In Excess

Thus my week in Hong Kong passed, days spent sitting in traffic jams in cars where smoking was not permitted but the driver was allowed a mobile phone, a CB set and a taxi radio network – and used all three at the same time.

Printed on the side of one bus was ‘Seating Upstairs 69’, ‘Seating Downstairs 40’ – that’s 109. And ‘Standing 34’. That’s over 140 passengers on a double-decker bus. Ridiculous. And I remember the odd little gem like Ice House Street, a lovely name. I wonder if it will still be called that in a couple of years.