Hong Kong has wind and it's coming from the South. So? Well, in winter the wind come from the north, bringing along with it what seems to be ALL of China's pollution. It's not a pretty sight and quite spoils what is otherwise a beautiful harbour city. Not to mention the effect it has on one's respiratory system. But something rather wonderful has happened of late... the wind has done a little 180 and is now coming from the south, across the clean oceans, bringing fresh, clean air. At the moment the air is SO clean and the distant mountains SO visible that there are a few conspiracy theories cropping up. One I heard at lunch today being that the Chinese government has temporarily reduced factory output in order to clean up the air for the 10th anniversary celebration of Hong Kong's handover to China which happens to be next weekend. Sounds like it has some merit but the general consensus was that in the end it's just a descent case of wind.
Here's a pic I took of Tuen Mun from the Gold Coast when I first got here this year:
Here's the same mountain taken a couple of days ago - (the mountains are often catching clouds like this)...
Crossroads site is between this mountain and the pink blocks of flats. The Gold Coast hotel is the building to the left of the flats...
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