Kowloon, Hong Kong, and the walled pirate utopia

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 1 September, 2008 to the comment subset

The incredible story of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City Park, and its history as a stateless outlaw enclave.
Sunlight comes only rarely, with a sliver slicing down between the ramshackle towers. The light here is fluorescent and the people packed sardine tight amongst twisting corridors. Some of the lower levels are widely considered uninhabitable due to [...]

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