On Yuen Long and Tourism Authenticity

Quite impressive, actually - after speaking to a few kind people from Icered, I'm now a bit more equipped with ideas of how to meet people, and where I should go once I get there. One place of note is Yuen Long, an area off the beaten path of normal HK travels, but seemingly just what I'm looking for. It's a small little market town, with areas to wander and get lost, and a few intriguing cultural artifacts.

The area that looked the most intriguing was Kat Hing Wai - a walled city with narrow passageways and a nice local flavour. Some great photos can be found here, though I must admit, a bit of extra research started to turn me off on the city.

One of the major attractions seems to be the Hakka women and their, um, furry hats? I got the impression that they would wander the streets waiting to get their photos taken, and then the tourists would pay them. Any city, no matter how intriguing, where the locals hit the streets for photo-ops disturbs me to some extent. Can't we just live out lives normally, so I can take your photo when you're not looking, you can get pissed off, and I can run down the street panicing? Oh wait, that was my trip wandering through the Old City in Jerusalem.

I guess I'd better save the photography to the real photographers...

(Thanks to Qyrus from Icered for the tip)