Hong Kong is nuts! Built in a jungle in the mountains.
I spent most of my 18 hour layover in the city, walking around and looking at things. I went to the botanical gardens, which had heaps of tropical plants and flowers; the Hong Kong Garden, which had a cool Tai Chi courtyard with bonsai trees and a walk-in aviary with over 800 species of birds; I walked to the Man Mo temple; I took the tram up to the top of the peak and looked at the city - the city is so close to the mountain that you can’t see the bottom of the buildings. They look like they’re coming straight out of the earth. (Have you ever seen Dark City? From up there, Hong Kong makes noise, but doesn’t move.) I ate noodles at a cool little hole in the wall; I took the bullet train between the airport and the city - it goes under 2 rivers and you can feel the pressure change.
It would be fun to live and work here for a year. Tops.