Lan Kwai Fong

Considering it was a Friday night, Jesse, Jacque, Chris, Charlie and I decided to go to a district in Hong Kong called Lan Kwai Fong. Lan Kwai Fong is a bar district that westerners go to. The streets were pretty much shut down with people walking everywhere. All the bars were very small and very upscale. The vast majority of the people there were Americans and Europeans with the average age probably somewhere near 30. My guess is that most of the people them are young business professions working on an international career. Hong Kong has no open container laws so a lot of the bars were essentially a window to the sidewalk and every one walked around on the streets with a drink in their hand. Unlike certain places back in Miami, no one was binge drinking. It was a party atmosphere but no one was crazy. Later we headed to a night club called Cliq, where a party for university students was being held. The building that it was in had five different clubs that you had to line up for and had dress codes. Once we got in (free cover for students) we walked through a fancy lobby to the elevator that would take us to the club (each had its own elevator with an attendant). I had never been inside a legitimate upscale night club before but the inside was what I somewhat expect. It was mostly black with all kinds of lights that spun around and did various other things. There were also a lot of TV screens that played trippy video on a long loop. The drinks were expensive but I had one just for the experience. It was really interesting watching how differently the locals acted to the westerners. The best way to describe how the locals were behaving would be a middle school dance, where all the guys are on one side and all the girls on another with no one knowing what to do. The westerners were a lot more relaxed and could mingle with anyone. The cultural clash was quite amusing as some locals would run (literally) away when a westerner got near while others would get all excited. Chinese society is definitely not one based on social mixers.