This building near our hotel in Hong Kong is under renovation. One uniquely Hong Kong aspect to this engineering is the type of scaffolding that they use.
Look closely:
Every time Allison and I passed by construction sites, we marveled at the lattice-work of bamboo scaffolding that reached up ten or twenty storeys, lashed solidly together with thousands of plastic ties:
What freaks me out is the idea that, as the scaffolding extends upwards outside these 20-storey buildings, someone has to lash more bamboo poles at the top! Just the thought of it gives me shivers!
Closer to the ground, around the corner from our hotel is this street market. This vendor is selling live seafood.
You can see crabs, shrimp, halibut, and snails in this picture. Being raised far from any ocean, sealife has always fascinated me. Allison keeps having to drag me away from this market, haha.
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