Background: Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
January 28th 2007Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island What a relief to be in Hong Kong! Our grand plan had been to take the train all the way from Xining to Guangzhou, possibly stopping in between. We initially chose this option not because it was chea ... 22 photos[full story]
February 9th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island » Wan Chai We took a plane from Kunming to Shenzhen, the city in China nearest to the boarder with Hong Kong and a whose main purpose seems to be a low-cost base from which to interact with it. Our friend Eman ... 8 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island So I realise I'm a bit behind on the blog, but in the immortal words of the Pixies: "Where is my mind?". I'm having trouble stringing together a coherent thought, let alone composing a month's worth o ... 1 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island » Wan Chai Timing is of the essence now that I only have a short time left before returning home so I thought I'd just upload the pics for the past couple of days and save the storytelling for in person when I s ... 68 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island We spent 3 days in Bangkok. It hadnt changed much since we were last there 6 years ago. Everything seems to be just as cheap too which is good as our budget is now officially blown. We are living o ... 7 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island Hi everyone!
Sorry - still no picks, as we need to get hold of a card reader so we can upload pics from the camera - will hopefully get this tomorrow.
Here's a brief outline of life over the pas ... [full story]
March 28th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island Hong Kong was carnage. There is no other way to describe the 5 days I spent there. 21 days of not drinking whilst trekking in Nepal combined with a 10hr delay in Delhi were not the ideal preparation ... 6 photos[full story]
April 22nd 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island We arrived in Hong Kong and again we did not know where we were going to stay that night. We had been trying to find a place that fitted our small budget, and Derek had been helping us loads to find s ... 32 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island Although it's no longer officially a separate state, getting into Hong Kong from mainland China was one of the most complicated border crossings we've had so far, although perhaps seemed worse due to ... 6 photos[full story]
November 23rd 2007Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island A guy is dating three women and comes to the realisation that its time to settle down and get married. As a test he gives them all 1000 dollars and tells them to do what they will with it. The first w ... [full story]
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