
I leant my forehead against the
sweltering taxi's window
.
Outside, the square of
Nam Cheong, a small district in southern Hong
Kong heaved and spluttered
.
Four columns of traffic pushed their way through the teeming square
. A swarm of cyclists weaved
through the dense traffic, risking a sudden death to save a few precious
minutes of life
. Lining
the pavements, irate salesmen behind stall after stall of brightly coloured
t-shirts, crimson lanterns, and pungent Japanese delicacies fought for the
attention of fickle tourists
.