Sheltering from the rain!

Hong Kong Island Day 2

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October 5th 2008
5th OCTOBER 2008 - RAINY DAY ON HONG KONG ISLAND!! I slept well again and got up thankful that we had booked 2 nights and did not have to cart our backpacks around again! My shoulders could not take the strain so soon as they still hadn’t recovered from yesterday!! The weather looked miserable and all the people had umbrellas up. We had planned to go to Repulse Bay (what a name for a beach) but ... read more

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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