Things to See and Do in Hong Kong
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- Oct 21, 2008: ... China building for some pretty nice views....and took the star ferry to hong Kong island to get to the peak tram.... the tram ...
- Mar 11, 2009: ... getting back down involving eel and everything. We got the Star ferry back accross to our island, as the guidebook assured ...
- May 17, 2005: ... of the other islands, Kowloon, Macau or a trip on the Star Ferry although bad weather prevented our attempt at this. However ...
- Aug 25, 2005: ... a sore belly from eating too much.
Next day we take the Star Ferry across the water to Kowloon. Here on the water we have ...
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- May 17, 2005: ... to be the 100 year old Funicular tram to the summit of Victoria peak, the highest point on HK Island at 522 metres. The Peak ...
- Nov 7, 2006: ... maximize on space, they've even built up the hillside of Victoria Peak with shops and restaurants, accessible by a series of ...
- Jun 4, 2006: ... to climb the famous Victoria Peak. Victoria Peak towers over the skyscrapers in Central Hong Kong - y'know that peak that ...
- Sep 21, 2004: ... 1997, I had to pass through customs again at the Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, this time getting a nice free stamp allowing ...
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- May 21, 2004: ... seperate ways. Rene an I headed to the HK museum of history which was excellent, especially the black and white photography. ...
- Feb 2, 2009: ... for a few minutes, you will reach the Hong Kong Museum of History, where eight tastefully set galleries tell "the story of ...
- Nov 24, 2007: The next morning we headed to the Hong Kong Museum of History.
This was a big museum with 8 floors beginning with cavemen ...
- Nov 14, 2006: ... most people speak cantonese.
We went to the Hong Kong museum of history. The most interesting thing was an exhibition about ...
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- Dec 24, 2006: ... 't measure it, but it certainly is impressive.
After bustling Hong Kong, where we stayed in a shoebox nestled among other ...
- Mar 11, 2009: ... buff because Em has showed me the awesomeness of them. In short, hong kong is brilliant for shopping, we also looked at some ...
- Oct 2, 2005: ... working just the same hours. Working here is certainly tough.
Hong Kong has hundreds of small islands with a laid-back ...
- Jul 18, 2007: ... fireworks. FAB. This was to mark the ten year anniversary of Hong Kong being handed back to the Chinese.
22nd July - Train ...
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- Apr 12, 2009: ... the Confucian Hall)
After completing the visit to Chi Lin Nunnery and Wong Tai Sin Temple, you basically have ...
- Nov 21, 2007: ... ont change...
Il commencait a faire trop nuit pour aller Chi Lin Nunnery et au Kowloon Walled City Park..
Du coup, on ...
- Nov 22, 2007: ... : le temple Sik Sik je-sais-tjrs-pas-la-suite, le Chi Lin Nunnery et ses jardins et maisons en bois, et le Kowloon Walled ...
- Sep 25, 2007: ... are completely hidden by taller modern buildings.
On the Hong Kong side of the bay there is a much ...
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- Apr 30, 2007: ... back up the hill to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Sha Tin, part of greater Hong Kong.
I first tried to get to ...
- Apr 30, 2002: ... the new territories to Sha Tin.
I visited the nearby Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery. It meant climbing over 400 steep steps ...
- Apr 24, 2009: ... I visited both the Wong Tai Sin Temple and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery which comprises a temple with more than 12,000 ...
- Jun 2, 2006: ... and caught the KCR train to Sha Tin to visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery. From the train we had a short walk to the ...
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- Dec 24, 2006: ... took a ferry over from Central in Hong Kong harbor to Tung Chung, a village on Lantau (called a village, but, as everywhere ...
- Apr 30, 2007: ... -kept than the more-trafficked one by the big Buddha on Lantau Island, but definitely charming and, because of fewer people, ...
- Mar 11, 2009: ... us and we've ended up in a very nice place on hong kong island. Yet it was impossible to find, as there are no sign posts ...
- Oct 2, 2005: ... some day trips to visit some:
Lantau island now houses Chep Lap Kok airport and China's first Disneylands has only just ...
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- Feb 13, 2008: ... and Po Lin monastery, as well as the new Ngong Ping 360 cable car which descends with sweeping views over the international ...
- Mar 5, 2007: ... to get there but by far the most scenic was the Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail. (and of course the busiest.) I thought I started ...
- Feb 16, 2007: ... we probably would have hopped on the tourist friendly 'Ngong
Ping 360', a cable car that whisks you comfortably to the top ...
- Nov 10, 2006: ... to the Buddha's. To get there we had to go on the Ngong Ping 360 Skyrail which has just opened. That was good and well worth ...
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- Oct 6, 2005: ... beautiful green rolling hills that fall into the sea.
Sha Tin racecourse runs like clock work with hundreds of people ...
- Dec 5, 2008: ... ring of fire!
Today we travelled (past Sha tin Racecourse btw dad) to Guangzhau in CHINA! We haven't done much in terms of ...
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- Dec 6, 2005: ... , next on the agenda was the New Territories starting at the Wong Tai Sin Temple - another tourist trap due to its size and ...
- Jul 3, 2008: ... notch entertainment as well. You pay to have a laugh.
Wong Tai Sin temple is right off the metro station, literally - ...
- May 24, 2006: ... me and the kids to Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple: a popular temple where China's three main religions - Buddhism, Taoism ...
- May 9, 2008: ... rice noodle rolls.
Apart from eating we went to Wong Tai Sin Temple, the Flower, Bird and Goldfish markets, Longham shopping ...
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- Oct 21, 2008: ... _Mansions
We did have a day at the horse races...happy valley race course... placed a bet on 6 races...didn't win a thing ...
- Sep 23, 2005: ... and Vietnam visas.
On Wednesday night went to Happy Valley racecourse ... totally cool place ... like in the middle of ...
- Mar 17, 2009: ... from Wan Chai where the hotel was right next to the Happy Valley racecourse all the way to the harbour and catch a ferry ...
- Mar 17, 2009: ... even has a market!)
On the second day we visited Happy Valley Racecourse which has the most amazing vista of any sporting ...
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- Oct 2, 2005: ... surrounded by green vegetation and huge colourful butterflies.
Lamma island is a short ferry ride from Aberdeen and is ...
- May 21, 2004: ... landscape towards midday we know we are nearing Hong Kong.
We are staying on Lamma Island whilst in HK. My cousins Tracey ...
- Oct 26, 2003: ... races, Star ferry, Victoria Peak, Kowloon, Mong Kok, Lamma Island, Aberdeen etc etc.. off to Guangzhou tommorrow.
Full ...
- May 21, 2004: ... Hong Kong and pick up visa forms from the Vietnamese embassy. Hong Kong is vibrant, bustling and on the surface a prosperous ...
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- Apr 30, 2007: ... was less well-kept than the more-trafficked one by the big Buddha on Lantau Island, but definitely charming and, because of ...
- Jul 18, 2007: ... (Jan's mum) The hostel had organised a day trip to the big Buddha (Tian Tan) so we all went along. The bus journey was very ...
- Jun 4, 2006: ... present during my time in China - appropriate then that the trip conclude with a silly big Buddha sighting.
I've been ...
- May 30, 2006: ... out on visiting the popular outdoor sights of Hong Kong, such as Victoria Peak and the Big Buddha. A fine day will come and ...
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- Oct 2, 2005: ... The next morning we take the bus up to the Po-Lin monastery. Here the largest outdoor seated bronze buddha in the world ...
- Jun 4, 2007: ... and full of flamingos. Then we were off to see Po Lin Monastery which boasts the "largest, outdoor, seated Buddha in the ...
- Dec 12, 2005: ... You've been framed.
Lantau's main attraction is the Po Lin monastery and the Giant Budha at Ngong Ping on Lantau peak. ...
- Jun 25, 2007: ... vegetable dishes. We explored inside the temple of the Po Lin monastery before heading back to HK by an alternative bus and ...
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- Sep 21, 2007: It's been an amazing week- Hong Kong's as good as ever! I'm in Singapore at the moment for an overnight stop before heading ...
- Aug 29, 2005: ... of Macau it was time to head into mainland China proper - Hong Kong and Macau are called SAR's, or special administrative ...
- Feb 3, 2007: ... happy to check into Wang Fat Hostel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. We spent a few hours checking out the neighborhood, ...
- Dec 13, 2004: ... we had a fabulous day! We ventured out a bit, towards Hong Kong harbour! We checked out the shops,the swanky hotels. One of ...
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- Oct 21, 2008: ... nice views....and took the star ferry to hong Kong island to get to the peak tram.... the tram taking you to the uhhh...Peak ...
- Mar 11, 2009: ... buff because Em has showed me the awesomeness of them. In short, hong kong is brilliant for shopping, we also looked at some ...
- Jul 18, 2007: ... fireworks. FAB. This was to mark the ten year anniversary of Hong Kong being handed back to the Chinese.
22nd July - Train ...
- Jul 2, 2008: ... at the docks, in office buildings. Consumerism on steroids describes Hong Kong. The culture here is all about making lots of ...
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- Apr 24, 2009: ... Kong Park. The latter also hosts the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, which I found particularly interesting: apart from ...
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- Sep 11, 2006: ... 't end up being late. On my way I stumbled upon the Science Museum, so I went in (student discount of course). I spent a few ...
- Jun 28, 2007: ... of the pyrotechnics.
Other highlights were a visit to the Science Museum with monster sized dinosours and fun exhibits for ...
- Sep 23, 2005: ... Qui Fong.
Thurs went off on my todd to see the Science museum(not great) and the History museum(much better). That evening ...
- Nov 22, 2005: ... the central district on Hong Kong Island side, and Kowloon side, saw the medical science museum and the science museum (Dad ...
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- Feb 20, 2005: ... also in stark contrast to one of our other stops at Stanley Market which was very much hustle and bustle. I enjoyed looking ...
- Oct 2, 2005: ... a new apartment and we enjoy their company visiting the Peak and Stanley market. We visit the Peak in the cool of the night ...
- Dec 6, 2005: ... shuttle bus and then the ferry before grabbing the bus down to Stanley market on the south coast of HK Island (30 mins away). ...
- Jun 24, 2007: ... to catch the No. 6 bus (HK's best bus ride) over to Stanley market. There were are few purchases made, a few declined and a ...
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- May 24, 2006: ... other families. We made a final visit to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum where we I learned more about Chinese history, art ...
- Oct 16, 2005: ...
This morning I went to Sha Tin to visit the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. A museum at Sha Tin had been recommended to me by ...
- Jun 5, 2009: ... what a good rail system! Made our way to Hong Kong Heritage Museum to see the Couture exhibition. Unfortunately we missed ...
- Jun 28, 2004: ... museum and the museum of art, to the museum of history and the heritage museum, by way of the museum of coastal defences. ...