Hong Kong Photos

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Businessmen have lunch at the popular Sing Heung Yuen, a dai pai tong (old-style outdoor restaurant) famous for macaroni, beef, and tomato soup and its lemon-honey crunchy toast.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

The Edwardian-style Museum of Medical Sciences originally housed an institute to combat the colony's devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1894.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Eighty-year-old Mak Tai Kwong looks for the perfect snake for a customer at She Wong Lam snake shop. Snake soup is often eaten as protection against cold and flu.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Indonesian women who work as maids in Hong Kong ride a street tram on Sunday, their day off.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Locals fly a kite on the beach at Shek O, a public park located in the southeastern end of Hong Kong Island.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

A couple poses for quirky wedding photos at the Starbucks on Duddell Street, where an art installation pays tribute to old Hong Kong.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

The Graham Street Market, with its abundance of fresh vegetables, meats, and fish, is under threat of being torn down: a sign of disappearing old Hong Kong.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Laid-back scenes of fishing in Lei Yue Mun village in Kowloon seem miles away from central Hong Kong's business-centric vigor.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Long known for its antiques shops, Hollywood Road is now becoming an arts district with contemporary galleries and design shops.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

In Kowloon City, the pharmacist measures out medicinal herbs at Tai Wo Tong, one of the oldest herb shops in Hong Kong.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

The neighborhood of Sheung Wan is densely packed with temples as the area is thought to be cursed with the ghosts from the bubonic plague in the late 1890s.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

In Mong Kok, Kowloon, workers who make paper flower decorations for funerals play cards during a break.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

In Wan Chai, red double-decker trams and the name of the street—Queen's Road East—both allude to the colonial legacy of the British.

For more, read "Ghosts of Hong Kong" from the March 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler.