With a 6.4 earthquake hitting Southern Taiwan, and now rioting in Mongkok...it's been a crazy Chinese New Year!
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| pictures from the tv our family posted to let us know what was happening |
It's sad to hear that the riot happened on the first day of Chinese New Year. Doesn't seem like a fortuitous occurrence. Our Hong Kong family made sure to message everyone warning about the riot as it was happening and to not go anywhere near Mongkok.
We are staying Island Side, so thankfully not anywhere near. Getting home after dinner at MaMa's was a bit of a challenge last night, with the Cathay Parade happening in Tsim Sha Tsui. We had to fight against a mass of people, with some of them telling us it wasn't worth it and just let the sea carry us away. They were moving in the wrong direction, so we persevered and were able to dodge out of the flow and find a way around behind the spectators still watching the ongoing parade.
Caught the ferry back to Wan Chai before the massive crowd, and went to bed.
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