On the Star Ferry

Travels in Asia coming to an end!

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December 8th 2006
Unfortunately our arrival in HK saw the prices more than triple! Our accommodation, in a rather dishevelled building, in a small (Chinese size) double bed in the tiniest of rooms was to cost us five times more! This was a severe shock to the system.....so much so that we went to sleep!!!! Waking up, we took to the streets and within 15 minutes found that we were lost! We got ourselves out of t ... 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