The Bautinia Flower

November 20th 2008
Today we went to the East side of HK Island to see the HKCEC building ( don't ask me what it stands for!!! ) and the reunification monument aswell as the forever blooming Bautinia ( a big statue of an open gold flower ) which symbolises the hand over of HK back to China. Then walked along the sea front to the Noon Day Gun. This is a canon that is fired every day at noon, it is very loud and is ... 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

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Emma Loades

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Chris and Emma will be leaving the UK on the 17th November. Our first stop will be Hong Kong,then we are flying down to Oz. We are starting in Perth, flying to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock etc, spending Christmas and New Year in Adelaide with Chris Aunt and Uncle. We then travel around the coast up to Sydney. From there we fly over to New Zealand for 6 weeks. We then go back into Sydney to finish up the coast. Afetr this we are spending 2 weeks in Fiji and finishing off with a week in New York on our way home...this is our map: worldmapmaker=123... full info

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