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It has been a few years since I last visited the city of Hong Kong. This bustling metropolis is still as prosperous and unforgiving on the wallet as I remembered it. Nevertheless, if you have got the dough, this place has unlimited ways of dazzling your senses and coaxing you to part ways with your hard-earned cash.

The one thing that impressed me the most on my previous visit to Hong Kong was its spectacular night scenery. This hasn’t change a bit. The Avenue of Stars at the Tsimshatsui waterfront still gives the best vantage point for this mesmerizing view of Hong Kong’s skyline. I’m glad I brought my bulky SLR with me. It takes way better pictures than the compact point-and-shoot camera I had with me the last time I was here. I couldn’t get a decent picture from it no matter how hard I tried.

But getting a good night scenery photograph is not as easy as I thought, even with a SLR at my disposal. Shaky hands and low shutter speed takes bad photographs. A good tripod would have help tremendously. I guess I would have to try that on my next visit then. See how this place has a strange way of making you wanna spend and spend and spend some more? It affects even me!

I’m doomed.