Saturday, May 30, 2009

Chungking Mansion Websites

This one has a couple photos and gives advice about dining in the mansions:
http://gohongkong.about.com/od/whattoseeinhk/ss/Chunkingtour_3.htm


"Luckily, one place still exists that symbolizes this grit: the Chungking Mansions. This leprous rat-infested slum is an institution. It was raised to legendary status as the scene of shady drug deals in the movie Chungking Express. Anyone who spends time there walks off with a certain filthy stigma."

haha

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/03/21/chungking-mansions/


A good one with Gordon Mathews:
http://www.bcmagazine.net/hk.bcmagazine.issues/bcmagazine_webissue245/03-chungking.html

People's opinions about the Chungking Mansions:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/budget-travel/479060-chungking-mansions-hong-kong-ever-stayed-there.html

"20% of the mobile phones now in use in sub-Saharan Africa have passed through this high-rise souk"
http://www.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1850110_1850124_1852107,00.html

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