Imperial Hong Kong

... Then we watched the Light Show that happens everyday at 8 o&#8217;clock. It was pretty cool but I was sort of disappointed, I think my expectations were too high. That night we went to an area called Lan Kwai Fong, a district that had a lot of bars and restaurants right on the street that was pretty fun.<br><br>The next morning, Tommy and I left on our trip for Beijing. It was freezing the entire time we were there, there was snow on the ground ...

... at all, and, during reasonable hours it had an amazing buzz about it, with a seemingly endless stream of people marching up and down streets all adorned with hundreds of fluorescent flashing advertisements..<br><br>I'll just give you a quick run down of the main things we got up to while In Hong Kong, i'll keep it short as i do not have the time or typing endurance to properly describe the events, and will try and add photo's when ...

... scrapers, but apparently more money is bet here on a race night than at Royal Ascot!! Rob won on the first race so we didn&#8217;t lose money even after losing every other race! We went on to Wan Chai for some drinks, starting in Joe Bananas which had free drinks for ladies, mainly because there were quite a lot of prostitutes drawing in the Western men, hence they made money from the beer the men were drinking! The next bar was called Typhoon, and had a ...

... and shopping, of course. Hong Kong&#8217;s market was not as extensive as ones I saw in Beijing but I think that is mostly due to pressure placed upon vendors in regards to counterfeit items. <br><br>Overall, Hong Kong was a good trip and one I would recommend to you all. There is also a Disneyland for the kids. I&#8217;m all about Mickey and friends but didn&#8217;t make it there.<br><br>Now off to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!<br><br>Live, love, laugh,<br><br>Alicia

... curve), till you get to the corner of Fung Tak Road. The entrance to the Nan Lian Garden is on your right hand side, across the street. From the garden, there is a stone footbridge to the nunnery itself, across Fung Tak Road. The compound is open daily, from early morning till late afternoon (The garden is open from as early as 7am, while the nunnery opens at 9am) Wong Tai Sin Temple is, possibly, one ...

... paste, sea cucumber &amp; fresh seafood (if u can bring it back to your apt to cook). We bought dried scallops at HK$90 per kati compared to HK$160 which e stall owner at Fa Yuen market wanted ! If u ever go to Tai ...

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... and the toilets are all of the sit down variety.... We checked into our hotel to find we were on the 20th floor and still didn't have much of a view, the other buildings are still so much higher! We spent the afternoon wandering around trying to get some sort of bearings. Dinner was our last group meal together, JingJing had organised for us to go to a Thai restaurant (too much ...