The Secret Map

Travel Essays by Simon Slater

Category: Hong Kong

  • The Transient Beauty of Hong Kong

    What’s your name? “Nicole.” Where are you from? “I’m from Israel but my parents are from the Ukraine.” What are you doing today? “No plan.” Perfect, you can be my model. Dressed from head to toe in Korean garments, I’d met this culturally fluid 20 year old at breakfast in the modern center of an equally culturally…