This isn't any knock on the neighbor's door saying "trick or treat". Halloween in Hong Kong takes a whole different form. Weeks, if not months before Day of the Dead, HK people begin to celebrate the day. Theme Parks, restaurants, and my own university begin decorating for the occasion. You can just feel a special vibe in the air.
The exchange students and I spent our Halloween night in the streets of LKF. LKF is a popular bar area for Westerners. For Halloween they close down the streets for two different types of people, the westerners who dress up for the occasion and the locals who take thousands of pictures. Honestly the scene is indescribable. If you ever want to feel like a celebrity for the night, buy a plane ticket and a costume and come to Hong Kong.
Hundreds of locals line the street with their cameras ready to take pictures of funny dressed white people. With about 20 other exchange students, any time our group would stop, people would gather around to take an endless amount of pictures. I can see how celebrities get tired of this treatment, because after about 20 minutes I was growing weary of all the cameras. However, it was very memorable and fun just to be part of the atmosphere.
This isn't any knock on the neighbor's door saying "trick or treat". Halloween in Hong Kong takes a whole different form. Weeks, if not months before Day of the Dead, HK people begin to celebrate the day. Theme Parks, restaurants, and my own university begin decorating for the occasion. You can just feel a special vibe in the air.
The exchange students and I spent our Halloween night in the streets of LKF. LKF is a popular bar area for Westerners. For Halloween they close down the streets for two different types of people, the westerners who dress up for the occasion and the locals who take thousands of pictures. Honestly the scene is indescribable. If you ever want to feel like a celebrity for the night, buy a plane ticket and a costume and come to Hong Kong.
Hundreds of locals line the street with their cameras ready to take pictures of funny dressed white people. With about 20 other exchange students, any time our group would stop, people would gather around to take an endless amount of pictures. I can see how celebrities get tired of this treatment, because after about 20 minutes I was growing weary of all the cameras. However, it was very memorable and fun just to be part of the atmosphere.
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