More HK skyline at night

Hi from Hong Kong

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March 26th 2008
Hong Kong Blog Just had 4 days in HK and feel knackered. It is a full on city and everything concentrated, nothing diluted. As space is short the city seems to exist on the vertical. There are shops, stalls and markets at ground level, cars, trams and buses at ground level up to level 3 on suspended roads, restaurants from basements through ground to level 6 (in our hotel) level 11-13 in the s ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more