Filme Home, Hong Kong 2013

For someone who shoots film, Filme has to be on your itinerary when you visit Hong Kong, if only for the thrill of seeing the biggest collection of films in the world. I was ooh-ing and ahh-ing as I scrutinised every film stock that the owner has collected over the years. There's also a good selection of film and film cameras for sale (a tad overpriced, imo). But what really sucked most of our time there was paging through these two enormous photo albums of sample photographs of all the negative or slide films the owner has come across and used. What an amazing resource! It was so awesome to compare and contrast between so many type of films stocks and to see how what the developed prints of rare films look like.

Yuen Long, Hong Kong 2013

We decided to take a break from the city and head up to Yuen Long, part of the New Territories region in Hong Kong. It was refreshing to see another facet of Hong Kong life. While Yuen Long still has a lot of hustle and bustle to it, it's a different kind of busy. A busy that has to do with everyday life rather than trying to keep up with the rat race.

Mido Cafe, Hong Kong 2013

Mido Cafe is as old and as honest as they come. Tucked on a street corner overlooking a temple, Mido Cafe welcomes the rich and the famous, the regular and the traveller with simple, honest and hearty fare. We took our breakfast here one day and got plates of toast each to fill our bellies for the day's walking ahead.

Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong 2013

Another age-ing Hong Kong neighbourhood, where the best food are kept secret.