To my shock, in this city of high-rollers, haggling and real&fake LV/Gucci bags and shopping centers galore.... there are "good samaritans" in Hong Kong. What do I mean? Yes there are good, honest people who are not out to cheat you for 10cents.
Here's my story. I had drinks and dinner with colleagues and a customer in LFK/Lan Kwai Fong (bar/pub area). It was only about 6-8pm or so. When I left to go to the train to meet my colleagues who arrived at the W Hotel (Kowloon Station), I dropped my iPhone 3GS. Upon arrival at Kowloon Station (other side of causeway!)... I panicked! At first, my colleague told me to 'Give Up', its lost. Then I picked up my blackberry to call my iphone. To be delight, an older man picked up the phone, told me in Chinese that he was minutes away from selling my iPhone! I begged him to wait for me, and he said, no worry, I will bring you your phone by MTR / subway... it's a bit of a trek so I was pleasantly surprised he actually showed up. Offered him $200 Hong Kong dollars too, and he only took $20 (about $2.5 USD).
So the world is not terrible - even in China. Well, Hong Kong isn't really the same as Mainland China... at least not yet! I'll save that story for another day.
On other notes, we're off to Japan for snowboarding in late December / Xmas, almost signing our 1 year lease (picking between two places), I'm heading to Toronto for 3 days, then maybe into China for a day or two before Japan.
Happy December 7th!
You lost your phone for a couple hours and the guy was _minutes_ away from selling it? Nice to know the "good samaritans" over there try so hard to find the rightful owner.
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