Nighttime Skyline from Peak

Hong Kong

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May 2nd 2006
We are now in Hong Kong. We are staying in Kowloon which is across the harbor from Hong Kong Island. We arrived here on Thursday night. On Friday week looked around the area we are staying and also went down to the water front. On Saturday we took a ferry across to Hong Kong Island. We walked up to Victoria Peak. We waited there until after dark so look down at the city lit up at night. We took th ... 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