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Return to Lantau Island
During my 2005 visit to Hong Kong, I visited the Ngong Ping cultural area of Lantau Island but didn't have the energy to climb Lantau Peak. Today I plan to right that wrong. It's a Saturday, so it didn't take much effort to get going prior to any significant transit traffic. I rode all the way out to the island taking pictures of the city and of …
Hassled in Hong Kong
Touch down at Hong Kong's new airport. Not as exciting a landing as the old airport but we were soon on our way to Kowloon by bus. The ride in was smooth and being a bus we were able to check out a lot of the town on the way in. We were dropped on Nathan road where the budget back packer has the choice of two different tower blocks to stay in, …
Visa run
I spent a couple days in Hong Kong knowing pretty much nothing about the place nor having any plans of what to do there. I discovered quickly that it is actually a very mountainous area, especially Hong Kong Island, so all the high rises are packed toward the waterfront and the mountains are largely open space and quite forested. In fact, I read …
Bangkok to Hong Kong
This morning I got up early to buy some souvenirs and a couple of tshirts before we had to check out at 12. We went for one last pad thai before getting our shuttle bus to the airport. By the time we arrived in Hong Kong and found our hostel it was about 9pm and we were pretty tired. We're staying in Kowloon, in a little hostel in the Chungking …
Lantau Island tour
This morning we got the metro to Hong Kong Island to meet up with James' parents and aunty - they're here for a few days at the start of a two week trip around China.
Today the five of us did a half day trip to Lantau Island, with a gondola ride up to see the big buddha and a visit to Tai O fishing village.
Tonight James and I watched the …