Hong Kong Travel Blogs - Page 7

I met Taj at 1pm and we caught the MRT then a bus all the way around Hong Komg island to Stanley.  There was a big market there, and we spent a lot of time walking around it.  I bought a watch with a picture opf Chairman Mao on it.  His hand waves as the second hand moves round …

Yes folks, it's the city in Asia where midnight shopping IS Midnight shopping. No late night = 8 or 9 pm closing time like in Europe. Every night is a good night for shopping. Now, what do you do when you are NOT a shopaholic ? Carry the bags for others of course ! I was the pack mule for this trip…

I started out the morning heading out for a dim sum breakfast.  I was the only non-Chinese person in the entire area and stuck-out pretty badly.  I found a restaurant and sat down at an empty table and proceeded to be ignored by the wait staff for twenty minutes.  I finally flagged d…

Da ich gestern so spaet ins Bett bin, hab ich heute erstmal ausgeschlafen. Bin ja schliesslich im Urlaub. :) Auf dem Weg zum Blumenmarkt und zum Vogelmarkt bin ich am oberen Ende der Strasse, in der es ausschliesslich Schuhe gab, in ein paar Elektrofachhandel gehuepft und hab mich wegen Kameras erk…

It was a two-hour flight from Manila to Hong Kong. It was nice to be back in Hong Kong. We had two hours stopover.The flight to London from Hong Kong is approximately 13 hours by Cathay Pacific Airlines. DAMN! I almost had a stiff neck. Hahahaha! We arrived in London by 9:05pm. We waited in London'…

GO! 10,000 Buddhas monastery, first on the list. A few stops up the tube line and we arrive at Sha Tin, according to the guide book it’s a 15 minute walk from there following the “clearly signposted” route. If it was “clearly signposted” then it would take 2 minutes to reach, but as the s…

Hong Kong, December 28, 2008 Myself and 2 friends arrived into Hong Kong International Airport about 4:30pm. Not knowing what to expect we were all abit on edge and very tired from our flight from Canada to England and on into Hong Kong (21hrs) Upon deboarding the aircraft and making our way to t…

So from Shanghai I got the overnight train to Hong Kong. Ok, it was 26 hours or something. Luckily there was another guy (Irish!) getting the same train from the hostel I was staying in so we could share a taxi. Then when we were on the train a Japanese girl that he had met on the boat to Shang…

Today was both our last day in Hong Kong. We got up early and checked out of the hotel. Since we hadn't gotten a chance yet, and my husband's favorite food is dumplings in whatever form, our mission for today was dim sum! Of course, first stop was Fenwick peir, as my husband needed to eat, before…

There is something about Hong Kong that makes the ladies in Singapore go ga-ga. You'd think I was talking about some famous chinese guy but really Hong Kong is a unique city, one that unfortunately I don't remember much about seeing I was in kindergarten when I lived there, heh! I have been back,…

And its cool. In a weird sort of way I suppose! I arrived at Hong Kong airport after my 13 hour flight looking forward to getting to my hostel, on the train on the way into the city, I'd realised I'd left my phone and camera on the plane on the seat next to me. ( I was the last to get off and I had…

Hong Kong is a beautiful, sophisticated metropolis.  I love visiting.  I was born there, but had left when I was very young.  So every other summer growing up, I would return to find a new building or subway station.  It's an ever-changing, dynamic city.  On my most recent …

After our night of plotting escape plans, they all failed when we woke up and saw the guy was there. Damn. He let us leave our bags there for the day while we went and picked up our visas.. More queueing and waiting basically. More smelling of dim sum. Headed back to pick up our bags and then w…

Hey Family and Friends, thought I would share of few details of my life in Hong Kong! My first impressions of the city were more based on the geography of the city than the actual structure and layout. Hong Kong is very hilly, with peaks up to a couple thousand feet jotting around here and th…

After the zombie-like state that the festivities in Bangkok and a couple of hours sleep had given me, I was well pleased to negotiate a taxi, plane, train and bus journey followed by a half-hour walk to find accommodation and make it to Hong Kong in one piece. Soaring realty prices and a lack of f…