At night in Boracay, as you stare towards the ocean, there is a calm darkness as you hear the ocean water gently come in and out from shore. In Hong Kong, you are treated to a nightly light show that's a true visual delight.
The Symphony of Lights is a nightly 15 minute light show that is a joint effort by 42 skyscrapers on the harbour side of Hong Kong Island. Think white skytracker lights and green lazer lights shooting towards the night sky and moving around in a mesmerizing dance. In addition, the window facade of these giant buildings themselves become animated with light - forming different patterns and shapes that add to the show's futuristic trance-like quality.
Andrew and I enjoyed the Symphony of Lights on our last night in Hong Kong last Thursday (Oct. 30). We stood in the packed crowd on the harbour in the Kowloon side - with just the river dividing us from the tall skyscrapers.
In Toronto, something like this would be reserved only for the annual Luminato or Nuit Blanche festival. But the Symphony of Lights, in terms of scale, demolishes anything I've seen in either Toronto festivals.
As the light show reached its peak and the lasers and lights went full throttle, I thought just how freakin' cool it would be to have a rave party on the harbour in Hong Kong. Freakin' cool, I tell ya!
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