City Garden Hong Kong

A whistle stop tour of (some bits of) the world

... flash in time to music (very cheesy music!). On the second day in HK we had a little walk around some areas of the city on Hong Kong Island - places like Central, Sheung Wan, Soho: lots of shops and markets, old and new, nestled amid the towering ...

... camp at about 1 a.m. and spent Sunday morning playing ping-pong and badminton and boating on the river, before finally returning to City Garden. Although it was 3 p.m. our room was not yet made up, indicating that, even if we had returned a day early to ...

Hong Kong Garden   After 10 months in China I'm not sure that I can adequately describe how satisfying it was to return to Canada and be able to; read a menu; order food which, when it arrived was EXACTLY what you were expecting and walk down the ...

... , the same Paul Smith coat that my husband had bought in the states just a couple of months ago was about $200 cheaper in Hong Kong. I especially enjoyed Shanghai Tang, which is a wonderful department store styled in the era of the 20s and 30s. I wanted ...

... and down to the ferry terminal by MTR. We never ceased to be amazed at the efficiency, not to mention cleanliness, of the Hong Kong rail system. Trains arrive every three minutes on the dot. Despite this, we often found hordes of Chinese racing towards us ...

... was not aware what a T##t was or I would be in custody now. after another queue and much grumbling I made it into Hong Kong. The City Garden hotel is situated on the other side of Hong Kong Island which meant I had to get from the airport swap lines and ...

Arrived into Hong Kong, and met mum and dad at the City Garden hotel. Very different to India! In a nutshell I LOVE Hong Kong! Shopping great, food great, city great! Has lots to see and do too. We went sightseeing and saw the fishing village, Stanley ...

... my personality better, though even I get a little tired of the constant noise, neon lights and constant crowds). The Hong Kong Island city skyline, viewed from Kownloon on the mainland is really a spectacular sight. it stretches for what would be about ...

... standards. Took the MTR to Central station and walked around to see some sights like teh Hong Kong CityHall, Statue Square, Legislative Council Building and Charter Garden, etc. Read that this area was filled with foreign workers on weekends nowsdays. ...

... hit by the humidity (70% I believe). Luckily we only had to walk 50 yards to our air conditioned minibus. Our hotel, called the City Garden Hotel, was amazing. Lots of Chinese staff, willing and able to help in any way, always with a smile on their faces. ...

... a box set of the British series, "The Office". Duty free bottles of whisky and gin at the border, then back to Hong Kong and the comfort of City Garden Hotel, where we had a few problems with our new room. But that's another story. Raymond's Travel ...

... the airport and then headed on to the plane after being delayed for about 20 min or so on the tarmac we arrived without incident. ALthough Hong Kong is no longer part of the UK but China, there is still a separate customs. But so far all customs has been ...

... The next morning we checked into another slightly cheaper hotel for the remainder of our stay and planned a quick tour of Hong Kong City/ Country - actually its correct name is 'Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of ...

... we are off to see the noon day salute featured in Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen.. Loads of love Thanks for all the emails.. Laura (Surrounded by umpteen souvenirs from Hong Kong..and wondering how the hell I'm going to get them all home)! ...

Hi everyone back home, Been to Hong Kong and had a great time. Was very humid, hot and sticky but loads to see and do in the 2 days we were there. Got to experience a very different culture including being harrassed to buy watches, tailored suits ...

Head to Hong Kong this sunday!!! Will keep everyone posted! Landed in Hong Kong airport after a loong 12 hour flight. Eventually found our way out of the airport and decided to try and find our own way to the hotel on the airbuses. Once we found ...

... harbor tour. We got off at Wan Chai and walked around the Exhibition Center and saw the Forever Blooming Bauhinia (flower of Hong Kong) and the Reunification Monument, that was erected to commemorate the return of Hong Kong to China.  Next to the ferry ...

We spend a few days in Hong Kong, just enough to get the "smell" of the city, during a level 10 typhoon.  Unfortunately, because of the typhoon, almost everything was closed.  However it was possible to get an ...

... had a fruit salad. We took the 12A bus to Central MTR and headed up to Lok Fu Station heading for Kowloon Walled City Garden after a recommendation from David the previous night. Unfortunately the tourist maps don't go this far up so we were relying on ...

... So an early night beckoned and we dragged our still-jetlagged butts to bed. DAY 3 Day 3, was also our final day in Hong Kong. Having seen the city's two major areas, we decided to head north to Mong Kok, which is perhaps the busiest area I have ever seen ...