 | Markets and amazing foot massage
2008-03-10, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: ronnieed | | Today we headed off to New Kowloon to see some sights that Ronnie had not seen before on her previous trip. First up we headed to a huge wooden nunnery which was quite cool as it had no nails and the... |
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 | Rugby Rugby Rugby and three losses.
2008-03-08, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: ronnieed | | Not a very busy morning by any standard in fact we’re not all that sure what we did. Just chilled out we think. Dave had his rugby final over on Kowloon and headed off late in the morning. The two of ... |
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 | I think I got the Black Lung Pop
2007-09-10, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: dilleybug | | Okay, so I slept a bit better this afternoon. I took a nap in my one room cell - it was probably midnight my home time, that probably helped. So Hong Kong is ENORMOUS! There are so so so many people... |
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 | All good things come to an end!
2007-08-02, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Well our last full day here so we decided to visit Hong Kong island again. They have apparently the largest escalator in the world (which is actualy lots of smaller ones together) Now this escalator w... |
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| Medicinal?
2007-08-01, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Ok, another for you... spotted on a Kleenex dispenser in a public toilet:
"Bacterial Exposure Exceeds Limit on Special Free Pack!!!"
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| Super Lucky Bonus Item!
2007-08-01, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Well, another day, another adventure - thats the pirate moto, and today proved no exception. We took ourselves off to Ocean Park yesterday. Yeah I know it's very touristy and a little out of character... |
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| kung fu, oysters and a jade monkey!
2007-07-30, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: Valminx | | Slept late yesterday so missed breakfast! Suppose it's not too bad though 'cos we didnt book breakfast but when we arrived we discovered that we get a free continental brecky anyways which consists of... |
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| How to play
2007-07-25, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Heya all!
To keep you from getting bored Ive decided to put a little game on here to keep you entertained... Every so often Ill post a phrase Ive come across in 'Chinglish', that bizzare translatio... |
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| surviving so far . . .
2007-07-26, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Well we are still alive and coping, the heat/humidity is really weird, although people had said about it nothing actually prepares you for it, as soon as you go outside your skin is wet!
We've man... |
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 | So it begins!
2007-07-25, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: valminx | | Heya all!
Wow! This place! abso-fricking-lutley amazing! We've only been off the plane a couple of hours and were already blown away! If the neon gaudyness of Nathan street doesnt mug your senses, ... |
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 | HongKong
2007-06-13, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: Marcat | | Hi there everyone!
Well here we are in HOT HOT HOT HOngKong! We had a great trip over and Zach (sorry Yulia & Shelley) slept all bar 2 1/2 hours of it! He has adapted to local time amazingly well... |
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 | Day one hong Kong
2007-06-12, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: tetoro | | Hi Guys. Well here we are, we have made 24 hours and so has Hong Kong!
Great plane ride over with lots of spare seats, which meant all 5 foot of me got 3 seats to stretch out on!! Ok ok, mum 4ft 11!
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 | Visiting a former colony
2007-04-19, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: cmciver | | After some Tai Chi and a cooking lesson we boarded our last and probably most comfortable overnight train from Guilin to Guangzhou. Once in Guangzhou we jumped on the hydrofoil and sailed into Hong Ko... |
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 | to Wong Kar Wai
2006-05-15, KOwloon, Hong Kong. By: lomotravel | | The Sequence of Loss
Prose and photos inspired by Wong Kar Wai films.
Glass is like a ghost. To some people it seems translucent, to others it is merely a mirror. A shadow hides behind, watching... |
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 | Hong Kong....Skyscrapers, shopping and food
2006-01-02, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: hmakwana | | Arrived in Hong Kong at 1am (early hours of the morning) to find people wandering about as if they've just come out for dinner, or going to a bar or just finished shopping!! This is a 24 hour society ... |
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 | *yawn*
2005-01-18, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: joz | | In Hong Kong. Wow! What an experience.
The scenery here is quite interesting. From the airport you can see the huge mountains covered by what appears to be mist. It's a haze of something most likely ... |
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| First Day
2004-07-20, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: MLF | | I took a 1:30am flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong after hanging out with Shaine for the weekend. I got into HK at 6.00am the next day. It wasn’t such a bad 13.5 hour flight, as 13.5 hour flights ... |
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 | Hong Kong - city life for a while
2002-09-06, Kowloon, Hong Kong. By: jimi | | At the same day (after Taipei) we arrived to Hong Kong. Weather there was quite good. No signs of typhoon. Flight took only few hours. We took 80 HK$ sky train to kowloon, where we stayed in Mirador M... |
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