Explore the heaving metropolis of Bangkok
Young Thais are drawn by the big city lifestyle
A sketch of Hong Kong. (Time Baynes)
Hong Kong
06 Sep 2010 Monday
5:25 PM as hot as anything HUMID
I slip down 25 floors from the office to street level and look up to the tall towers next to my tall towers. Everywhere there are tall towers. Oh, you tall towers.
Oh you towers so very tall!! So beautiful. Dressed like courtiers at the palace.
Tim Baynes has recorded his impressions of more than 20 years of travel in Moleskine notebooks. Each week The Passport blog will bring you a new sketch from his collection.
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