{"id":2034,"date":"2009-03-11T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2009-03-11T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:18:13","slug":"shopping-socks-swim-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/shopping-socks-swim-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Socks and Swim Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"Hong Kong Socks and Swimsuits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevosz\/3345423651\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3397\/3345423651_bb42c21368.jpg?resize=470%2C500\" alt=\"Hong Kong Socks and Swimsuits\" width=\"470\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shopping in Hong Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If nothing else, Hong Kong is a shopper&#8217;s paradise. 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