Central Pier

Final Hong Kong entry

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July 2nd 2008
Day 16 Today we excitedly headed to the Giant Budda. You get a cable car to this and it hadnt been working for a while. Well what an adventure that was. We were terrified. Now we are both usually really good with heights and had already done the cable car at ocean park, but this was a windy day and we had read in the paper that one car had plummetted to the ground during the testing ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong

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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... ... read more