Hong Kong Life

Crowded apartment house on Hong Kong Island

December 13th 2017
For the second time in a month, we found ourselves in Shanghai's massive Pudong airport. Last time we were headed back to the U.S. and booked a nearby hotel to spend our long layover in. Stretching out for a few hours in a comfortable bed and having a relaxed meal is a rare luxury that we enjoyed when we had the chance. This time we were going in the opposite direction and had already spen ... 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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Nanci and David Curry

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In July of 2011, we made the decision to leave our comfortable jobs in Northern California to see the world. We weren’t sure where we were going to go or how long we would be gone, but we wanted an adventure and we knew we could find it if we looked carefully enough. We would travel slowly, staying in cities and towns for longer periods than most tourists have time for. Hopefully, it would give us an opportunity to observe local life in a unique way. In June of 2019, we completed our 8th consecutive year of travel. We visited 53 countries on 4 continents and travelled for 2873 straight da... full info

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14th December 2017

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

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I had to look at this for a while Nanci. Then I realised you were looking up and I could hear you saying, "Wow, Wow, Wow."

14th December 2017

nancic123
Nanci and David Curry

Wow...
This is a pretty popular place to take pictures for visitors. It is on H.K. island in an old tenement building. There were probably 10 other photographers here taking pictures. We talked to some of the residents and they said it was like that every night and they didn't understand why it was so popular. It may be the first tenement to ever go viral! It is on the flight path for the airport and some people have a plane in the center of the picture which adds a lot of interest. Thanks for commenting, Dave!

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