I love to travel in order to see things before they disappear, like this “lost” city now lost to time…
Welcome To Paradise – Chinese Crime Style!
I love travel. I love to see unique places. THIS IS SUCH A PLACE. Here is how this legendary city was described:
“It was one of the greatest unplanned wonders of the 20th century — a city of no taxes and no laws. A 6.9 acre cesspool of crime, trafficking, and unlicensed doctors that was once the most densely populated place on earth.”
Your Kowloon Dentist Will See You Now!
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City, an island of ill-repute just outside Hong Kong! It was a slice of criminal heaven that came to be after World War II, when the British and China were slicing up Hong Kong…but this area was overlooked, and became a crime-infested, mobster-controlled mecca!
Kowloon had a population of 33,000 squeezed into the tiny lot – in fact, the city was 119 times denser at its peak than present-day…
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I enjoyed seeing this again. You can see why it was eventually demolished. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh yes, Pete – not sure it would have been wise for me to explore it at the time!
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