked out by the people who collect the rubbish late at night.

We took the Ngong Ping cable car today, and as we passed over the shoreline we saw this couple digging for shellfish in the muddy shallows.

Here's the full photo - you can see the shoreline in the upper right corner, where those horrible polystyrene boxes are waiting to hold the catch. The sun was low, so the hills around Ngong Ping are casting their shadow over the right of the photo.

Though most of the statues are stuck to the hillside, this little group get special treatment. They are all fixed to a rock in the sea, a few feet away from the shore.

Sea snails clinging to a rock at waterfall bay.

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Bamboo backdrop to the stage at the Hong Kong - Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture

A Star Ferry on it's way from Central to TST on a smoggy day.

Bunches of tangerine peel strung out over the pavement to dry, for later use in cooking.