Gallery: Kong in Chinatown

Driving through downtown this week, I was suddenly and briefly transported to Saigon circa 1971. It turns out about a block of Chinatown near Kekaulike Market was a filming location for "Kong: Skull Island," a big-budget monster movie due out in 2017.

It instantly reminded me of the hours I spent following ABC's "LOST" production crew around the island, …