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Victoria Peak Hong Kong
44 Reviews It might happen that the Q for the Victoria Peak is really long. Depending on your plans and on your budget, pass the line on the left and proceed to the counter of Madame Tussaud. I noticed a board...
Shopping Hong Kong
35 Reviews Everything everyone is on the go all the time in HK , the eternal rush. TAKE YOUR TIME when you are paying cash ( large bills ). The closeness of the 100HKD and 1000HKD colour scheme makes it...
Hong Kong at Night Hong Kong
44 Reviews Thanks Eva, ianstra, rrrkkng for the helpful tips. Really appreciate it..I dont speak Chinese and was afraid i might have language barrier, but since you told me they speak english at the MTR...
Population/Currency/Facts Hong Kong
22 Reviews Coming out of Disneyland to the real Hong Kong was truly a shocker as things are not so beautiful. Given, I was expecting that but the stark difference really jolted me. For the last few times that...
Star Ferry Hong Kong
27 Reviews I recommend taking the Star Ferry around the beginning of your stay in HK to examine the impressive Skyscrapers and the total skyline. It is a quick, inexpensive ride that provides plenty of picture...
Kowloon Hong Kong
28 Reviews To combat the winter cold in HK, make sure to wear layers on your clothes. It's not necessarily the bulky jackets. You can have a shirt, then sweater, and a muffler or shawl (which you can wear in...
Skyscrapers Hong Kong
34 Reviews When sky is blue, you could actually see the tips of these elegant towers, the skyscrapers. If it's fog, then you cannot see half of it - but the feel is more dramatic, somehow. We spent some amount...
Shenzhen Day Trips Hong Kong
7 Reviews - I just returned from a trip to Hong Kong (january 2011) in order to get a workvisa for working in China. There is a slight change in procuring visas, which I'd like to share. There are now 3 ways...
Ocean Park Hong Kong
17 Reviews The Middle Kingdom was a peaceful little corner of Ocean Park that was designed to display how Chinese towns would have appeared centuries ago. There's a lot of concrete and it is all very sanitised,...
Eating and Drinking Hong Kong
24 Reviews Tai Chong Bakery, famous for its egg tarts, which are a favourite of Chris Patten (the last governor of Hong Kong), is located at 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, easily accessible from Central. There is a...
Repulse Bay Hong Kong
13 Reviews I know that three days in Hong Kong would leave not much time for the beach, but I always thought that, at least one hour would be found to a quick swim. No! The weather didn't allow it, and we used...
Lantau Island Hong Kong
25 Reviews We've stepped into a wondrous world of exciting and enchanted lands. Here beloved characters and imaginary places of make-believe come to life. Everyone can enjoy timeless tales and thrilling...
Markets Hong Kong
12 Reviews As we were strolling around Central after riding the midlevels we stopped at one of the many street markets here in Hong Kong. This particular market was a food market. You can find all sorts of food...
Hong Kong Tourist Board Hong Kong
6 Reviews Hong Kong offers a host of memorable tourist attractions within its compact area, with The Peak, Victoria Harbour and the Giant Buddha among the most awe-inspiring. So if i were you i will try to...
Central District Hong Kong
20 Reviews Central police station can be found on Hong Kong Island in the Central district. It is one of the areas last remaining structures from Hong Kongs colonial times. It was built in 1864, and for a while...
Transportation Hong Kong
23 Reviews sorry to tell that the fare of the bus has been raised for 20 % up ! Kindly prepare more money for your traffic. And please read the news before you go to take the cable car to the Buddah in Lantau...
Victoria Harbour Hong Kong
15 Reviews I never had enough of Hongkong especially the unforgettable city harbour, looking over soaring skyscrapers. A tip from me, To get a best picture of Hongkong skyline is view it from the Avenue of Star,...
Airport Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong
16 Reviews Entry into Hong Kong is much easier compared to China, most tourists just need a passport valid for 6 months, Brits can stay up to 180 days and US/Canadian/Australian/NZ citizens can stay for 90 days...
Nathan Road Hong Kong
9 Reviews This is the southern end of the Golden Mile. Most shops here cater for tourists, not locals. Yes, you need to bargain and shop around not to pay the high end. But here you find the variety that...
Hong Kong Park (Admiralty) Hong Kong
3 Reviews Here's a pretty waterfall in Hong Kong Park... If you want to spend some time relaxing in Hong Kong then I recommend this park...I found it very relaxing... There were lots of people in the park...
Cultural Centre Hong Kong
11 Reviews Bruce Lee is a legendary hero of martial arts in Hong Kong movie modern history. His name has been immortalized by all avid kung fu movie goers around the world with his series popular movies that...
Maps of Hong Kong Hong Kong
7 Reviews All over Hong Kong the tourist can find the regular street signs in blue and the tourist information signs in rose/red. Tip: Follow those signs and you will not be lost, they are most of time very...
Aberdeen Hong Kong
9 Reviews Although Hong Kong is crowded on land, this is not the reason why there is still a community of Hong Kongers who living on their boats. It is their family tradition as the case for several fishing...
Festivals Hong Kong
7 Reviews The Christmas season is a great one here in Hong Kong. You really should come by and check it out at Christmas time. Starting right about the time of American Thanksgiving they start setting up the...
Stanley Market Hong Kong
2 Reviews STANLEY MARKET located in Hong Kong Island, lots of handicrafts shops, seaview, and food. Take bus no. 6, 6A, 6X or 260 from Exchang Square in Central. Near to the market is the famous Tian Hau Temple...
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All power points we saw in Hong Kong were the 3 rectangular pin ones, so coming from Australia, we needed to take an adaptor. So pack one of these, but if you dont have one, Im sure you could easily buy one in Hong Kong!!
Curiously enough, my most distinct memory of Hong Kong is the smell! When I left the plane and arrived in the airport, at the very first moment on the new continent, I at once noticed the foreign smell. It smelled so different and so exotic, and I had never encountered such a smell before. Like a mixture of spices, flowers and humidity.I still remember it so clearly, whenever I close my eyes and think of it, it is there again. It meant so much for me to spend that day in Hong Kong and when I smelled the new city, I knew that I was really there and that it was true!!!Attached is one of my favourite pictures of Hong Kong.
One thing that striked me at once when I arrived in Hong Kong were the huuuuuge buildings. I had read about these buildings in a magazine about Hong Kong back home: There were countless of apartments in them, and they were like a small city in themselves, complete with shops, cafés, sports centres etc. However, when I saw them, I felt not prepared at all and gaped in amazement.Nearly everything in Hong Kong was bigger than all I had seen before - the MTR stations, the construction sites, the skyscrapers - but these buildings impressed me the most. I am not sure though if in a negative or positive way. I must admit that I cannot imagine how it is to live in such a building!
I only once got a little lost, it was when I left Central Station and was looking for the station of the peak tram. I had a small map but it did not help at all, and I became a little afraid of losing the way. I asked several locals and all really tried to help me, no matter if they spoke English or not. When it rained a little, an old lady even held her umbrella over me and walked beside me for some time until it stopped again! I could not believe how friendly those people were to me, although I was only a lost tourist and there were language problems. It was a great experience on my first trip to a really foreign country, and an incentive to become more helpful to other people myself.
Each time I visit a different country, I do some research into the best way to take funds to that country. For my last few trips, the easiest way I've found to do that is to take some cash in Australian Dollars and the bulk of my funds using a Travelex Cash Passport Card.These cards are just so easy to use and also give you a good exchange rate, which is locked in when you purchase the card. There are 2 types of cards, one that can be used only at atm machines and then one that you can use at atm's and also to purchase things over the counter and online, like a debit card. The cash passport card is a visa card, so you can use it any atm that displays the visa symbol, which is usually about 95% of atm's that I come across.Fees for loading the card with a foreign currency in Australia and zero and the only fee you will be charged is a flat $3.75 fee for every atm withdrawal. For this trip,...
You can also take your kids in Wetland Park, which is in Tin Shui Wai. Take the West Rail.Regarding reviews of restaurants, you must browse the following website as the locals will browse that (of course, they browse the Chinese version): http://www.openrice.com/english
Kowloon is an urban area of Hong Kong that makes up five square miles (12 square kilometers) of the most densely populated urban area on earth. The district occupies the Kowloon Peninsula, just across Victoria Harbour from Hong Kong Island, and stretches north from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront to Boundary Street. The name Kowloon is derived from Kau Lung, which means "Nine Dragons" in the local Cantonese dialect, and refers to eight surrounding mountain peaks and Bing, a former Chinese emperor.The area south of what is now Boundary Street, plus Stonecutters Island, was ceded to the British in accordance with the Convention of Peking in 1860. In 1898, the area north of Boundary Street, known as the New Territories, was leased by the British for 99 years. The expiration of the lease in 1997 led to the turn-over of Hong Kong to China in that year.During the 1800s, Kowloon was undeveloped...
It is simply amazing how things are built in Hong Kong. Especially when you speak of those residental buildings, very thin and very tall, its roofs touching the sky ... How many thousands can live there? At some level we speak of the most densely populated areas in the world.I went for a walk on the Canton road, west of Nathan road in Kowloon where this pic was taken - near newely reclaimed from the sea area (where huge construction sites are and new skyscrapers and stuff).What never fails to amaze by cities of such scale is the growth along vertical line together with material, work force and energy used. And how much that one single buidling consumes, especially in electricity terms and waste production. And then... how much of land is actually saved for other uses when we are to live in heights, far from the soil. Really, you should go and see... Actually, there must be great views...
-- One morning while I was in Hong Kong in 1965 I took a tour of the New Territories, including old villages, new factories and a glimpse of the border between Hong Kong and mainland China, which at the time was routinely called "Red China" by the Americans.On the tour they explained that the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong consisted of three parts: Hong Kong Island, which the Chinese emperor ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" after a war in 1841; Kowloon, which was ceded in 1860; and the New Territories, which were leased to Britain for ninety-nine years starting in 1898.When I was there everybody was wondering what would happen thirty-two years later in 1997 when the lease expired. What actually happened was that not only the New Territories but also Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were returned to China. So the former British Colony of Hong Kong is now a "Special Administrative Region"...
--Since Hong Kong was and is one of the most densely populated places in the world, they have to build numerous tall buildings to accommodate everybody. In 1965 I was duly impressed by the Hong Kong skyline, though I am sure my old photos must look quaint to anyone who knows Hong Kong today, since many more and much larger buildings have been built in the meantime.In one of the letters that I wrote after my return to Phước Vĩnh, Vietnam, I wrote:Hong Kong was a welcome relief from the idiocy and injustice -- and heat -- of Vietnam. I had a very fine time; did a lot of walking around the hills of Hong Kong Island.And in another letter I wrote:Hong Kong was a good thing: cool, peaceful, clean -- well, not really clean, but the accumulated filth doesn't fester like it does in Vietnam, nor does Hong Kong have the pervasive smell of swamp- and fart-gas that hangs over Saigon.
Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Hong Kong
9 Reviews and 526 Opinions I am two people really. Either businessman or traveller. So, if your on business or the budget's not...
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Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong Kowloon
2 Reviews and 598 Opinions Great experience. Front desk, bell hops, entire staff were very attentive. If possible try to get...
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Royal Park Hotel Sha Tin
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Q: Hello, WE are going to spend 5 days in HK and first I was taken with this idea, but now I'm quite interrotagive. Cause we're...
A: Historical landmarks - the first that came to my mind is the former supreme court house in the colonial era, right in the middle of Central. In Wanchai, there is the...
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