Reflections along The Bund

After reading about it in JG Ballard's Empire of the Sun, watching a Chow Yun Fatt series on it and thinking about it whenever I read about World War 2, I've finally set foot on the famous stretch along the west bank of the Whampoa River.

And what a disappointment it was.

Grey.

Smoggy.

Touristy.

If you're thinking about it from 1984-ville, forget it. Queen Elizabeth Walk and The Padang exude a greater sense of history.

So much for that.