I saw the guy hovering around the exit from the Hong Kong – Guangzhou train station. He was stopping people as they went, annoying them as they exited trying to get them to purchase tickets from him. I knew he was a dodgy tout and I knew he was out to rip someone off. [...]
Archive for June 21st, 2008
Guilin
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Hong Kong
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I needed to get out of Hong Kong – and fast.
This was not about abstract emotional needs; this had a purely financial motivation. I felt like a well-designed and constructed dam that, until now, had been flawless in its steady release of controlled funds into the surrounding world. But then a well-timed and aimed blow [...]