Blogs from Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 3

Une journée magnifique :nous visitons les marchés aux fleurs, aux oiseaux, aux poissons, aux fruits et légumes et aux vêtements pas chers pour touristes sous un grand soleil. En fin de journée, coucher de soleil puis début de soirée sur le pic Victoria.... read more

Nouvelle journée d'expédition avec moult bus et trains, dont le train rapide qui nous a menés directement à l'aéroport de Chengdu, et l'avion Avant l'atterrissage à HonKong Marlène avait déjà une centaine de photos des îles et des bateaux ... Tout s'est passé idéalement, sans retard ni problème On est arrives un peu tard à Hong kong, pas vraiment l'énergie pour une vraie sortie,juste un repas dans un restaurant étoilé par le Michelin ! Ous avons eu une pensée émue pour les touristes croises à Chengdu qui préparaient leur voyage à Juzhaigou, et le soulagement d'avoir maintenu notre plan vers le sud et de ne pas avoir succombé aux charmes de ces montagnes du nord Sichuan, qui nous auraient sans doute retenus plus que prévu... read more

Ni hao from Hong Kong. We landed late evening and made our way to our hostel and we're greeted by the lovely Eleanor. A quick check in and dump of the bags and we were in a bar in time for happy hour!! Result. The G and T's were flowing as we had a good catch up. Eleanor had to leave us to catch her flight and we decided it was prob best to go to bed (we had been up since 4am!) The next morning we were up really early to get to the Chinese passport office to try and get our visas. If you didn't already know, we had an absolute nightmare in London trying to get them and gave up in the end. Numerous people had assured us we could get them (with ... read more

They've taken the typhoon warning signs out of the hotel lobby, so thankfully it seems that the monster storm has gone elsewhere. We again catch the Star Ferry across to Hong Kong island, and board a Hop on Hop off Bus for a tour around the island. We pass a building bearing a striking resemblance to an upside gin bottle which we're told is the Hong Kong headquarters of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Army. The commentary goes onto say that the soldiers who are stationed there aren't allowed to leave the building, even on their days off. I wonder why they bother bringing them here if they're not allowed to go anywhere. I wonder if they'd be allowed out if there was a war. We pass Happy Valley racecourse, and continue on through the two kilometre ... read more

Finally, I’m getting around to writing up my adventures in the Far East and first up was a trip to Hong Kong for a wedding banquet for my good friends Woody and Jenny. Them being such all-round good eggs, quite a large group of us had decided to make the trip out at the end of April to celebrate their recent wedding and we were all arriving in dribs and drabs the weekend before the wedding banquet. I’ve been to HK once before but it was pre my travel blogging days, so even though it wasn’t my first trip there, it gets a write up. Fortunately for me, I finally got around to use all the airmiles I’ve been saving up and booked up a First Class flight one way to HK, the holiday got off ... read more