 | Unexpected Hong Kong
2008-05-22, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: andrewjeff | | As mentioned in the last journal update, our stay in Hong Kong was short… too short. We had planned it as a stopover. We hadn’t done our homework on Hong Kong so we were really taken by surprise. I... |
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 | Hong Kong Night and Day.
2008-09-07, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: sbennetj3 | | Here are some random night and day pictures of Hong Kong. The locations are Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. |
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 | Out on a junk
2008-05-11, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: Gntravln | | Hi!
So today was my last full day in HK *sob*. We went out in a junk (like a yaght) for a friend's birthday. The champagne was flowing freely and it was all very colonial. We left HK Island, where ... |
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 | Stanley Markets
2008-05-10, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: Gntravln | | Hi!
Today is a bit cloudy. I always start by talking about the weather don't I? Must be an English thing. Anyway nevermind, yes today is a bit cloudy but still pretty warm. We went to Stanley this ... |
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 | Kowloon
2008-05-09, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: Gntravln | | Hi everyone!
Today was another sweltering hot day and I spent almost all of it outside! I went to visit Kowloon today, just across the water from Hong Kong Island. I started by getting the bus down... |
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 | Lantau Island
2008-05-08, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: Gntravln | | Hi!
I am like boiling up here. It was so hot today but really clear which was great as I went over to Lantau Island to see the Tian Tan Buddah and Po Lin Monastery. I caught the bus in the morning ... |
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 | Here in Hong Kong
2008-05-07, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: Gntravln | | Hi everyone!
So I have arrived in Hong Kong! After an eigth hour flight (but with the best in-flight entertainment so far - TV on demand,whahoo!) we touched down in hot and humid Hong Kong. Driving... |
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 | Tired Little Camper?
2007-09-16, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | I went to the 10,000 buddha monestary today. There were all these golden painted buddhas on the way up - their little buddha heads gleaming in the sun! i took a picture mocking one - i had to wait unt... |
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 | Put on your Big Girl Panties
2007-09-15, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | Well yesterday was Quite the BIG day! I took a ferry to Lantau Island and then a freaky bus to the top of the mountian where there is the laragest bronze buddha in the world and a monestary. I was a... |
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 | R&R Day
2007-09-13, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | Well, today was a relaxing day for me. i decided to take the day off of walking so so so much. I went to the Museum of Tea - and YES it IS as exciting as it sounds. :) Then there was a walk through ... |
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 | Quickie
2007-09-12, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | Unfortunately, i can't upload pictures from this terminal but which is a shame because some of the wildlife i saw today was incredible. Butterflies 6 inches in width and Bright Red Scarlet birds and ... |
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 | Just passin' time
2007-09-11, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | Well, I have made it to my new hostel which - i am pleased to say - is so much better than the other 'hostel'. You have to go through three locks to get to the room, so that makes me feel WAY safer ... |
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 | Hong Kong: First Impressions
2007-08-22, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: laowai | | First Impression: Wow.
Let me preface with I've seen nothing yet. After traveling all day yesterday (3.5 hour bus ride & 2.5 hour flight) I was pretty exhausted when I arrived so I got some dinner... |
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 | absinthe! oh absinthe
2004-11-07, hong kong island, Hong Kong. By: lomotravel | | having only left tai wai once in the past 7 days, i felt this friday night could not go unchallenged. joe and i caught the KCR down to tsim sha tsui, walked into the familiar shop lanes of chungking m... |
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 | Bye bye efficiency
2004-03-21, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: karenpotts | | Today we are leaving Hong Kong and the land of double language signs. We decided that in preparation for our epic 3 day journey we would feast at the ˇ°Vegetarian Paradiseˇ± in HK as a treatˇmore on ... |
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 | I love capitalism
2004-03-19, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. By: karenpotts | | We landed in the morning after a flight of 11hrs from Amsterdam and after zippo sleepˇbut to appease us at least the KLM flight had a half-decent service and a crazy Chinese lady to keep us companyˇ... |
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