Symphony of Lights

The Symphony of Lights is absolutely free unless you pay for a tour that includes it as one of its stops. You need to be on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour, facing Hong Kong Island. The best place to view them is on the Avenue of Stars which is similar to Hollywood Walk of Fame, but much smaller. You can find Jet Li's hand prints and there's a statue of Bruce Lee. Anyway, you want to be walking upward toward Star Ferry Terminal for the best view. There are lasers light connected to 60+ buildings on Hong Kong Island.

The reason I did not like the show was because all of the papers about it made it out to be spectacular. Only a few of the buildings light up at the same time and they don't even light up the whole building-it's just outlined of goes around the framing of the building. The way it was portrayed made it seem like the lights of Las Vegas times 100 because it's set to music. NOT THE CASE! If you have ever seen the lights of Las Vegas, you will think this is a joke.

At 8pm every night there's a free light show on the Hong Kong skyline, and it's a fantastic spectacle. The skyline itself is a really majestic sight at night (one of the best panoramas I saw in a year travelling). On the southern tip of Kowloon you can stand looking across the harbour to Hong Kong island, where there's a laser and light show. There is music playing on the Kowloon side. It only lasts about 10 minutes. Definitely worth going to see if you're in Hong Kong.