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Jack
Sept. 18, 2023 · English · 2 min read

The Trip to Hong Kong

Speaking of traveling to Hong Kong, I recalled a few very interesting things during the trip I visited Hong Kong last n 2010.

When other tourists and I were going to leave Shenzhen Customs, at a grocery store, the tour guide said to us, "Hong Kong people can't speak Mandarin, they only speak Cantonese or English, the goods in Hong Kong are very expensive, and a disease called 'Hong Kong feet' is very popular, therefore you guys would better buy enough daily necessities here, otherwise, you would have a tough time in Hong Kong." It was the first time we went to Hong Kong. We knew nothing about Hong Kong, so we bought a lot of things at that store.

That was also the first time that I knew a lot of international famous luxury brands because the Hong Kong guide kept introducing those brands to us and strongly recommended us to buy one.

That was also the first time I ate the most expensive box lunch which cost me 45 rmb.

What left a deeper impression on me during the trip was the tall buildings, narrow streets, fewer people on the streets and the shining lights on the tall buildings at night.

I remember I bought a video camera in a shop. After we entered the shop, the shop owner let us sit down. While he introduced his products, he took videos of us, and then he played the video on a big screen on the wall, so everyone saw themselves in the video. Some people smiled very beautifully in the video. Because the video was very clear and looked nice, many people bought his video camera.

After I got home, I looked for information about that video camera, but I couldn't find any of its manufacturing information. Some people told me that the camera must be assembled in Hong Kong. I used it a few times, but I don't when I lost it.

I took a lot of pictures and videos of Hong Kong during that trip. I stored them on my phone and on the Internet, but now, I don't know where they are at all. Time is like an eraser, it can erase everything, the good and the bad.

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Speaking of traveling to Hong Kong, I recalled a few very interesting things during the trip I visited Hong Kong last n 2010.

Speaking of traveling to Hong Kong, I recalled a few very interesting things during the tripime I visited Hong Kong last in 2010.

Speaking of traveling to Hong Kong, I recalled a few very interesting things that happened during the trip I visitedtook to Hong Kong last in 2010.

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When other tourists and I were going to leave Shenzhen Customs, at a grocery store, the tour guide said to us, "Hong Kong people can't speak Mandarin, they only speak Cantonese or English, the goods in Hong Kong are very expensive, and a disease called 'Hong Kong feet' is very popular, therefore you guys would better buy enough daily necessities here, otherwise, you would have a tough time in Hong Kong."

When other tourists and I were going to leave Shenzhen Customs, at a grocery store, the tour guide said to us, "Hong Kong people can't speak Mandarin, they only speak Cantonese or English, the goods in Hong Kong are very expensive, and a disease called 'Hong Kong feet' is very popular, t. Therefore you guys would better buy enough daily necessities here, otherwise, you wouldill have a tough time in Hong Kong."

The sentence was too long.
In the beginning, "Before" might make more sense than "When".

When other tourists and I were going to leave Shenzhen Customs, at a grocery store, the tour guide said to us, "Hong Kong people can't speak Mandarin, they only speak Cantonese or English, the goods in Hong Kong are very expensive, and a disease called 'Hong Kong feet' is very popularrevalent, therefore you guys would better buy enough daily necessities here, otherwise, you wouldill have a tough time in Hong Kong."

"Popular" has a positive connotation, like people want to get Hong Kong feet.
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It was the first time we went to Hong Kong.

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We knew nothing about Hong Kong, so we bought a lot of things at that store.

That was also the first time that I knew a lot of international famous luxury brands because the Hong Kong guide kept introducing those brands to us and strongly recommended us to buy one.

That was also the first time that I knew a lot of international famous luxury brands, because the Hong Kong guide kept introducing those brands to us and strongly recommended us to buy one.

That was also the first time that I knewlearned about a lot of international famous luxury brands because the Hong Kong guide kept introducing those brands to us and strongly recommended us to buy onewe buy something from them.

"I came to know about" could also work instead of "I knew".

"Recommended us to buy one" sounds like he recommended you buy an entire brand, rather than an item from the brand.
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That was also the first time I ate the most expensive box lunch which cost me 45 rmb.

That was also the first time I ate the most expensive box lunch which cost me 45 rmb.

This sentence could be clearer. Was it the most expensive boxed lunch you had ever eaten up until then, or did you get the most expensive box lunch option?

What left a deeper impression on me during the trip was the tall buildings, narrow streets, fewer people on the streets and the shining lights on the tall buildings at night.

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I remember I bought a video camera in a shop.

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After we entered the shop, the shop owner let us sit down.

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While he introduced his products, he took videos of us, and then he played the video on a big screen on the wall, so everyone saw themselves in the video.

2

Some people smiled very beautifully in the video.

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Because the video was very clear and looked nice, many people bought his video camera.

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After I got home, I looked for information about that video camera, but I couldn't find any of its manufacturing information.

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Some people told me that the camera must be assembled in Hong Kong.

I used it a few times, but I don't when I lost it.

I used it a few times, but I don't when until I lost it.

Maybe "..., but I don't know when I lost it." ?

I used it a few times, but I don't know when I lost it.

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I took a lot of pictures and videos of Hong Kong during that trip.

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I stored them on my phone and on the Internet, but now, I don't know where they are at all.

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Time is like an eraser, it can erase everything, the good and the bad.

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