Tonight in Hong Kong I celebrated New Year's Eve from the expansive patio of a friend where I could see the back of the IFC, which was the leader in the fireworks display.
This year, they had a “festival of lights in fireworks”- namely they had a sort of light show with fireworks.
Hong Kong is famous for its nightly light show at 8:00 when all the major buildings have lasers and lights going blinkety blink shine shine laser light show. So this year they had fireworks shooting off the tops of various buildings to look like a light show.
It was actually rather anti-climatic. There were no exploding flowers of lights or gently sprinkling down golden showers or really anything being shot into the sky. I could only see the back of the IFC and some buildings in Kowloon, but actually the photo in the newspaper the next day showed that I did not miss much. The fireworks only went off in streams from the tops of the buildings and out the sides of the IFC, which I could see.
But it was exciting to be with friends and meeting new people and drinking champagne after screaming the countdown together.
This year, they had a “festival of lights in fireworks”- namely they had a sort of light show with fireworks.
Hong Kong is famous for its nightly light show at 8:00 when all the major buildings have lasers and lights going blinkety blink shine shine laser light show. So this year they had fireworks shooting off the tops of various buildings to look like a light show.
It was actually rather anti-climatic. There were no exploding flowers of lights or gently sprinkling down golden showers or really anything being shot into the sky. I could only see the back of the IFC and some buildings in Kowloon, but actually the photo in the newspaper the next day showed that I did not miss much. The fireworks only went off in streams from the tops of the buildings and out the sides of the IFC, which I could see.
But it was exciting to be with friends and meeting new people and drinking champagne after screaming the countdown together.
