Hong Kong
Travel Blogs from Hong Kong
HONG KONG LOOKS BEST WITH YOUR FACE PRESSED AGAINS
I woke up this morning with an annoying realization. Two actually: I never took off my clothes on the way to bed last night (not that I remember how I got home!), and I had to go to class this morning. I found the second slightly more annoying then ...
Lan Kwai Fong
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 ...
Not for the faint hearted
... is totally free then I should be able to sit within 20m of McCrap's and get a signal. This proved to be untrue in both Hong Kong and Canterbury. We checked in for our 13 hour flight to London around 9pm, but were not so lucky with the seating this ...
"Full House"
... city's greatest hotel bargains when costed per head! And what a panorama we have! A 180o (almost) uninterrupted view across to Hong Kong Island from a corner room. The boat traffic on Victoria Harbour is constant and varied - the red-sailed Duk Ling ...
So behind in the journal...
... quality time on this journal when I get a chance. Just a quick update to let everyone know I've arrived in Hong Kong and I'm simply overwhelmed. Today has probably been the most difficult day of the trip with communication problems being the biggest ...
"Wanna buy a suit?"
... with the infamous Chunking Mansions being the main alternative, which from reports was not a favorable option. Walking down Nathan Road, Hong Kong appeared even more crowded than Tokyo which would have been hard for me to believe just a few weeks ...
Girls' Day Out
Rohan spent last night and half of today at the home of his school friend, David, creating the perfect opportunity for we girls to explore the Flower, Jade and Price Edward markets. The flower market dissappointed in that it turned ...
Hong Kong by day
... , so when I come back it would be good to base myself in the area and do a bit more exploring. It seemed more authentically 'Hong Kong' than any other area we visited. Back down the hill, near the Western Market, we hopped on a old double decker ...
We're in Hong Kong!
written by Jesse We made if safe and sound to Hong Kong yesterday around 5:00pm local time (2am PST). The flight from Vancouver Britsh Columbia was 13 hours. It was a relatively uneventful flight, minus the fella behind us that talked incessantly until ...
Dear Hong Kong Airport
You are one strange strange place. I have never been stared at so often in my life. I had a girl sitting a few seats down from me take my picture 3 times on her phone. She kept staring at me and when i looked her way she stared down at ...
Hong Kong
... us!) we eventually met him at a bus stop near his home. He took us to his flat which was in a really unique area of Hong Kong where the buildings are only three stories high built according to rules laid down when they were giving away plots of land for ...
Our first full day in Hong Kong
... on a 45 degree incline. It would have been exciting if the tram is going fast. You get this amazing panoramic view of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Tons of tourist traps on the peak. We did the peak loop trail, lush tropical plants along with amazing ...
LET'S GO TODAY, IN A HEART BEAT
LET'S GO TODAY, IN A HEART BEAT For those that don't like reading, scroll to the bottom for photos. Back in HK, terror central - I've never experienced a large group of people entirely paralyzed with fear, nothing close to what I've seen in HK ...
People, Peaks and Peking Duck
... fast as we passed through the windy mountain roads of Repulse Bay and Stanley. Did you know there are over 1600 Rolls Royces in Hong Kong and number plates don't have the (unlucky) number four in them. The BOSS had been looking forward to shopping in ...
Relaxing in Hong Kong
I arrived safely in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. I've been relaxing ever since. It's far too hot to do anything and Dave's house is pretty far away from all the touristy places. It's nice just relaxing and doing nothing for a few days. Went out for ...
"Copy Rolex.. nice suit for you, Sir?"
... . After our ungodly early start on the day we left Seoul (Friday, August 26th) we made it safely, and uneventfully enough, to Hong Kong. I say we because, amongst other things, I picked up a passenger, Cal, in Camp Korea who is going to accompany me ...
Hong Kong: Glitz and glamour
... in hope of finding some cheap food. We walked aimlessly for a while without success and ended up in McDonald's! Good old trusty McDonald's! Hong Kong has the longest escalator in the World (over 800m long), so the next day I went in search of it over ...
Pacific Crossings and Hong Kong continued
... , Amey and I enjoyed a harbor boat cruise to our dinner destination, the Top Deck restaurant atop the Jumbo, one of Hong Kong's oldest traditional floating restaurants yesterday evening. The harbor is narrow and shallow so the boat ride was quite rough ...
Hong Konged
... for the tall white guy and we met in the Causeway Bay MTR station. Usually saying tall white guy works everywhere but especially so in Hong Kong. What an incredible person she is and has been an amazing tour guide. Over the next few days she took me to ...
Super Typhoon Imbudo
... wind and rain. It's nice just now because it's slightly cooler than normal. I'm hoping to move on to Thailand in a week or two. Before that I'm planning to see Macau and Lantau - both islands near Hong Kong and also take a trip up to Shenzen in ...
10 years already?
... country in the world - but it also marks ten years since Hong Kong was handed back to China and the creation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Thanks to the ten year anniversary I found a lot of events going on that where nice and ...
Hong Kong - the colourful city
... night across the harbor waters constantly crisscrossed by freighters, ferries and motorised junks. The waterfront of Kowloon looking across to Hong Kong Island still remains the most absorbing view in Asia and I could sit and watch the manic energy of ...
Hong Kong
... nbsp; Marc has a gig in a bar/club on Sat night so that’s gonna be cool. The next day we spent about 12 hours wandering Hong Kong the weather was great - went to the bird market where they have loads of birds for sale - we got to hold some but I was ...
FROM GRINGO TO GWAI-LO: JORDAN'S AMAZING ADVENTURE
... destination, and a full 23 hours after I last saw it. And you thought that night with the rubber chicken was long. So...5 days in Hong Kong and I'm blown away. Everything here is so cool. I haven't had time to take it all in - my first few days have ...
Love Hate Relationship
... awoken at 9am this morning by the landlord of the place I'm staying. The wonderful Chinese lady has upgraded me to a spatious (by Hong Kong standards) room with a... wait for it... DOUBLE BED! I cannot remember the last time I had a double bed... maybe ...
We learnt a lesson from our short ...
... car park is something else... full of Mercs, Porches, Ferraris.. and of course Richard and Emma's people-carrier. Highlights of Hong Kong included: - Star Ferry to Kowloon at night. This only takes 15 minutes and costs about 20p to travel on the ...
Night Of Hell
... tout tried to offer us a place to stay, perhaps they realised what the answer would be? We were leaving Kowloon to go to Hong Kong Island, where our new hostel was located. The heat was pretty bad and I had a bad back after last nights killer excuse ...
Hong Kong
... we saw for apartments in the city, most people live in conditions not very different from that: a 600ft2 apartment goes for 4 million Hong Kong dollars (about $700k Canadian). We did have some good times here exploring the city; we went on the longest ...
From iPod to Tripod, the fall of shopping in HK
... will be really useful, a little tripod for my camera. Certainally not as funky as a iPod, but at only 4 pounds an absolute bargin! Hong Kong also marked the end of the trail for our little gang of three. Due to my change of plans I'd be flying out of ...
