Hong Kong Will Never Be The Same (
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Hong Kong. A city I know all too well. I didn't expect to be able to visit in 2022, or at any point in the near future. But when the Hong Kong government announced the borders were opening and the quarantine would be dropped, I knew I had to go find out how much the place had changed. I last visited in 2019, a tumultuous year for the city, to say the least. So many things had happened since then, and most of the world didn't notice.
So my plan was to hit the streets and get some answers. Along the way I'd get a very stimulating foot massage and find out the new rules for clubbing in HK.
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Hope you enjoyed this walk down memory lane for me in Hong Kong. Or at least the foot stimulation. We'll visit the more unknown side of HK in the next 2 videos.
Happy New Year! Good to see you got a sponsor' now keep up the amazing travels
我希望你下次去台湾。
Absolute insanity that any country has any restrictions after what has transpired and what has come to light...
Look at you! Growing up on us! You clean up well Yt friend. Wishing you the best. Travel safe
my best bro looking handsome thank you for your huge respect against cpec friendship countries lot of love from your best bro viki 💙
As a Hongkonger I approve. The man knows the real Hong Kong.
You need to fight the China skum !
there is no real Hong Kong, just corruption and hate, clean it up now !
I live in Hong kong
69 420 man lives in kong hong
How could it be? According to the 2022's Human Freedom Index report, Hk ranks 43, while CCP China ranks 152 (out of the total 163 countries). Something is wrong! How could it be that one country gets two rankings? Isn't it against the National security Law.
Should Chief Lee be arrested for accepting the result, and promoting the 2- country idea in public?
@@Xmaricw 你係香港人就唔會打書面語啦😂( if you’re a hongkonger you won’t type in wittien language😂)
This guy is one of those people who take our 'travel category on RUclips' to the next level. Good quality! Stay safe bro
Yes,smart and interesting
And his Africa saga is perfect, no matter HKong he is fully same person. Thank you bro.
Yeah dude's a legend. He really shows how hong kong truly looks like
He should go to north Kurdistan and expose Turkish occupation
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The best thing from Tommy is that he always handles sensitive matters with great care and is close to being as apolitical as possible. That makes his videos very watchable.
I went to HK first in 1990... One night I met the commander of the British forces in HK, he took me to Wanchai, insisting we'll have a Scotch in each bar!! I think I got to 40 pubs...and drinks...the next morning I woke up lying passed out in front of a HSBC bank being woken up by a HK policeman with all the employees in their Monday best waiting for me to move away from the entrance...
Me and my brother used to go to Hong Kong all the time during 2017, 2018, and 2019. The last time we went was the November before pandemic started and we witnessed protests, riots, police blocking roads and throwing tear gas, etc. One memory I have is us having to run from tear gas being thrown on the street, we hightailed it a few streets down and took refuge inside a 7-11 while we waited for it to die down. Going home using the metro was not possible that day due to riots and protests, we had to call an Uber and even that took us having to walk 30 minutes to a different part of Kowloon for the driver to be able to pick us up. We saw firsthand what was going on at that time. Other than that though, I have the best memories of traveling to HK multiple times in my life. The feeling I get when I'm there is unexplainable. It's retro and luxurious, but heavily cultured and down to earth, yet nostalgic and timeless at the same time. It is a place that I will always keep close to my heart. So glad to find your RUclips and see how things are there in the current times. Can't wait to see more of HK. Kudos, enjoy and be safe.
as a Hongkonger and your old subscriber I am amazed by how well you understand the current situation here. Never thought you would visit
Nice video.
Hongkonger here too, 2months sub, have watched like 15 videos of Sab, mostly South America chapters. Got me mind blown seeing one about HK.
Have to agree Sab understands HK very well, absolutely In-depth content. SaiJohnYau is hardcore too. I lost it @16:49-56 😂😂
@@jun-yy7tn perhaps the closest I will come to HK is NYC but I still love the city and the culture there
Haha also a Hong Konger here, long term foreign resident. Been following him for 2 years. Listening him speak cantonese was fun.
New Jersey here. can u speak freely? how what did the chinese do to hong kong?
@@markdamstra Since the national security law was legislated 2 years ago, speech against the government can easily get you in jail.Most of the pro-democracy media was shutted down, 99% of legislative council are pro-Beijing camp now ,the ratio was near 50% before the law. So everything is changed.
Just like the guy said in 13:08, it is okay if you just want a safe place to live,but if you want more freedom then Hong Kong is not the case.
As a Hong Kong resident, I think Tommy's Cantonese is better than many Chinese from other provinces. He can use Cantonese to bargain at the Ladies Market. He even knows that Cantonese slang like suit guys 西裝友. I wonder how many languages does Tommy know (should be more than 10) 😅
Swahili, Maasai, Arab, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese, English, Japanese and, let us wait for him going to more countries 😁
Come at least 20...
Ten is way too low. That guy knows like 100 languages
@@pepey1253 you forgot Yoruba, Ghanaian language
It's called Twi language
Man, you even combed your hair. Fantastic. This look is a far cry from the T-shirts and recently purchased ball caps. Keep making videos, they're fantastic.
Wearing "hard" shoes! This is definitely a special occasion! Lol. Thanks for reminding us of the "good old days" of the former HK. 💕
"丢雷老某"🤣it's hilarious to see an American curse in Cantonese. Dude just made my day.
People don’t have to be a HongKonger to love Hong Kong. You know Hong Kong more than many people already. Love you man❤
lived in hk for 2 years, and visited countless other times. haven't been back since the crack downs.
i love this city to bits - the people, the food, the grimes and the mess, the shiny glits, and everything in between. and so i'm forever heart-broken.
Thanks for your love for our home!
as a Hong konger, just wanna say thank you for loving our city and presenting it in a truthful, down to earth way. I'm watching this video overseas on the first day of lunar new year. this is making me sentimental. thank you for making this video!
Hey brother, I want to visit Hong Kong but will Chinese govt detain me with the New Security Law (Applicable to everyone on the planet ABSURD but its true) ? I have posted some anti chinese govt posts a few years back online. Whats your take on this ?
@@dillianna96haha, you’re so cute, as a Chinese, I promise, nothing for you to worry about, even as me, also did something to complain about some officers in the government, because I wanted them to do their best for our country
@@weiwujiang6884 lol thanks for the assurance though.
@@dillianna96most guys are misunderstanding the security restrictions of China, in their minds, no one can speak any bad words of gov, all the people are in high-pressured domination.
But actually, you can say anything online if it’s the truth, even it’s about gov or politics (except secrets lol). If gov finds your words are not proper to display, they will delete it, but will not arrest you or something, the worst thing I can imagine is losing your social media account forever.
Presupposition: you are posting the truth, not rumors or other apparently fake things to attack gov.
Tommy, You are the first person to really give a feeling of Hongkong.
That massage place was definitely blade runner...
Actually laughed out loud when I got to 16:50, lovely use of language and lovely video. I’m honoured that you love our city, we can sense it by the way you speak about it. I’m one of many who moved to England from Hong Kong in the past year or two, and sometimes I miss the familiarity that Hong Kong holds, but you made me feel like I was there again - from a fresh perspective as well, as a tourist! Thank you for filming this from such an authentic viewpoint.
same here!!!
Laughed out loud at 16:50!
16:56, typical hongki style lol
Oo Albedo pfp!
Where in England are you?
I love Hong Kong and will continue to stay here.
One of the thing I realized about HK when I first came back from living in Canada was, Hong Kong is like a big terminal, people comes and goes. People from around Asia and the world would come here for different reason. Depends on the people, some people would stay long enough and settle. Hong Kong has always been a city known for its fast pace, and it is constantly changing.
This!
I personally love that. Some of us have that same personality and it's wondeful
Honk Kong is Communist freaks, the good people all left.
Fight the communist they need, who needs evil China ?
@@richape9288 He does not understand evil, he loves communists !
many evil weird people here, what is this community ?
Ah yes, we are one of those who are lucky enough to leave
Hearing you speak Cantonese reminded me a lot of Laoshu505000
Mr. Moses McCormick. I believe had he lived he'd be travelling the world by now as you do. Making connections with the locals through language❤
RIP
Rest in peace to the og
I believe he mostly did his videos in Ohio....and sometimes other US cities. That was pretty amazing in its own way, a guy who didn't, or wasn't able to travel internationally for whatever reason, but his love of people and languages compelled him to study and film the interactions with people from around the world living in generally Colombus Ohio, if I recall correctly.
Man i really miss him
RIP to Laoshu, allowing me to delve deeper into the RUclips Polyglot world
12:50 THAT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE THE SHINRA BUILDING FROM FF7! This is why Sabbaticals vlogs will always be top tier 💎! Hong Kong 🇭🇰 is amazing!
It is the famous hsbc building. It’s design is very unique
Yeah that hsbc is fire
HK was awesome. These days it's not the same. I lived there for four years 2010-14. Great memories
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How do you know? I'm still in HK and it's business as usual
I've been in Hong Kong dozens of times but usually stay in Kowloon. Best noodles on earth! Hong Kong is all about the food for me. My first trip there was in 1971, my last was 2003. Roast Pork crispy noodles...mouth watering...Char shou chow mien.
uhhh, I think they have some competition?
Greg Mock, if you have money to go to Hong Kong, and you are Chinese, but all you can talk about are roast pork crispy noodles!!!! How about the awesome tasting delicacy food such as abalone and ginseng congee or soup? Abalone is so delicious that even the canned abalone are awesome too !!!! Ginseng congee or ginseng soup also taste so awesomely good. Char shou chow mein are just ordinary food that is available everywhere in the Chinese restaurants in the USA. You seems to says that these ordinary food are so much better tasting in Hong Kong!!!!! Chinese food such as Roast Pork crispy noodles are Americanized Chinese food in the USA. I don’t care for any of these so ordinary food. The American culture is junk food such as pizza, burgers, fried chicken and French fries which are feed to even 2 year old babies!!!!!
I have watched almost every one of your videos in the last two months. Great content, and a very down to earth perspective on introducing the rest of us to the reality of all of these places. It's been great following you! THANK YOU!!!
Man. I love your videos. There so enjoyable to watch. It's great seeing all these locations, the people, and the cultures. And the way you angle your shots is incredible. It's able to capture either a really cool monument or architecture, as you're explaining certain things.. fascinating stuff!
Great vids as always. Thx. Glad u use sponsors now. To support the vids. Cheers from Taiwan 🇹🇼
This is the best travel video I've ever seen. Thanks bro!
Holy cow Tommy…you finished this video right outside my building! lol. I’ve lived in HK almost 16 years…and you’re right…it’ll never be what is was…not that long ago. & Good job!
Wild! Those buildings didn’t even exist 20 years ago, did they?
@@SabbaticalTommy please see IG DM…✌🏼
What I liked about Hong Kong from the video is the atmosphere. A mix of depressing and solitary vibes which is totally different from the crazy chaotic energy in countries like Thailand, Vietnam, India where the streets don't look pleasant, the buildings look semi destroyed. Hong Kong kinda reminds me of Japan but with less people. Overall you can feel the friendly vibes like they showed in the old movies. Would love to visit. Not sure about living there though. But looks interesting. Maybe it looks totally different with no rain too.
The contrast between the people and the architecture is crazy. It’s kind of a rigid society but unlike japan people are really easy to start conversations with and easy to relate to, even when they aren’t drinking. In japan you gotta wait til they are drunk and there’s more distance still. Of course many great people everywhere tho.
Hong Kong is denser than Japan
hong kong is denser than all the places you mentioned...
this video is pretty different from what hong kong used to be like. I grew up there, there are usually way more people out and about. It looked weirdly very quiet for HK.
@@boinkadoinkk come on, it all depends how the guy want to film his video
instantly recognized OMA in the intro. was in Hong Kong 4 years ago for a week and went to there every night
Thanks for your video that tells the truth of changing in HK. The first video of yours I've seen was showing you living in Africa. Don't know that you have been in HK for several times and can speak Cantonese. Missed your visiting. As a HKer, I would like to say, please come again. We are here and always welcome you back西裝友. Appreciate and love your videos. Thanks!!!
I lived there for 18 years, nice to see you walking around those places I know so well.
Amazing video! As a true Hongkonger (over 3 decades living in HK) the way you spotted the difference of prospectives of elites from HK ISLAND or Central vs young ppl from Kowloon can tell how much you know about this place.
really sad seeing how it has changed since 2019, and those who still claiming its their home despite all happened.
Looking fwd to the next video!
You know it's going to be a good day when you see a Sabbatical upload. ❤
Brings a smile to my face every time
Always!
When he upload it's always my time to sleep 😭
100%. My favorite travel vlogger. Better than Bald recently
No shit sherlock
Thank you for the amazing video to let more people understand more about Hong Kong and our culture.
Wow as a hongkonger it's absolutely accurate, first time seeing ur channel and it's great.
Can see you really feel for the place. Can’t wait to see and hear more of your filming and stories in the city👍
I loved that longest escalator in the world bit, live confirmation! 😂 What an awesome city, the modernization is insane. Great video idea dude I love this.
Edit: "Like if this was like the Bronx, I would shit myself" LOL best quote
Westernization? More like modernization.
What do you mean the westernization? The architecture or that most people are bilingual & speak English? HK was a British colony until 1997.
@@Jumpoable I never typed westernization I typed modernization. Get your eyes checked
Thanks Tommy, The best intro to H.K. I've seen. Back in the last century it stuck me that HK and NYC were the two most similar cities in the world on pretty much all levels, and that you can hate it or love it for the same reasons.
My stomach turned with the testing & masking to go to a nightclub. Do people really think "it's" still a thing, after all the evidence available?
Youre my favorite youtube traveler. Some of the guys are too nonchalant and disrespectful for my taste. You are wholesome and well mannered.
The perfect traveler and tourist.
Great video thank you. I came to Hong Kong 4 months ago and love it. First lived in North Point and now live in Mong Kok just by lots of the places you show. There's something very special about this place for sure.
I loved living in Hong Kong in 2008 and I would say since 2015 everything has gone downhill. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore and a lot of the big financial companies have moved to Singapore.
very sad.
I died when he whipped out the Covid test in the club. So glad I found this the channel. This dude rules.
As a secondary student in HongKong, I notices most of the recent changes here but most of them are making HongKong a more and more communist place. If you ask me the question about “HongKong is getting better or worse…” I think HongKong is getting worse no matter in political ways or I would say it’s not living but to survive in HongKong.
Btw you got some funny mistakes LOL for example normally you write the number of how many you want instead of ticking the box on the dim sum menu. Oh ya, you should wear your mask all the time on the street.
Nvm those, I really appreciate that your cantonese and thanks for showing about HongKong^^ Good video!!
After 2019, all of us HongKongers knows that like, most of the freedoms are like…taken away from us locals and like the government is treating us weirdly. Uhh, other things just find the infos. by yourself but beware of what info you get because HK, like China, most media is hiding a lot from everyone on earth.
I do really appreciate that you uses Cantonese and agreed on a lot we do. You really do know much about HongKong!! Thanks a lot!
Don't forget Hong Kong is mainland China's sovereign if whoever feel they have no freedom they're encouraged to leave it.
The state of Hong Kong is very sad to see, considering the greatness of the people. I am not fully informed of the situation in Hong Kong except for the fact many are upset regarding the influence from the mainland. I live in the UK and have seen and heard of many people moving here permanently, its very sad to see.
Been following you for a while and was excited to see your HK video. Then even more shocked when you stopped in front of Right Mansion where I am moving into in a couple weeks! So random but cool. Hope to run into you next time!
I am glad you have introduced Hong Kong to the world and you know this place really well. Hope you enjoy the trip in Hong Kong.
Thought Singapore and New York were the most capitalist place but was wrong.Hong Kong is on another level men after seeing professional guys living in really small rooms
Mainland china is even worse. I never been asked so directly and up front about how much money that I make until I went there. It you don't make enough, apparently you can't be friends with certain people.
I just found your channel today and I immediately fell in love with your content. Your format, your humor, your camera style. I genuinley feel like we're just too close friends joking around with eachother while we walk along the streets of some city you apparently have a vast knowledge of. I just walk next to you the whole way while you make random remarks about street signs or local history. Dude, keep this up. I beg of you. This is how travel content should be.
If you can, start from the first video and work your way up. It's a roller-coaster.
I am claustrophobic and Hong Kong looks very compact.
下次見!
Come again soon, please! Take record for Hong Kong!
HK has lost it;s charms going to be just another province in China sad for the ppl
I grew up in Hong Kong, currently living in the states, but all my family are still back there, however I haven't been back in 3 years due to the pandemic protocols they've had up until recently. It's still home to me, and my favorite place on earth, but it is changing, not always for the better, however it's still special.
Besides the dim sum dishes you had, you also need to get Ha Gau, Chueng Fun, Cha Siu Bao, which are equally local, and the most important dish you need to get is Cha Siu, which is basically bbq honey roast pork. Cha Siu is my all time favorite, and while you can get it in the west, it never tastes like how it is in Hong Kong, not even in the various Chinatowns around the US. To get the best Cha Siu, I would recommend going to the restaurant "Lei Garden", which has a Michelin star, and while it's more expensive than your local greasy spoon, it's still affordable and consistently has some of the best Cha Siu Hong Kong has to offer. Seeing his video really makes me home sick, makes me miss my family, the people and the food.
Despite some of the problems Hong Kong faces, property prices, politics etc. there are many benefits to living there such as universal healthcare which means no one ever has to worry about going into medical debt or paying for hospital care, and the government hospitals are known to have the best doctors too. Hong Kong also has the worlds highest life expectancy. Hong Kong is also among the safest places in the world to live, you literally never have to worry about being a victim or violence, and crime was something I never even gave a second thought to until I started living in the UK and the US. While property prices are extremely high, the highest in the world, everything else from transportation to food can be cheap... not cheap by 3rd world standards, but cheap by western standards. There are also plenty of cool affordable stores if you don't limit yourself to the financial center where all the luxury brand name stores are... there are plenty of local malls in difference areas with very well priced goods.
Hong Kong is truly a unique place in the world, and it's a great place to visit, cause most people speak English, and all the road signs and MTR (the "metro") having English signage too, and you don't have to worry about wandering into "dangerous" neighborhoods, cause there are none, you're free to walk and explore anywhere. It's also a very interesting city to walk around due to the fact that it's very dense, so every street is packed full of interesting stores and visuals, something I too took for granted until I moves to the US where things are more spread out in a lot of places... I could walk for 2-3 hours in Hong Kong without getting board, and it's so easy to hop on a bus, tram, train or inexpensive cab cause everywhere is very accessible via public transportation. Winter is the best time to visit however, as summer is super hot and humid... November December are like light jacket to t-shirt weather. I can't wait to go back.
I enjoyed reading this, Hong Kong looks really interesting, ty.
@@Ulnvtcydr Thanks, it's a great place to visit if you ever get the chance.
Crime has changed the past years, more theft / robberies these days (i.e. rolex watches) :(
@@amplifierxcsgo4549 It's still one of the safest places on earth... nothing compared to what happens in the UK and US.
I been HongKong 3 times had my 50 birthday there with my gf at the time she was from there iam from Australia, from where iam from the tallest building in my city was 12 stories high.just an eye opener for me that’s for sure , loved the place an definitely brings back the greatest memories. Go back in a heartbeat but iam not sure with all this political bs going on , so maybe never
The part where you start cursing at the metro ticket machine HAHA!! I'm a malaysian chinese, most of us speaks cantonese too. I just discovered your channel and i'm enjoying your travel videos! keep it up!!!
no pok gai Mandarin?
@@paulhowes5094 We speak mandarin and hokkien too. And 'pok gai' have different meaning and usage. Usually negative ^^;
DLLM
Meo lets just say in theory if a mandarin speaker and a cantonese speaker start to speak in their own dialect would either of them would understand what each other are saying
and also, in malaysia if that’s happened what do people usually do?
RUclipsrs rarely travel to Hong Kong
I think you did a very good job
I've never seen a big travel youtuber vlogging it, it's super rare.
Covid restrictons made it almost impossible the last three years. :(. But it was interestng to see youtubers like Sabbatical exploring Africa and such, as they were much more open that we were here in Asia.
Peace for the world
How mad are you, why you support the communist hate ? peace, You ???
Hitler peace ? Good job ????
FCK these communists, evil people !
@@atomic4650 Drew Binsky
I agree especially being for a huge city 🏙️, but don’t worry I’m planning to make vlogs when I move there this year
Am visiting Hong Kong for the first time and did some limited exploration over the last week as most places have been closed for the Chinese New Year. Trying to learn more about HK I've been watching RUclips videos, some of which aren't very good-- then I found this one. Of course it would take a fellow NYer to deliver the kind of info & tour I was hoping for. Thank you Tommy for your insightful, informative & entertaining take on (late 2022/early 2023) Hong Kong. In the short time I've been here have also been exposed to some things (like needing to post sensitive personal info to simply buy a SIM card- was hoping to buy a new phone here to use while visiting China- but have now decided against it).
As Tommy points out, the people here have been great, as is the city. I hope to explore a bit more in the coming days, and now after watching this video, I thankfully have a better idea of where to head.
Thanks again Mr. El Forastero.
Welcome and enjoy your trip here :) !
@@someernie6179 Thanks!
Hong Kong is dying as a financial centre. It is down several places, and trillions have left already for Singapore in particular, London and New York. Finance and wealth managers do not want Chinese governance. It is not conducive to transparency and broad investment opportunities.
Suits are moving to Singapore and Taiwan lah. HK is declining fast thanks to Winnie the Pooh.
Thank you for saying Cantonese is a language!!! It definitely is!
Definitely. As a Cantonese in mainland, every time when people say Cantonese is just a dialect and DO NOT WORTH ANYTHING, I just wanna say"so as Mandarin, OK?".
Its like saying scottish/welsh is a language
@@marcilok2592 Every dialect is a language
@@jeffreylai6796 Cantonese is much more different.
Waiting for the 50cents spams here
Wowoww Tommy you almost reach my home, Zhongshan city.🥳 Hope you can visit Guangdong also. Love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Nitaenda Guangzhou for sure
@@SabbaticalTommy Karibu sana Canton, where our company is located!! You will have good days in 沙面 and 荔枝湾. Don't forget 饮早茶、食糖水同埋茶餐厅！🥰
Not gonna lie, this vlog is way much better than the "Hello Hong Kong"ads
Thank you for your love to Hong Kong and presenting our home to the world. Your footage is so real and natural to me that I do think anyone who doesn't know Hong Kong will get the most authentic understanding within this half-an-hour video.
you are very good at speaking Cantonese, especially when u are talking to the ticket machine lol
Feeling real Wong Kar Wai nostalgic vibes here. No flashy or IG places, just dropping into local spots. Just missing a tram or star ferry ride. Thanks for taking us along with you, haven’t visited in years due to covid.
I love HK, I stayed in the langham place back in 2006 in Mong Kok. I've never seen rain fall from the sky that fast before and I'm English lol
Ha finally a Brit knows the importance of using umbrella
@@someernie6179 nope still don’t use them 😆
Do they sell HIV test kits outside the brothels?
Cantonese to Mandarin is NOT like Spanish to Italian. Cantonese and Mandarin are much more closely affiliated as much as many would like to think otherwise.
This "Sai Jon Yau" has his honest vlog and many good points. - a feeling sad Hong Konger
I have so many mixed feeling as you felt. Keep it up Sabbatical!
Very happy that I got recommended this video as a Hongkonger, just like a lot of people that commented. I don’t usually watch vlogs but this one is different, I died of laughter at 16:50, and was like “what the heck” when he spent $90 hkd to buy an umbrella.
Definitely agree on what you said at last, really appreciate this video, it made me happy and made my day :)
Heading to Hong Kong in December. Looks like I'd better start saving. And perhaps remortgage my house. Thanks for the tour Tommy ✌️
The lady recommending the supreme bag 21:32 got me 😭
What a tag for me to remember my short visit to this country and its good people..
You are so right. I didn’t expect a foreigner to know that well about Hong Kong. It is so true that Hong Kong is now changing faster than ever and things will never be the same. Some say the locals are stuck in Hong Kong and trying to escape, but I believe there are many like me who just adores Hong Kong too much to leave. It is not the same but somewhere in Hong Kong, it is still our home, forever and ever.
Hey brother, I want to visit Hong Kong but will Chinese govt detain me with the New Security Law (Applicable to everyone on the planet ABSURD but its true) ? I have posted some anti chinese govt posts a few years back online. Whats your take on this ?
@@dillianna96 i think as long as you don't cross the boarder into mainland China will be ok.
@@alicechow2860 oh okay. Thank you. So being a Hong Konger haven't you heard cases of a foreigner getting detained just cos they posted something critical online ?
It's just that I don't want any trouble lol 😂 That's why I wanted to ask locals like you
I'm so badly looking forward to visiting Hong Kong
@@dillianna96 hmm, I haven't heard about that and I think they will not check your social media as long as nobody report you to the gvt department
@@alicechow2860 thanks a lot. I guess accordingly I'll take a call on my visit. Have a Good day
I've been obsessed with Japan for many years and it's sad to see that you're not gonna upload new jp vlogs for now, but I never knew Hong Kong was such a beautiful city before. It's really like out of a cyberpunk game, maybe even more like Japan. Thanks for the quality content as always!
HK and Tokyo both have the neon lights everywhere....Seoul too.
In the 80's and 90's that little
Hong Kong and Japan were neck and neck in terms of everything. You should learn more about Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a legend.
@@dawnnadir That legend is dead....Mao period part deux...
@@mattyghost3409 Get over it. You lost.
@@mattyghost3409 Go live in the west if like to lick their boots so much.
This is so sad to watch. I've visited Hong Kong many times over the years-I used to live in Bangkok and then Taipei, and would often fly in for the weekend-and last stayed there for a few days in November 2019, right before the shit hit the fan. It was sad to watch the city slowly get absorbed into the mainland, but this is next-level dystopia.
Absorbed into the mainland ? HK is part of China until it was taken away by the British during opium war ie the British selling drugs to weaken the Chinese & like any robbers took the land. Now HK is just another city in China.
@张子嘉 you are just right behind the most creative comment try to trigger people like yourself 😂
@张子嘉 How much are the CCP/CPC paying you?
@张子嘉 Spoken like a true CCP official, who is very unaware of the politics and history in the UK. Mao would be proud, and now, so is Xi. Enjoy your demographic collapse, and the impending economic crisis underway. 2030 - China is over.
@张子嘉 Oh the CCP are colonisers alright, they just don't bring any benefit, only destruction of people and civilisations. Your ancestors died at the hands of the CCP. 40-60 million were murdered by the CCP. But of course you don't care about that. When Britain was given Hong Kong in a peace treaty, we brought advanced civilisation. Brings me to your last point - the British are far, far, far wealthier than China. Your average salary and percentage of wealth adjusted for population is so far behind the UK it is ridiculous. Sorry to have to tell you the truth. Oh and Ireland... let's see ;-) Tell me, what can you criticise the CCP for? I can criticise and remove my Government. Can you?
Thank you. I’m learning a lot from you keep doing this I enjoy very much 🇦🇺❤
I lived on mainland cn, and going to Hồng Kông was always a pleasure because the buildings were occupied, the escalators worked and everything was pristine. You’ll know the change will be complete when walking up broken escalators is normal.
Can't imagine you can swear in Cantonese and did foot message in HK which is a very local experience there. As a Hongkonger, I've even never tried this since I was born. Thumbs up!
Hi there, I am a local Hong Konger and I really appreciate you do pay respect to our culture, welcome to HK and hope you enjoy your trip !!
香港人应该继续抗争。否则大陆化是早外的事。
Hey brother, I want to visit Hong Kong but will Chinese govt detain me with the New Security Law (Applicable to everyone on the planet ABSURD but its true) ? I have posted some anti chinese govt posts a few years back online. Whats your take on this ?
@@dillianna96lol you’ll be fine even if you run the largest anti Chinese campaigns. The government doesn’t care about individuals as long as you’re not causing a riot or any type of public incitements. Also, it’s the HKG gov, not the mainland one.
Your New york accent is very strong in this video, or maybe I'm just noticing it now ;)
It's the skyscrapers bringing out his NY 😉
Left Hong Kong 12 years ago for America and never a single day I regret my decision. If you take it face value then Hong Kong is cool but deep down the city has been on a decline since 1997.
Got Covid quick test in Bar, that's most ironic thing, that's HongKong Today.
So awesome to see you in Hong Kong! I traveled there in 2018 and I absolutely loved the city. I’m from Las Vegas originally. I reminisced a lot about it sense I left. Thank you for bringing me back. Amazing culture. Amazing people. Definitely a unique city that I hold dear to my heart.
Yep, I'm glad to see his video here as well!
Thanks for visiting! As a HK citizen, we are delighted by your great experience here back in 2018!
PS: Our boarders are open again so we look forward to welcoming you back in the future if you ever decide to visit us again!
Jeremy Matteson
Nobody is from Vegas, brottle baby ? No daddy, only a show business Mother ?
Why you love communists?
The part where he said suit people an what color is your Bugatti in Cantonese had me dying 😭😭😭😭
Had a memorable stay in HK in 1997. Locals were awesome. I transited through HK many times after. It is not the same anymore. There are better destinations and transit points to Asian cities now.
ni hao -- very nice to see good old hk these days. especially via a fellow new yorker. reminds me a lot of nyc here during the pandemic without the tourists. in a lot of ways i liked it better. however, as you know we are much further back to normal than i see hk is, if not fully. they will get there soon i am sure. anyway, what a great job you did here i am very impressed both with your doc skills and your takes on things. thanks!
I do hope things have picked up there, since. My third (and hopefully not last) visit was 2017, before politics and pandemic. Wonderful city to explore, eat, drink and take photos.
i lived in HKG for over 10years.. and your Cantonese still sounds better than mine. Love the video. keep it up!
clubbing with that mask and covid test was hilarious. No way in hell I'm going to Hong Kong lol.
The mask mandates ended in early 2023.
Very fascinating bunch, the bankers are. Those Jewish kids handing you that bracelet was very sweet of them haha.
I would visit without hesitation for the traditional food. Such great many choices and variety.....cool people too.
Ruled by a regime of no accountability, everything in the HK city is deteriorating fast.
I was touched by the elder man in the message place ,they are so kind and so nice, people are working hard,You are also very warm-hearted person, I hope Hong Kong can become better and people there can live a better life ,I’m from china mainland, I really love Hong Kong❤
Met my future wife in Hong Kong. Been married now for 15 years with a 11 year old daughter. Love living and working in Hong Kong , but glad I’m now in the States.
it was obviously no one was able to really talk..
the repression was just below the surface
The escalator at Central does go downhill; from 6am to 10am...then uphill from 10am till midnight.
Thanks for the video and telling us about Blinkest. I had never heard of it before.
29:03 That's how I met your mother.
Very good Cantonese, I laughed when u were yelling at the ticket machine 😂
光復香港，時代革命
Tripping down memory lane for sure. Thanks! If it's not too late, you should head to Nga Tsin Wai Rd to get a feel for old Kowloon before they tear it all down. At least 3 years ago, deconstruction had not started. It's a bit of a walk from MTR which is why it retained its character for so long. Sham Sui Po is the equivalent of Nishinari. Check that out also.