Blogs from Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 4

Hey Guys, So to those of you who haven’t read my Japan Blog entry yet, after coming back from Japan I found out that I couldn’t use my visa to reenter China again, thus starting an almost 2 week-long stay in Hong Kong. In the following Blog I will describe my struggle of getting a new Visa but also how I met a bunch of awesome people with whom I celebrated Chinese New Year and adventured Hong Kong. After I learned that I couldn’t reenter China at the port of Zhuhai, I was sent back to Hong Kong late at night. Extremely tired and worn out I stumbled through Hong Kong after exciting the ferry. I had no clue where I was and my phone wasn’t working. After wandering around for an hour, looking for a ... read more

Anyone who travels has struggled with jet-lag, but let me tell you, a 14 hour time shift is something to experience. Its 2:00 a.m., I'm on my second cup of coffee, and it feels like noon .... which ... by the way ... IT IS! I'm hungry, but I have to wait 5 hours for breakfast, so I thought I would use the time to tell you about my trip so far. I'm in Hong Kong for a week, and after the first day, I'm prepared to favorably compare the urban vistas in this city against anything I have seen ... ANYWHERE. Take a look at the photos and judge for yourselves. When I was planning my trip, I was surprised by how little people seemed to know about Hong Kong (like, for example, it's in ... read more

Landing at Hong Kong is interesting as the runway is completely surrounded by water. We went through immigration without a word being spoken and were handed a slip of paper giving us permission to stay in Hong Kong until next April. All of the formalities completed, we exited into a huge concourse. Here we found out information about the trains and bought tickets for 100HK$ (~£8.50) for a return trip. The airport express took about 25 minutes and was a smooth clean journey. After about 10 minutes we emerged from the underground section to catch our first glimpse of the mountains, harbours and high-rise buildings of Hong Kong. It was hazy as the sun was starting to climb over the peaks. We left the train at Hong Kong Central Station and headed outside. The first thing ... read more

The trip has begun... Hong Kong was Kevin's idea. Hong Kong is Chinatown on steriods...it is hot, and smells of foods. The temperature was usually about 34 C during the day, and didn't fall below 28 C at night, which made us happy to have air conditioning in the hotel room...And let's talk about the hotel room...after much deliberation and looking at various hotels on line, we settled on the Best Western Harbor View on Hong Kong Island. We felt we were playing it safe with a western hotel, but we found it interesting that room sizes were given, in all the hotels we looked at...and with good reason. These rooms are SMALL. But I have to say it is a very productive use of space. I think the rooms are geared for the average-sized Asian ... read more

March 19th 2015 - Last big bang and good bye to Hong Kong.. It has been 3 months since I said good bye to Hong Kong and moved back to the USA. My peers and employees and friends sent me out in style. From a fun filled last lunch in the office and a lovely group picture of the Team with nice good bye notes on the picture- it is proudly hanging up in my cube in Boston now. The original game plan for the final good night party was to start on the roof deck bar of IFC and then bar hop our way thru the Mid Levels - needless to say - we did not move or leave from the roof deck until the bar closed and we were nicely asked to move it ... read more