Over Christmas and New Year the whole workplace is shut for holiday, and since I managed to find some low-cost flights, I decided to go for a short break in Hong Kong for a week and a half. My friend who was hosting me has also organised day trips to Shenzhen (27th December) and Macau (1st January). Let me write about the Shenzhen trip first. 聖誕新年有個多星期假期，趁研究所全體休假和有便宜機票之便，溜到香港玩玩，東道主又安排了深圳一日遊（12月27日）和澳門一日遊（1月1日），現在先寫寫深圳吧。 The nine of us in the group crossed into the mainland through the Lok Ma Chau checkpoint, and we started our Shenzhen tour from the Futian district. 我們一行九人在上水集合後，經落馬州過關，先在福田區逛逛。 The fields around Lok Ma Chau 落馬州一帶的農田 We took Metro Line 4 to Huizhan Zhongxin (Exhibition Centre) to find a place for lunch. I know very well how much Shenzhen has developed over these years, so I was rather shocked as I saw a row of derelict buildings whose demolition works had obviously halted for no apparent reason, as well as a landfill full of unwanted construction material. These eyesore...