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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. To be updated

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By jawilso
November 8th 2009

Hong Kong the Metropolis Mecca Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Ocean Park

Hi Everyone! I have finally left India behind and am in my last stop on my world tour! Hong Kong! I have actually been to Hong Kong before, about 4 years ago when my best friend studied abroad here for a semester. I saved for three months on ramen noodles to afford a 900 dollar ticket, and because I had just started full time at Wal-mart I didn't have any vacation time so I could only afford to take 6 days, 2 of which were used up on the flights. That left me only 4 days here. My friend picked me [View Full Entry]

By Graz Doz Trez
November 5th 2009

Day Four - Hong Kong - Drinking, Dancing and 2hours walking, running, jumping, taxi-ing and bussing across the city. Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island » Wan Chai

Last night was my first solo night out of my travels, and maybe ever actually. It is a strange thing going out alone, I'm not sure if I have done it before, in England or anywhere. But last night I did. After speak to my dad, he suggested I start in Wan Chai, find some bars there and see what happens. So, I shaved, showerd and put on my going out clobber. Upon arrival at Wan Chai MTR station I had it in my head I needed exit F - probably confusing it with Causeway Bay exit for the Indonesian Consulate [View Full Entry]

By Traveling Suzie
November 4th 2009

China Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Fourteen hours after leaving the fall chill of Vancouver I emerged into the warm evening air of Hong Kong. Best of all, my son, Jon was waiting for me. My first day and a half in Asia was spent catching up on sleep and getting oriented. This was a short stop over on the way to mainland China. I will be back for a week at Christmas and will write about this amazing metropolis then! Next stop, Beiging China on the very early morning Dragonair flight. [View Full Entry]

By Graz Doz Trez
November 4th 2009

Day Three - Hong Kong - 'Wilderness' Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island

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Today has been largely uneventful, my sleeping pattern has become rather odd. The day I arrived, hadn't slept much before so had a long nap in the afternoon, yesterday I awoke at 06:53 and after a busy morning, I again had a long nap in the afternoon. This morning I woke up, looked at my phone and it was once again 06:53... groundhog day! ha! "and don't forget your booties - cause its cold outside!" well... its not cold, but I don't like being up at that time. In an attempt to change this pattern I needed to make sure I [View Full Entry]

By Graz Doz Trez
November 3rd 2009

Day Two - Hong Kong - Admiral and Causeway Bay Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island

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Day 2 in Hong Kong, After awaking at 06:55 - put that down to time difference not keeness! - I had a great cup of coffee, attempted to go back to bed but dad started talking to me, d'oh! I faffed around a bit for a few hours then decided to get into gear and start to work on getting visas for places down the line. I headed for the Philippean consulate in Admiral. I packed my satchel/man bag - oh which reminds me, in "The Hangover", my favorite part is when Alan gets abuse for a manpurse, and he tells [View Full Entry]

By Graz Doz Trez
November 2nd 2009

Day One - UK and Hong Kong - Arriving. Asia » Hong Kong » Lantau Island

Day one. "and on the first day the lord said; "Let their be light"... and there was." This has been a very long day so far, but not for any bad reasons. It started as Saturday 31st of October, and will run untill tonight, Monday 2nd November. Saturday night was spent celebrating my leaving England to go travelling for 10 months, the night itself was good fun, but seeminly uneventful, which is probably a good thing. And, although we returned to my flat at 04:00ish, that wasn't the end of the day. I had to finalise my bag, and pack it [View Full Entry]

By imo hall
November 1st 2009

Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong

Street in Hong Kong

We arrived at our hotel in Hong Kong at around 3pm- our train had been delayed and it took a bit of time to get everyone through customs and make our way to our hotel. In the afternoon we just had a walk around as we didn't have that much time before all meeting for our farewell dinner (this was the last night of the actual tour) Our last dinner was great and we all sat round a big table on the street and ate our favourite Chinese food- we'd eaten egg fried rice pretty much every night but our favourites [View Full Entry]

By Stamp Collecting
November 1st 2009

Escape from Wuhan and eventually China Asia » China » Tibet » Everest

The view from the Peak
Fortunately there was a tram all the way to the top!

Well, we made a snap decision to leave Wuhan. It was pricey but a flight to Hong Kong got us out of the nuthouse that was the Chinese holiday. Hong Kong is great, everything is in English! Slick, but budget busting, transport from the airport to the centre of HK Island and Jon was there to show us to our appartment. Once he had left us we started to find the fridge was full (including a packet of chocolate caramel digestives!), the bathrooms kitted out with all the toiletries you could ever want, however the hot water had been switched off. [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
November 1st 2009

We are in Hong Kong again Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Dear friends, This time the text is in Dutch only, sorry for the inconvenience. Monkey and Bear Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Niet echt een travelblog, maar wij willen jullie laten weten dat wij goed en veilig in Hong Kong zijn aangekomen. Onze reis is volledig volgens schema verlopen, hoewel China Airlines niet helemaal de juiste informatie heeft verstrekt. Bij het boeken via internet wordt de indruk gewekt dat de vlucht Amsterdam - Taipei rechtstreeks gaat en dan vervolgens met een overstap naar Hong Kong. Niets is minder waar. Vanuit Amsterdam nog steeds eerst naar Bang [View Full Entry]

By foxyroxy
November 1st 2009

Two Months in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

Big Buddha

Hello! So this is month #2 in Hong Kong. Time really flies, I can't believe it. This past month has been a lot of fun. I have been playing tourist, visiting all the attractions and seeing all the sights. There's always something new to do in Hong Kong!Life is starting to fall into place here. Work is going well. I teach kids half the time and adults half the time. And every single one of my students is great. One of my students, Tanya from Beijing, has been particularly great. Since I had to move out of my apartment in Wan [View Full Entry]

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