Hong Kong, Hong Kong Travel Blogs

Off to See the Sea Horses
Mar 13, 2007 (22 photos)

... some fast food and our airconditioner in front of the box when we saw a show about sea horses. An aquarium in Hong Kong successfully bred this funny-looking little creature where many other aquariums have failed. Sea horses are indiginous to the south ...

HoKo Oh no!
Jan 27, 2008 (25 photos)

... that Hong Kong has been a part of China since "time immemorial" and it is now a part of China proper again.  Hong Kong is a completely different country than China.  It's so developed and so Westernized and has its own sense of culture (a very ...

Getting your China visa in Hong Kong
Feb 26, 2009

... at opening times, pick up a number on arriving upstairs 7th Floor, Lower Block, China Resources Building, No.26, Harbor Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR Office Hours Monday to Friday (except Hong Kong public holidays,) 9:00-12:00 14:00-17:00 1, Tel- ...

Gondolas and good food--Hong Kong and Macao
Nov 18, 2007 (18 photos)

... the city. The museum describes how money is manufactured and has a few interactive exhibits about the anti-counterfeiting devices of the Hong Kong currency. Every night at 8 p.m. the IFC tower and the rest of the buildings on the waterfront in Hong Kong ...

Two for one meal deal in Hong Kong on Mondays
Nov 24, 2008 (1 photos)

... get this card - below - and activate it online - you and another can get two meals for the price of one in Hong Kong at selected restaurants - only on Mondays, and only til the end of this year, 2008. http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/dining/supermondays/ ...

That is one Serious Slope
Dec 26, 2005 (2 photos)

With our Xmas presents needing some attention we listened to music and got the laptop up and running. With some time to spare we caught the MRT across to Central and took a taxi up to the top of Victoria Peak. Luckily we got there just in time to see ...

Hong Kong (Fuey?)
Oct 26, 2003 (6 photos)

... is a trade fair in Guangzhou we have had to book dorm room beds in a YHA miles from town for tommorrow... anyway on with Hong Kong... That evening in an attempt to stay awake we went to Happy Valley races to watch the horses, massive 15 storey stands ...

Hong Kong by night
Dec 16, 2005 (16 photos)

... now that China has taken over the reins. Fortunately they seem to have worked out the 'One country, two systems' policy and Hong Kong (and probably neighbouring Macau too) seem to operate with a great deal of autonomy. I certainly didn't notice any form ...

Hong Kong Part 2
Jun 3, 2004 (4 photos)

Day 24 - Sun 23rd May Lazy morning followed by lazy afternoon at the beach with Paul, Kim and Holly. Mike Duggan also turns up with his daughter Kiri who comes swimming with us. Paul is working for Mickey Mouse at the moment on the new disney park on ...

Christmas Lights and the Crowds
Dec 24, 2005 (8 photos)

... headed back to the hotel to ditch our bags. Hearing that there was to be a fireworks and light show at Causeway Bay across on Hong Kong island, we decided to head for a hotel on the foreshore to watch the show. Eating tapas and sipping a cocktail was a ...

Walls, Forbidden cities, Crazy night clubs...
Aug 24, 2006 (16 photos)

What a cracker of a week in Beijing, Probably one of the most insane weeks of my life! I think I have had 4 hours sleep or less everynight and I finished it off last night going straight from the club to the airport! Where to start. The sites to see ...

Merry Christmas
Dec 25, 2005 (6 photos)

... obligatory Christmas sick feeling in our stomachs from eating far too much we decided to walk it off and go shopping. Shopping in Hong Kong never seems to end. The shops are open all the time, all throughout Christmas. We decided to give each other a ...

Did someone say Yum Cha?
May 30, 2006 (21 photos)

... As I slump my backpack onto the floor of my overpriced Causeway Bay guestroom, I've already experienced some of it - that Hong Kong excitement, vigour, energy, brilliance which, frankly, is unmatched on the Chinese mainland. At first, I suspected that it ...

Visa restrictions for China lifted in October 2008
Sep 22, 2008

... curtailed during the Games. "Things will resume back to normal, like before the Olympics," said Paul Leung, president of the Hong Kong Inbound Travel Association, citing discussions he'd had with Chinese tourism officials. He put the date at Oct. 16. ...

Lost for choice in HK
Jun 30, 2008 (10 photos)

... time I go in and out of the building someone offers me a knock-off bag or a tailor-made suit. I actually start liking Hong Kong. It seems a lot less shopping-mall happy-hour Disneyland and a lot more human. Even the tackiness of all the neon lights ...

$60! For one beer??????
Aug 17, 2004 (19 photos)

... sitting on a beach. Admittedly you may be sharing the beach with a power station, but you can`t have everything! Hong Kong is a shoppers Mecca, though sadly our funds didn`t let us take full advantage of the fact. Still, Caroline decided it ...

Chilling out in Hong Kong
Mar 19, 2006

... nice. Haven't been up to too much, I've done most of the touristy stuff before. I've been on the star ferry over to Hong Kong Island, watched some movies and done a little bit of shopping. I've been meeting lots of Dave and Helen's friends. One of ...

Lan Kwai Fong
Feb 1, 2005 (5 photos)

We start the evening around 630 by taking the city tram (kinda like a San Fran streetcar) back to the Soho area and eat at a cheap, but quality noodle joint and then pop over to Kwai Fong Lu, the bar district in HK. Where HK can get expensive is dining ...

Hong Kong - shop until you drop...
Jun 5, 2007

... restaurants to tailors workshops and all a little bit grubby and run down with a lift the took about 10 minutes to arrive. Definitely Hong Kong without the glamour!  We loved it.   The following day after a little lie-in to get over the 13 ...

Happening Hong Kong
May 12, 2008 (24 photos)

... we roamed the Kowloon area where our hotel was located, with the Temple Street Night Market, Jade Market and Jade Street, Flower Market, Goldfish Market and affordable local cuisine.   Hong Kong is an amazingly modern city and is well worth a visit.

Skyscrapers and smog
Mar 22, 2006 (10 photos)

Welcome to Hong Kong - the city with arguably the most spectacular harbour view in the world. Thats if you can see it.. during our 4 days here we had the odd glimpse but there was no sign of a clear day, in fact sometimes you couldn't even see the tops of ...

HK - Lantau Island
Dec 12, 2005 (27 photos)

After arriving in Lantau fairly late and being exhausted from the adrenaline high Monday evening, we simply checked into the hotel (Silvermine Beach resort - PIC) and grabbed some supplies from the local supermarket before lounging in the bedroom and ...

Christmas With Tim Tam Tommy Ma..
Dec 25, 2006 (22 photos)

... at best. All these months traveling has turned me from a drinking machine to nothing more than a rank amateur, 3 beers and I was history. Hong Kong has been an amazing stop for us. If we said we're not a little weary at this point we'd be lying. The ...

Back To HK
Sep 28, 2005

... I was panicking for no reason. Very smooth and a great landing. Amazing views of mountains as we left Taipei as well. Arrived at Hong Kong rather blase. I preferred Taipei infinitely more than HK but we had to come back to get our train to Shanghai, so it ...

Sightseeing
Sep 19, 2005 (12 photos)

... were planning to visit Macau today so we head off to find the dock and see what times the ships were sailing. Walking around Hong Kong Island was incredible. It was Mid-Autumn festival and the streets were packed! It was also Sunday so 10's thousands of ...

HK gets its first 3-star Michelin restaurant
Dec 3, 2008 (1 photos)

... Hong Kong Four Seasons Hotel, was the only eatery in the former British colony to be awarded three stars in Michelin's inaugural Hong Kong-Macau guide unveiled yesterday. Its executive chef, Mr Chan, who has had no formal training and started as a 13- ...

Hanoi & Hong Kong - Day 121
Jun 23, 2008

... , I'm a lucky man. I took a cab to the airport which is 30km from the centre of Hanoi to catch my evening flight to Hong Kong. Only a short 2 hour flight but I have a 12 hour wait over night in the airport before my next flight to Amsterdam. I could go ...

Humidity and Häagen-Dazs
Apr 6, 2006 (2 photos)

... cool) the flight soon passed while watching Syriana on board and we were soon descending over the glowing clouds from the lights of Hong Kong below. For the second time today I was making my way through an airport built on a man-made island and past a ...

Week Twenty Three - Hong Kong
Feb 4, 2004 (11 photos)

Compensation Due to unfavorable photographic conditions in Hong Kong - ie fog - , this weeks entry will be fuller of word droppings than usual to make up for the lack of pics. It won't however be any more literate, factual or interesting. Day 154 - ...

Park Life
Apr 9, 2006 (3 photos)

... next few days, a habit becoming more and more common to the detriment of my journal. After some time I went for a walk to Hong Kong Park thinking I would sit down and at least scribble down what I would put in my journal but again I ended up distracted ...