Empire Kowloon

... is bad and they are not responsive. I had to make international phone calls to contact the host. (11) The office website of this Empire Hostel says that there are ensuite rooms (with private bath), but this is NOT TRUE. This is a misrepresentation or a ...

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 ...

Hongkong was great!! Nice place. Before it was with the British Empire, their structures were ...

... 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, ...

... with their service, as they have personnel (I think they were students, doing part time job) able to communicate in English. Back to Empire Kowloon Hotel, we were tired, in a glorious kind of way. My sister and I shared the room, and we glanced at the ...

... 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. ...

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 ...

... 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" aka rice ...

... Anneka 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 ...

... , the sun shinning, the streets full of little children smiling and the rivers ran with chocolate.  After getting off the metro at Kowloon Mac and Mable were separted as they were put into Taxi's.  Mac got the taxi driver who could not read the ...

... other people praying to the two gods the temple hosts, the god of war and the god of literature. We returned to Kowloon for the temple street nightmarket which features rows upon rows of stalls selling anything from clothing to bottlecaps. I had my ...

A walk to Kowloon Park and to the tailor to pick up the suits. Then lunch at a Cantonese restaurant where we found some strange meat. In the afternoon we took the subway two stops north to the Mong Kok area and the market areas - electronics, sporting ...

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 ...

... be 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 ...

... then the soaring buildings below, the view from the Peak covers the entire skyline of downtown Hong Kong, Hong Kong Harbor, Kowloon, and surrounding areas. On a clear day it is truly something to behold. Those of you who have been following this blog ...

... called Kowloon and the part on the island is Hong Kong proper. Back to our adventures. After the subway ride we emerged into Kowloon. It was warm, humid, cloudy and drizzling ever so slightly. We walked (rolling suitcase and all) to the ferry to take us ...

... highly rated hostel in Mirador Mansion complex was nothing more than a prison cell, hard mattress included. Mirador Mansion located in Kowloon district has a ground floor of small traders. Its pretty much HK in a nutshell. Africans selling genuine fakes, ...

... Victoria), Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. Later, the Brits managed to rob China of ground on the mainland, stretching 4km inland, called Kowloon, where you'll find Nathan Road, Hong Kong's main street. Later still, the Brits nicked an even larger chunk of ...

... sur l'ile est la vue du Victoria Peak ou des docks de Kowloon est magnifique. Au pied de ces mastodontes, on se sent tout petit petit. Quelques oasis de verdure tels le parque de Kowloon permettent de s'échapper du bruit de l'agitation. ...