Hong Kong is a photographer's dream,” says Geraint Rowland. It's got impres1 streets teem with life, day and night. The Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year winner was blown away by the territory. As part of their dual-destination photo commission (see p146), the four winners of the UK's biggest travel photography competition were first guided around Hong Kong and its many islands. They soon discovered there were plenty of opportunities to point their lenses, whether the neon skyscapers, the old neighbourhoods from which the city evolved or one of the 260 outlying islands, whose slower pace of life, unusual wildlife and natural landscapes offer a contrast to that famous urban bustle.
“There's so much going on in the streets, enthuses fellow winner Paul Wynn. Colourful taxis, trams, traffic jams, wall art, bamboo scaffolding...”
“Although it's such a vibrant, alive city,” remarks winner Paul-Vlad Epure, “its people are calm and very laid back, making their way gently through the streets of this concrete jungle. The nights were also something to remember, as the city lights up into a multitude of Tetris colours.”
“The streets at night were full of contract between light and darkness, and easy to get lost in,” explains winner Thomas Kast. “The city is quite large. Often I had to rely on the GPS and my gut. My gut, mostly – which sometimes worked, but mostly didn't. That said, it's the less-trodden parts of Hong Kong that turned out to be the most interesting. And if not for getting lost, I wouldn't be able to discover those.
This story is from the February/March 2022 Issue 219 edition of Wanderlust Travel Magazine.
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