Red Carpet Club, HK airport.
I've never liked HK, but the infrastructure here is first rate.
- Steve Hsu
- Professor of physics at the University of Oregon. Homepage. Archive. Favorite posts. Twitter: @hsu_steve
Thursday, September 08, 2011
In transit: HK
Sunrise over China.
Red Carpet Club, HK airport.
I've never liked HK, but the infrastructure here is first rate.
Red Carpet Club, HK airport.
I've never liked HK, but the infrastructure here is first rate.
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