@Benrose,

I'm wondering if it's just these guys at the camera shops. I think they must immediately size up a person the second they walk in the door, if they smell money, they'll turn on the charm, if they don't smell money then they'll blow a person off.

Not everyone is HK is impolite, I had to ask directions a few times and the people I asked were nice enough, but there was a big difference between them and the people on the mainland, when I ask directions on the mainland people are always extremely warm and they'll always offer to walk with me.

In HK, people are more like the states, they'll give the, "it's six blocks that way, then make a left and you're there."

Still, I like HK very much, I'd like to take another trip there again. Do you know some interesting places to go in HK?