Blogs from Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 8

Today was absolutely amazing!! We went on a tour of Lantau Island, Hong Kong's biggest island. To get to there, we took a long cable bridge. The architects that created the bridge said there is enough steel in the bridge to wrap around the world 5 times!!!!! I thought that was so incredible. On the way to our first stop the tour bus stopped at a small beautiful beach. We all got out and took lots of pictures. We were only there for about 15 min because we had to keep moving to get to our first stop of the day, Tai O Village. Tai O Village is a small quaint fishing village on Lantau Island. The city depends on fishing, and in the street markets, you can find all kinds of sea creatures, alive and ... read more

Hi everybody Basically, next year (2011) around August time i am looking to start travelling around the world on a working holiday (as then you can prolong the travelling this way) I have a keen interest in food and drink and this will be the basis of my travels! I am currently a 24yr old dude from Leeds in England, where i am also in the process of studying for my degree in hospitality business management. You see the fortunate thing about my life at the minute is that i have been independant since the age of 15 and through my life till this moment,(where i am currently working in Hong Kong as part of an internship) i have found myself with just a suitcase, my mobile and my laptop, i have no ties whatsoever as ... read more

Vandaag laat m'n bedje uit..pfff...even geen zin..en het regend. Uurtje of 11 de stad in. Wil naar het Historisch museum van Hong Kong, maar bij aankomst blijkt dat het museum dicht is op dinsdag...grrr.. Neem MTR naar Sheung Wan en besluit een stukje te gaan lopen. Zoek Man Wa Lane op, waar je je naam in het chinees kan laten graveren in een stukje steen. Daarna Wing Lok street doorgewandeld. Is de laatste dagen rond de 25-27 graden met een luchtvochtigheidsgraad van 85%. Zweet dus lekker, maar verder goed uit te houden. Verassend hoe ze hier onderhoud doen aan gebouwen. De scaffolding is gemaakt van bamboe en wordt bij elkaar gehouden met rubber. Soms wel 80meter hoog! Kwam een protest tegen de DBS bank tegen. Protesten zie je hier niet zo heel veel.... In de middag ... read more

On Friday afternoon we ventured to Hong Kong for a weekend of sightseeing. It is such an amazing place and there are so many things to see and do that we have barely touched the surface of what HK has to offer. Friday We got to our hostel, Inntide Guesthouse, in Causeway Bay around 4:30pm. Once we got checked in we headed to the Peak Tram. The ride up the tram is almost at a 45 degree angle and was built in the 1800s, quite amazing. Once to the top the view is spectacular as it was a pretty clear day. We took lots of photos then headed back down the hill on the tram to meet up with 4 of our friends. We met Kris and Kelly at 7:30 in Kowloon then ate dinner at ... read more

After a great first day in Hong Kong, we arose early to go on our 7-hour Lantau Island Monastery tour. After departing the pier for the drive to Lantau Island, Hong Kong’s largest outlying island, we took the Tai Lam Tunnel to the Ting Kau Bridge and made a stop at the Tsing Yi Island viewing platform. There were outstanding views and photo opportunities of the island and the Tsing Ma Bridge, the world’s longest road and rail suspension bridge. It is over a mile long and links the new airport on Lantau Island to the Kowloon Peninsula. From there we also see the Ting Kau Bridge, which connects Kowloon and Hong Kong Island to Tsing Yi Island. These are both amazing structures. The suspension cable of the Tsing Ma Bridge was erected by the method ... read more