Amsterdam Eat Your Heart Out

Hong Kong here we come...

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July 17th 2005
Taxi to the bus station. Bye bye Fred see you in a couple of years. Plane. Hong Kong. Hi Dave. Cool shuttle train with TV's in the back of the seats. Octopus card (prepay card like an oyster card for the tube). Ace. We're staying in the very swish Wharney Hotel, Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, which appears to be in the centre of the red light district but in a non-threatening, lots of normal bar ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong

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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