Empire Hotel Hong Kong Kowloon

We took a short flight from Manila to Hong Kong, then drove to our hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.  It is difficult to descibe the scale of Hong Kong, it just seems to go ...

We left Chongqing early in the morning to catch an Air China flight to Hong Kong. Our hotel was in the Kowloon area, across Victoria Harbor from Hong Kong Island, an area known for shopping. We visited Bobby's Tailors to have suits made for Kyle and ...

... back.  Luke and Lousie were very happy as well as Mac sold them a photo copy of the autographed flyer for only 50$. Hong Kong has changed since Mac was a small plastic mould.  Gone the Hilton and Cricket Club but there were things he still ...

WEDNESDAY 1st December DAY 7 On to Hong Kong Up at 06:00 out of hotel at 06:50. Arrived UENO station in plenty time. I could have got an earlier train to Narita but had coffee in station café. Train OK but a bit it of a panic at the airport as I misread ...

... styley, she had painted a Nike swoosh on them, but still? Treats from a local supermarket, lollies are so cheap here and super sour gummy bear cola bottles are a must.  Sleep beckons for another night in a small bed, room 1912, Empire Hotel, ...

... and very green so a complete change. We took the Ngong Ping 360 cable car for about 6km with great views of Hong Kong and Kowloon with the new airport in the background and underneath loads of people on the beach hunting for something. Cockles maybe. Up ...

This was our last day of vacation.  We spent most of the day getting ready to leave before our 10 hour flight back home to San ...

Ka kite Scotland.  After another memorable visit I bid farewell to Glasgow early this afternoon, bound for Heathrow and onwards to Hong Kong. Well, not quite.  My itinerary told me that it would be early this afternoon, 3:05pm to be exact, but ...

... . After sending off our kababayans to their respective places of billeting, we arrived on our own. I did not expect that Empire Hotel in Kowloon would be spectacular. I'm a big fan of high ceiling structures, and their lobby is perfect. Great ...

... last! For me, I hadn't been here since 1988 when I was 12...so it was extra special to come back to Hong Kong. Our room at the Empire Hotel in Kowloon wasn't ready yet, so still in our sweaty clothes we hit the town and devoured the most tasty "jook" ...

... a long and tiresome flight of which I threw up contstantly, we arrived in the suburbs of Hong Kong. After taking a speedy trip on a subway to Kowloon, we found ourselves in a taxi watching endless amounts of advertisements flashing brightly zoom by as ...

... style', shop as my friend BME calls it, in Hong Kong verdict: successful mission, stayed in (the real) Kowloon, same place as 3 years ago The Empire hotel so knew exactly how to get everywhere in double quick time which was great and got the subway to ...

... Shanghai and Dubai (and if I were Muslim, Mecca).  The whole 100th floor was open to the public. A 360º view of Kowloon, Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island lay await in the far distance. There was a cafe, an ice cream stand, telescopes, displays ...

... on our way to Hong Kong today and I am excited! The flight was good and we are on the ground. We venture out on the Hong Kong Evening excursion. A boat ride to see the city lights (amazing and very neon) and then on to a double decker bus ride.  ...

... . The tour continued to the Stanley Market, Aberdeen and the fishing boats, and a jewelry factory. We were dropped off on the Hong Kong side at Times Square Station and took the subway over to the Central District and Soho. We did some shopping and ...

We took the subway and local double decker bus back to Stanley Pier to meet up with the Quinns from Los Alamos who now live in Hong Kong and teach at the International School. They took a bunch of us out on a boat ride for the day. We had lunch on Po ...

... is a harbor made up of a piece of the mainland as well as a small mountainous Island. The part of Hong Kong attached to the mainland is called Kowloon and the part on the island is Hong Kong proper. Back to our adventures. After the subway ride we ...

... in Hong Kong felt like coming home. This was Paul's first visit and he loved it. We moved into a suite at the Empire Kowloon Hotel for an extended stay. We took a break from sightseeing and just experienced Hong Kong. We visited family and friends. ...