The Salisbury Hong Kong

Here's the goal: Hong Kong to London by rail via Trans-Siberian/Mongolian route. Let's see how it goes.......

365 days living out of my bag,In the hope of seeing the world and learning to better understand my fellow man. Oohh and do some crazy adventurey stuff along the way :) Pack your shoes, sandals and malaria pills it's going to be quite a ride!

When I ask you why, you are welcome to reply why not. But when I ask you why not, you cannot simply say why, it just doesn't jibe. Read, maybe you'll like it.

Tara and Karen are on their first big adventure: London, Paris and Rome. Five weeks, three major European cities, and lots to see and do!

... or Seattle since we had to fly right back up the coast from LA past Portland, Seattle, Alaska etc. When we arrived in Hong Kong we decided to take the Airport express (a fast train) downtown instead of bus or taxi. Taxi drivers were right in the ...

... and cross over to Kowloon. Decide that Hong Kong has now surpassed Singapore as our fav Asian City. While Singapore impresses, Hong Kong dazzles. P gets hair cut in Salisbury YMCA (which we had tried to book to stay). A Big Mac and a pint of Guinness in ...

... place on the boardwalk to relax and enjoy a beverage and some yummy food. Headed back to the city center and got a feel for Hong Kong traffic.  Took use twice as long to get back as it did to get there. Next stop was a ride up the ...

... beyond, and a valid travel document is required to travel there. TO STAY http://www.hotstelworld.com/ YMCA of Hong Kong, The Salisbury; Great location! Great service, clean, fantastic facilities, quite spacious rooms, good restaurants. Dormitory - 240 ...

... get into my bit, I wanted to clear up any confusion there may be (because I was confused and felt I might not be alone), Hong Kong is a "special administrative territory". This means it is not a country, but not just a city either, and it is separate ...

... years, so it was pretty easy to get myself orientated. Stayed in Kowloon this time, in the Salisbury YMCA, with stunning birds-eye views of Hong Kong Harbour skyline from our 16th floor room - absolutely stunning! I never bore staring at this skyline. ...

... we had been awake for more hours than we wanted to think about so off to bed early. Saturday 27th November 2010 – Hong Kong shopping day (Warm wind, fine) Brilliant sunshine greeted us this morning so decided it was T-shirt weather. From our window ...

... and spent a small fortune on internet access and printing. After collating all of that we hopped on the underground over to Hong Kong island. After what seemed a mad dash around Hong Kong's central business district, we found the skyscraper and whizzed ...

Hong Kong We arrived in Hong Kong and stayed at the YMCA on Salisbury ...

... stay at the YMCA . this was one nice hostel , it out to shone most 3 star British hotels , perfect location over looking Hong Kong Island and a great base for exploring. Before we go into details about our little adventures from day to day Hong Kong ...

... probably trying to control the booming puppy population.  We really loved Lamma Island, and would suggest it to anyone visiting Hong Kong who need a relaxing afternoon away from the crowds, noise, and pollution.   Back on Hong Kong Island, we ...

... checked out I went and had a look around Central, SoHo and a couple of temples then headed back to Kowloon to visit the Hong Kong Museum of History. I was only planning to spend about an hour in the museum and then go and do some more market shopping ...

... but when) I come back I'll have barely any clue how to ever get back to anywhere we visited. Seriously though, Hong Kong = AWESOME.  Whoever dubbed Paris the city of lights clearly had never visited Hong Kong and looked out over ...