After another not-so-fast start to the day we headed to the MTR (Mass Transit System) for our first ride on the Hong Kong underground-overground tube / metro to the island of Lantau. (While looking at the tube map in the station we got talking to an English couple who have been travelling for 4 months through Aus, India and Asia. And we thought ...

Well, I finally made it to Hong Kong! The flight was great, although as usual I didn't get much sleep. The departure from SFO was awesome because I got to see th eGolden Gate Bridge from the air, one thing I had never done, and because we flew along the cost, towards Canada, I also got to see Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Etc. It was really great. The f...

Arrived in Hongkong on time... From the flight information board I quickly searched the information of my connecting flight, which apparently would depart from a different building from the one I was in, so I had to take a shuttle train. It was supposed to be an hour or so transit, so better get going. I found the gate of my connecting flight. F...

We're in Hong Kong, this is our second official full day here and we have already spent a fair chunk of our spending budget... and that was mostly on me! lol. Saturday we re-did the Night markets on Temple Street and bought some of the heavier things we didn't want to carry the first time, including a nice looking Mahjong set which is awesome! H...

I land in Hong - Kong as planned and was glad that I met some Israeli girl to spend my time at the airport with her. The airport is nice and much bigger then any airport I've been through, so it was very interesting to me. But that is not the story in Hong - Kong. Here it was the first bump in the road, you may say. For me, when I look back on t...

He Said: Anyone who has redeemed frequent flyer miles knows that they can save you a ton of money, allow you to go to places you couldn't otherwise afford, but at the same time make you accept flight routings and timing you would never find acceptable if you were actually paying for the ticket. In redeeming miles on Continental to get to the isl...

Nach einem langen, aber eigentlich ganz angenehmen 12 h-Flug bin ich um 7 Uhr Ortszeit 9400 km entfernt von London endlich in Hongkong gelandet! Es geht gerade die Sonne auf und die huegeligen Inseln rund um die Stadt sind noch ganz in diesiges Licht getaucht. Mit dem Bus gehts erst mal zum Hostel, wo leider mein Zimmer noch nicht bereit ist, da...

Although i've only been away less than a week, its been incredibly hectic and i've found myself rushing around for the most of it! After a long 12 hour flight we touched down in Hong Kong and the first thing that struck me was the vast amount of buildings. No picture i've seen previously can quite illustrate the sea of tower blocks and skyscrape...

Today brings us to another Dim Sum with more relatives! Bill's son took us to the other factory which he operates out of, and there they build the fiberglass boats 52 footers. Huge Yachts! Uncle Bill really does live in a container! But the story is, they used to live in the other apartment, it was too long a drive to the factory, so they gave i...

The latter part of our exploration of Hong Kong was further afield than the now familiar Kowloon, which we had done in every way imaginable, mostly in search of food (we were practically on first name basis with the people at our local Seven Eleven.)We crossed over into the unknown by means of the MTR, the very manageable subway system that had ...