We're Off To Plant Rice!

Hong Kong has plenty of places where visitors can buy conical "paddy field" hats as souvenirs, despite that most rural inhabitants prefer the Hakka- or Tanka-style hats.

It's one thing to bring such an item home to wear at a party and be silly, but it's quite another to pick your way through a crowded Hong Kong train station, luggage in tow, with said pointy hat on your head: especially when you're as white as the driven snow.

Then again, maybe the folks I spotted embarrassing themselves wanted people to stare at them.

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