Four Nights in Hong Kong


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April 29th 2008
Published: May 6th 2008
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Hong Kong is a very cool place. We had planned on staying in Hong Kong for about 3 days, which used to be enough time to get a Chinese Visa ... before the torch relay protests made China decide to "send a message" to travellers not applying for visas from their home countries. We were very disheartened to find out that the regulations for getting a visa had changed about a week before we arrive... Read Full Entry



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Thousands of emigrant Phillipino women congregate in statue square every Sunday - their one day off a week. A job in Hong Kong allows them to make much more than they could make back home or even in Singapore. Many of these women work in the service industry and send much of their pay back home to their families.
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where's Waldo (Travis)?
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Maxim's at City Hall
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The pedestrian escalator in Central.
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On a long trip you find yourself making notes on the strangest things ...
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Old-fashioned trams
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Central at night
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The historical "blue building" in Wan Chai.



6th May 2008

Great info guys!
The visa situation is also problematic for other Chinese origins, such as Singapore chinese, and Malay chinese, even they have to get a visa this year being told 'Until further notice', so we westerners are not alone. We will be following you to Beijing next week...very excited. Great blog!
8th May 2008

visa
what other documents did you need, my son is flying on the 18 th. Do you know if french have problems with the visa? In how many days did you finally got your visas

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