Another from the Peak

Hong Kong before home

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September 1st 2008
The sky line of Hong Kong Island is truly awesome. Hong Kong was one of the places I’d been looking forward to and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Given it was a final three nights, we allowed ourselves some relative luxury and booked into a place called the Panorama in Kowloon. It was a great hotel, the best thing being we managed to spawn a room with a view out towards Hong Kong Island o ... 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