Metropark Hotel Mongkok

Day 1 Arrival

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March 31st 2008
Geo: 22.33, 114.18Bearing in mind I am doing this 5 years later with from memory...hmmm...Anyway day 1, we arrived in Hong Kong. We departed Sydney in the morning, flying with Cathay Pacific. From the airport, we were transferred to our hotel in Mong Kok, the Metro Inn hotel. Because we were the hotel furthest from the airport, we were dropped off last! The hotel room itself was quite small... ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more