H K Park

Au revoir Hong Kong

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August 31st 2010
It has been quite a busy few days and, as I write this, we are struggling to stay awake at the end of our second day of overland travel but we have reached Hanoi. Some might say that our arrival was more a matter of blind luck than good judgment but we made it nonetheless. So, we left you in Hong Kong having spent two hours sitting in the Chinese Embassy waiting to apply for our visas. That nig ... 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