If you are a hardcore biker and always annoyed by the traffic in Hong Kong, scared to share the lane with the tram and don’t want to ride in the middle of the night, just wait for the next typhoon to hit the city. With most inner-city areas still pretty safe, just make sure you got a mountain bike to jump the occassional garbage.
Causeway Bay, 7.34pm – Typhoon Nuri
What a great sight: 9am on a Wednesday in the heart of Causeway Bay and it’s virtually empty. Usually at this time it would be the morning rush hour making it impossible to even stand at the place I took this picture but thanks to Tropical Storm Kammuri which by now has turned into a typoon signalled at number 8 on the local scale, most people stay at home as everything but emergency services, limited public transportation and some die-hard private shops remain open. If the signal stays up until past noon, the rest of the day will be off as well.
Andre