Okay, so my favorite city in the entire world is Hong Kong. The first time I went there was the time when I actually moved there. That was back in 2018 and I lived there for two years, so I left in 2020. Just when Covid started in Hong Kong, but at that time it didn’t start in Europe. And I think Hong Kong is the best city because it’s so diverse. It’s so cosmopolitan, it’s very buzzing, the energies are high. There’s so much you can do. It’s a huge city with skyscrapers, amazing restaurants, bars. You can buy anything, you can do whatever, like a lot of things. And also the people, like the Hong Kong girls, like the local people are very, very nice. And there’s a huge expect community, so it’s also easy to get around and find friends. About the location of Hong Kong, that was a huge factor where I liked it. So in addition to this huge, buzzing Asian city, there’s also a part of Hong Kong, which I think is very underappreciated. This is the fact that Hong Kong is located on about 200 islands. And then these islands, many of them have amazing beaches and they’re mountains as well. So my favorite activity in the city on the weekends was that we would go for a hike with amazing views because your hike in the mountains, so you can see the beach around. And at the end of your hike, you usually arrive at a very nice beach where you go for a swim, you sip on your coconut, it’s like, you know, like living in Asia, the best of it. But then you go back to the city and then you have everything that is very convenient. And yeah, and also in terms of location, it’s not only the geography, but the fact that it’s literally in the middle of Asia. So when I was living there, I traveled so much, I explored Asia. I mean, I remember on my first day at work, because actually I was working there as a legal counsel.
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Okay, so my favorite city in the entire world is Hong Kong. The first time I went there was when I actually moved there. That was back in 2018, and I lived there for two years, so I left in 2020, just when Covid started in Hong Kong, but at that time it hadn't started in Europe. I think Hong Kong is the best city because it's so diverse. It's cosmopolitan, it's very buzzing, and the energy is high. There's so much you can do. It's a huge city with skyscrapers, amazing restaurants, and bars. You can buy anything, and you can do whatever, like a lot of things. The people, especially the local Hong Kong girls, are very nice. There's a huge expat community, so it's also easy to get around and find friends. The location of Hong Kong was a huge factor in why I liked it. In addition to this huge, buzzing Asian city, there's also a part of Hong Kong that I think is very underappreciated. This is the fact that Hong Kong is located on about 200 islands. Many of these islands have amazing beaches and mountains as well. My favorite activity in the city on the weekends was going for hikes with amazing views because you hike in the mountains, and you can see the beach around. At the end of your hike, you usually arrive at a very nice beach where you can go for a swim and sip on your coconut. It's like living in Asia, the best of it. Then you go back to the city, and you have everything that is very convenient. Also, in terms of location, it's not only the geography but the fact that it's literally in the middle of Asia. When I was living there, I traveled so much and explored Asia. I remember on my first day at work because I was actually working there as a legal counsel.
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