Taisan Guesthouse (Granville)
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Nine Dragons
Kowloon literally translates as Nine Dragons. Eight is a lucky number for the Chinese and Kowloon refers to one emperor in the Song Dynasty and eight mountains, each representing a dragon. Kowloon is a such a crowded, bustling and noisy place. This is my first time visiting without staying with my grandma who lived in Kowloon for around half a century before selling her flat and moving all the way to Vancouver! It's weird without my grandma but n ...
Cosy with the cuzzys
... accross the water to get a seat for the light show. After enjoying the lasers and lit up buildings we met up with Fleur and Joe and enjoyed our dinner out on the street with the rest of the locals on some small plastic chairs - felt very authentic haha. The night market was next on the agenda and it was a great chance to do some bartering. We managed to score some more fantastic deals and had great fun in the process. The market was huge and even had a whole street full ...
24 Hours in Hong Kong
... their visa runs because it's half the price of the international flight to Hong Kong. I read online that I could take subways all the way from the Shenzhen Airport to the hostel in downtown Hong Kong. Piece of cake, right?
Underground
I stepped off the plane into humid, 80 degree weather and followed the large signs to the Shenzhen Metro. Excited to be in a new place with squished skyscrapers against the background of tropical ...
For the Record
... more relaxed and was mainly devoted to exploring areas a little closer to home, Causeway Bay. We strolled down to the waterfront and past the Jardine Noon Day Gun, one of the last remaining remnants of the colonial past: this three pound, Portsmouth built, cannon is still fired daily by a uniformed Jardine employee, it is famous from a Noel Coward song, or so we are told! To tick another HK landmark off our list we continued along to the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter, home to descendants ...
Tragedy
... at the port via MTR to grab the ferry out to Lantau Island. We grabbed a bottle of water and a sandwich each from a local newsagents and then saw the headlines, well, I say that, we saw the pictures. I rooted out a copy in English and we saw the tragedy that had unfolded last night.
A company chartered ferry coming in from Lamma Island carrying employees and their families over to watch the ...
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