Hong Kong's People - Human floods What I forgot and loved most about this visit was the overload of Hong Kong people thumping through the city's unique geography of half dilapidated: half bling streets. Everywhere you go in Hong Kong it is crowded. Even as against other big Asian cities like Tokyo or Seoul Hong Kong somehow feels more. As though a human tap has just been turned on. And this morass of people gives rise to beautiful, crazy situations such as...

The Island of Lantau The Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery We sadly could not wait in the long queues due to time limitations on our last day in Hong Kong, so we took the city bus and not the rope way, which was an experience in itself on the winding bus race-track where cars also joined in the fun! Hair raising, to say the least. Poor Rohan, my gentleman, offered me the last open seat and thus he had to hang on with both arms for the 1 hour journey - commenti...

OFF WE GO exploring Hong Kong's notorious black-market bazaar and budget accommodations, and one possible over-populated, multi-ethnic future for all…? Get your bearings Although most of Hong Kong's seven million inhabitants live in skyscrapers in the centre of Hong Kong Island, the "Special Administrative Region" is spread over an area of 1,130 square kilometres. Much of this is the New Territories to the north, a peninsula attached to the south of China sur...

The Land Between Tour of New Territories Before the 1980s, the New Territories were made up of peaceful countryside, with duck farms, fields, and old villages. No more. A vast 1,008-sq.-km region that stretches from Kowloon to the border of mainland China, the New Territories has long been Hong Kong's answer to its growing population. Huge government housing projects mushroomed throughout the New Territories, especially in towns along the railway and subway lin...

A few of our many highlights: Riding the Peak Tram The Peak is the highest natural point in Hong Kong and the Peak Tram has been ratcheting its way up the very steep slope since 1888. Once at the top you can enjoy a walk in nature around the town or go further up to the Sky Terrace, which is the highest viewing platform in Hong Kong. See Many Junks, by that I do not mean trash. See onto the decks of junks (a Chinese fishing boat) and imagine Hong Kong from th...