The Gold Fish Market at mong Kok

Day 5 - Hong Kong

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October 29th 2009
First thing today, we headed to the Hong Kong Museum, which was three minutes walk from where we stay. But before we got there, we met up with two butterflies whilst strolling past under a Chinese Banyan Tree on the way. They were large black with blue flashes and landed on Maurs shoulder - one made a great picture. The history museum has two main exhibitions - one on the early history of Hong Kon ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

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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