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Hong Kong's magic; Old and new, East and West come together in a dizzying, dazzling array.(TRAVEL)
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Byline: Craig Guillot, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
HONG KONG - "You drink," said the old man as he tore the marble-size gall bladder from a snake's underbelly and drained the black bile into a small dish before mixing it with a bit of rice wine and a few drops of snake blood.
As he slid the dish toward me, I slammed down the concoction, continuing an ancient tradition, and prepared to head out into the urban chaos that lies outside.
Drinking snake bile at the base of a modern-day skyscraper is exactly the sort of stark contrast that makes this special ...
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