Hong Kong Museum of Art

And so our adventure begins! I could bore you all with mundane details about our flight from BNE to HK, what movies we watched (Pitch Perfect, The Sapphires - thanks for asking), whether we got in on time (yes), how the turbulence was (delicious), what the meals were like (pretty good thanks), how many people were on the plane (half full) - but let …

Great city with such a vibe. Hotel was fab - a very warm welcome, staff it professional and friendly. Went to Summer Palace (Michelin rated restaurant), shopped at Hollywood Road, Sevva bar at Charter Road Princess House building (breathtaking views from an open terrace on a top floor, nice cocktails and selection of deserts is good too), secret …

4 t/m 8 november 2012

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Toch nog even een update over onze laatste dagen van onze trip. Om toch nog een beetje rust te hebben tijdens onze trip, blijven we 5 dagen in Hong Kong alvorens we weer op huis afgaan. Hong Kong is heerlijk warm, helaas ook erg vochtig waardoor het overdag erg klam aanvoelt. Gelukkig hebben ze …

While we traveled, all I could think was “We’re going to China!” I told it to Alison over and over again on the plane ride. After we landed it morphed into “I’m in Hong Kong!”

Hong Kong is much different than I expected. It is green, very green. Sky-scraping mountains jut out of the earth like a fairy- …

Visited the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the morning. The Fantastic Creatures exhibit was very interesting. Lunch is dim sum with hubby's family at BuDaoWeng hotpot cuisine. After that we went to Stanley Beach & Market. It was a cool and misty day but quite refreshing from the humid weather. Dinner was at Tai Ping Koon, an historic restaurant in …

... for cold cereal in over a year, and I was ready to go! There was an Impressionist exhibition on loan from France at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, which was perfect because it was on my way to a street market. So I rode the subway and then took the ferry ...

... and Pandora, a comical elderly couple led the class with gusto. There must have been twenty of us stood in front of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, with most of the group locals making the most of their morning exercise. We weren't quite without a few ...

... en vreselijk tegelijkertijd! Na een goede nacht en een lekker ontbijt met echt brood en echte koffie, zijn we naar het museum of art getrokken. Daar liep o.a. met tentoonstellingen over de Etrusken en over "Hair art". Later in het planetarium van het ...

... of the world it seems. As it was a Wednesdy and so free to get in Galleries and Museums I checked out the Hong Kong Museum of Art along the promenade. That was interesting not least to see all the school kids running around amok. Went over to Hong ...

... week-long museum pass costs HKD$30, which is just under 3 quid - sweet! Next on my list are the city's Museum of Art and Museum of Coastline Defence. Today I went to the 'Nan Lion Garden' (described as a garden depicting many different types of ...

... looked nice so we agreed that we would be back to watch the game. We walked down to the harbour area, passing the Hong Kong Museum of Art which is tactfully placed so that as you approach, you have no view of downtown Hong Kong, but then you round ...

... treats. The whole experience was just so decadent and delectable.  It was then just a short walk to the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and spent a couple of hours there. Beautiful Chinese art, calligraphy, jade and gold relics and an amazing view of ...

... everything in the area and to the subway was right up the street. Our only full day there we decided to go to the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Space Museum.  They were fascinating and very well done.  The Space Museum had ...

... expecting something different to what’s actually there. Anyway, this morning I had intended to go to the Tai Chi lesson by the Museum of Art, however it started at 8. My first alarm at 7 went off, but then my second at 7:15 didn’t. The next ...

... they won’t fit in the backpack. 3rd October 2012 Location: Hong Kong Today we had a rather exciting trip to the Hong Kong Museum of Art which actually wasn’t as bad as it sounds! The exhibitions were quite short but the best bit had to be ...