http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Hong Kong , Hong Kong Island en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:54 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:54 +0000 May 18 2013 Victoria39s Peak Hong Kong Island As Dr. Farris likes to say its tradition. Around 5 PM local time we all met up at the Star Ferry landing on the Kowloon side to take the ferry over to Hong Kong island. Dominated by the world39s 8th tallest office building the 88 story International Finance Center the Hong Kong skyline is an impressive endless line of high rise buildin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/The-Peak/blog-786536.html Today I arrived in Hong Kong from Toronto following a 15 hour flight which wasn39t so bad. Have been hanging out in the airport for nearly 12 hours on a nasty layover the silver lining being that in less than 12 hours I will be at the Evans compound in Dhaka Bangladesh. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-785334.html Well Hello EveryoneIt has been a while since I have been out here. It has been crazy since returning from the States and my visiting my family.My boxes finally arrived from the USA so I have been going through them and figuring out where to put everything it is so great having my pictures of my family around the different rooms like having a little piece of home with me. Forgot I had so many m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-785084.html I had endured an uneventful day waiting in the extremely crowded business lounge in Amsterdam punctuated by periodic grazing of beef broth basically a beef stock cube in warm water cheese that looked like Scottish fudge and a meat based product which if I was pushed would guess was pork. However given the Dutch propensity for our equine friends I fear I may have been wrapping my gherkin in Sh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/Wan-Chai/blog-785079.html Hong Kong is one of my favourite cities along with New York Tokyo Bangkok Barcelona and of course London. It has everything from food shopping entertainment culture and nature. Not many people associate Hong Kong with natural beauty but if you move out of the city you39ll find mountains beaches and much more to get you away from city life.I took a day trek around Sai Kung park which http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-782292.html So it has been a while since I have been out on the blog. I haven39t done much traveling or going to new places so no exciting pictures or experiences to add to this entry. I am still trying to wrap my head around the travesty and destruction which happened last week at one of my favorite events the Boston Marathon. Being born and bred in Boston this is an event that has been apart of my life http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-782059.html The winter snow is beginning to melt and the spring sunshine is putting everyone in the mood for travel. Its the right time of year to escape out into the unknown and explore somewhere new. But where should you travel to this springThere are many great destinations out there that would be perfect for your springtime break travel. Here are a few ideas to get you inspiredChinaDiscover the Forbi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-781330.html OK first i wanna say sorry for not doing this blog while on my travels but certain forces of nature prevented me from doing so luckily i kept a detailed diary of my adventures so i could write this now I39m home. Barcelona to Hong Kong via MoscowWell my first day of travels did not go well my flight from Barcelona to Moscow was delayed by over an hour and when we finally landed we were even http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-781149.html I arrived Tuesday night on the last bus from Guangzhou had dinner and then went to bed early.Today I awoke early feeling refreshed. I got an early start out the door to run a few errands before meeting my friend for lunch at noon. We went up to the midlevels to my favorite taco restaurant.We looked at the sky decided it looked like rain and went to the movies and hated it. It39s rare tha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-780148.html Before meeting my friend for dim sum I wandered around Wan Chai for about an hour. I thought I39d been there before and was surprised to realize none of it looked familiar to me. But it made the wander even more enjoyable since I was constantly discovering new things around each corner.I met my friend around noon and we went to a wellknown seafood and dim sum restaurant. It waswithout a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/Wan-Chai/blog-780147.html Between Chinese New Year and Easter I had a visit from my Mum from the UK. I took the opportunity to be a tourist again and get the camera out. It39s nice to see things with fresh eyes again and you appreciate things that you realise you might have forgotten were foreign or interesting or different.Luckily I was on holiday from work at the same time so I spent lots of time hanging out with http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-778178.html I might travel to HongKong around December Can39t wait to write about it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/Repulse-Bay/blog-778083.html Special Interest Tour Highlight Tai Chi Class To learn a few tricks on how to use the slow motion to lead your mind and how to ends with an improvement in your mind. Please wear comfortable shoes and outfit. Mahjong game It is a popular social game in Chinese community. It is a game of skill strategy and calculation. Dim Sum Cooking Class Dim sum is the famous Chinese delicacies our chef w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-777803.html Dragon39s Back Hike Hong Kong Trail Section 8 Difficulty Hiking time 2 hrs Trail length 5 km Duration of tour 6 hrs Best hiking season October to March Where else would be intertwined well with bustling city scene and tranquil natural landscape on the single hiking trail. There is one in Hong Kong The Dragons Back Hike. It was named as the Best Urban Hike i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-777254.html Everyone likes holidays and if that is celebrate in best place so it is best and useful for us the best place holiday is a need of everyone and that make us refresh for long time. Here I am telling you about best Platinum Resort it is an ultimate solution of taking rest and celebrates your holidays. If you want to holiday in your affordable budget so it is a right choice for you. The Platinum Res http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/Wan-Chai/blog-776969.html Dua always told me to drink more. So it is no my fault... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-776596.html We arrived today in Hong Kong around 17.00 local time. And as its St. Patricks day we decided we could at least have one beer. But I think we might have forgotten one thing... We are not in Bangkoks Kaosan Road and you don39t just walk out of your hotel and find a bar in Hong Kong. After of hour of exploring we ended up having fried rice wich could be Katrins national dish if I didn39t know http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-776391.html Off we go... First travel blog tomorrow from Hong Kong Dua and Katrin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-776238.html Theres at least one company Key West Express for example that advertises that getting there is half the fun. I dont know that it applies to getting to Asia. I remember that as a youth I would always ask my father are we there yet when on what seemed like a long trip. This is a long trip.Im writing this chapter in Seoul South Korea actually Incheon Airport during my five hou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-776152.html In the late 1990s regeneration hit the Star Street area of Wan Chai which despite its address is a little closer to Admiralty. Gleaming new towers appear a few years later with a couple of worldclass restaurants at the ground level of gated luxury apartment blocks. Cinnecitta was the first to open with its modern white interior drawing a wellheeled crowd. You will pay a premium but the past http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-774921.html