Signs....

Hong Kong is very organized and loves to label things and put up signs.  They even label and number trees and slopes as these four pictures demonstrate:

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The following are a collection of interesting and funny signs that we have seen in our travels in Hong Kong and area.

This skull seemed way too happy to
be a skull....and don't you think this is
overkill for a flash flood warning?

This sign 'welcomes' you to a playground - an interesting
statement on this society that you have to tell people
not to hang your laundry here, and keep your
kids from gambling!

Once again this "sitting-out area" (park)
reminds us not to hang our laundry.

Who needs to go to Newfoundland to
see the icebergs?  Apparently they
are for sale near the Tai Mo Sham
waterfalls.  Sadly, it wasn't open
to inquire about pricing.

This could be the worse vegetarian
restaurant EVER 

Found on a Christmas display in a mall - are they
expecting a herd of buffalo? Picture this - a herd
of buffalo running through the mall, stopping here
and saying "oh, crap, there's a sign, Norman, I guess
the trampling's off"
(should be a Far Side comic)

Not a sign, but the scariest Santa
we have ever seen!

Is this sign REALLY required?

Seems odd to call it "down floor" but
that is the literal translation of the
Cantonese

Okay - technically I took this picture in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, when I was there with
Brenda Halk - however, you think someone
would run this through spellcheck before printing
the sign...ah, the Swids!

What should we keep clean?  The beach or us?

How many people ran into this door to require
this sign to be put up?

This sign we pass daily as we ride the escalator home.
The story goes that request was made to produce a sign
for this street - however the sign maker (Cantonese
speaker) read the name backwards, and Alexander
Terrace became Rednaxela Terrace (try saying that
three times fast)

At a price of $46 Canadian each,
we think these crabs flew
First Class from Canada.

A recycle bin at a picnic area....we were a little
stumped by the BBQ fork recycling - can't we just
wash them and reuse them?  

 When an area is open and full of picnic tables, is this sign really necessary??

And speaking of hikes and parks, see who we met last weekend while hiking! The hiking book said we would see some monkeys - however, in reality there were several hundred monkeys which was a little disconcerting until we learned to just keep walking, don't make eye contact and once they realize you are not going to feed them, they will leave you alone.

When you keep your eyes open, it is always entertaining wandering around Hong Kong!
Love you all,
Linda and Jeff