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.
July 14th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island "My ego is like this giant tumor, with lots of... veins, spreading out from it." ~Sheng Shi
We were sitting in that room again, light flowing through the open windows and the opened minds. Bright ... [full story]
June 28th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island We arrived in Hong Kong with some visas issues, the chinese didn't want to let us back in to Bejing to take our flight the next week. Needless to say we were a little stressed so decided to check out ... 24 photos[full story]
June 16th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island "Why do you bow?"
I asked the guest master monk sitting across from me. Light flows through the window and the open door. From the forested Hong Kong hills fresh, cool, early spring air meets o ... 8 photos[full story]
June 25th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island So after an overnight train from Beijing with a carriage full of american college kids and the familar no sleep routine I finally stroll into Hong Kong - I have made it fully intact and with no proble ... 26 photos[full story]
June 18th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island So this is it. My final blog of the trip. How weird it is to be typing that, where has 88days gone, not that I have been counting them!! I write this whilst waiting at Hong Kong aiport for my flight, ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island We are almost home.
Sunday night we spend our last night in Athens at Monastiraki. On restaurant row. we had been there before.Tonight we sit on the promenade. against the fence. flocks of pedestrian ... [full story]
April 16th 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island Kavin Lantaun saarella katsomassa Buddhan patsasta. Menin lautalla, siita sitten patsaalle ja luostariin bussilla. 60 dollarilla sai sisaanpaasyn ja kasvisruuan luostarin ravintolassa. Kavin ensin syo ... 5 photos[full story]
April 3rd 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island I'm at the airport and my flight is set to leave in... 2 hours and 20 minutes. It's been an active (sort of) last few days. At least, I've moved over large distances!
I left Beijing on the train, a ... [full story]
March 31st 2008Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island sharing with you - some big-sitting-buddha-inspired writings from my day on Lantau Island
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She glanced up at the hills that gave shape to the sky above... she notices it in the distance, in a m ... [full story]
March 16th 2007Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island Next morning we had an early wake up call, after some repacking we were on our way back to Hong Kong airport, only a 10-minute drive away. We checked in at the Cathay pacific First class check in coun ... 7 photos[full story]
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