The blog Pacific Ties has given me the photo you see. Is it raining? No. It's a bright sunny day in Hong Kong. Not a cloud or a raindrop. A perfect day for sunbathing, sitting on a terrace facing the sea, short walk around the beach ... Yet here in those days many come with an umbrella, protected with large shields, sunglasses ... There are two reasons for this.
1) An aesthetic reason. White skin is understood here as a distinction of beauty and wealthy social class. If instead your skin is dark, the relate to the mob and that ... understood as it is aesthetically unacceptable and ugly. In fact, many of the moisturizers of these homespun announce clearly that impact "bleaching", not to mention well-known brands that promise to make you look like a whistle.
2) For reasons of health. Fear greatly to skin cancer and more in an area where the level of ultraviolet radiation become ultradañinos.
The first few times we were here at the beach we saw people dressed or bathed with wet suits that cover an important part of the body. We thought it would by ... modesty? May perhaps also, yes, a little, but the main reason is the fear of the sun. You have to enjoy the small beach, yes, but well covered.
If you go to a pool in the sunshine, there are 4 cats, 3 of them Western and myself. I guess they must think that these Westerners are crazy lost, not only are not protected by clothing, umbrellas, umbrellas, if you are foreigner plan to barbecue, lying on the seat-back-and-back
So you know, if you come to HK, do not forget to bring your umbrella, then rain or shine, you're going to use. If you forget or lose it, do not worry, there are machines that you sell them like a pack of snuff. I'm leaving.
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