Hong Kong
7/24/05
The flight to Hong Kong was free of surprises; at the air port we took a bus to Kowloon City and found a hotel in the Tsim Sha Sui, next to the so called Golden Mile area. It carries that nickname due to its ability to suck money out of the pockets of tourists. There are movie theaters, malls, massage rooms, restaurants, tons of electronic shops just like the ones around Time Square.
After we got a room we walked around the frenetic streets of Kowloon all the way to the harbor where you can get a nice view of the Hong Kong Island like one looking to Manhattan from Promenade or Jersey City, the skyline is quite nice.
Right next is the Hong Kong Space Museum where we watched an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Theory of Special Relativity, cool!!! They've got a movie theater that is a hybrid between a planetarium and a normal movie theater.
Jack Shan seems to own the city though, he not just owns 26 restaurants but you can see his face in every corner of the town advertising all kinds of goods an services, from gyms to noodles and hair care products for man.
When we left the museum, it was already night and we joined the crowd of tourists on the Avenue of Stars, a sort of Hollywood hall of fame where Hong Kong actors have a print on the side walk, but the best part was to watch the light show.
This is a spectacular multimedia show, combining lights, music and narration, and it involves 20 key buildings on Hong Kong Island. The facade of skyscrapers are decked out in lights that, at the flick of a switch, glow in a myriad of shapes and colors that illustrate Hong Kong's exciting and bustling atmosphere.
7/25/05
On the second day we left the peninsula to visit the island and walked through the interesting neighborhoods. First stop at Stanley Street, a photographer's paradise where I was very tempted to get a brand new camera. But then the 'reason' (Angie) told me no. :)
Then we went to Wellington Street, with lots of little restaurants and food market.
Also we checked the famous escalator, 800m long, the world's longest. It is a convenient way of seeing the bustling city hill side which contains lots of upscale restaurants and shops.
Soho is the lively dining district, offering a huge range of international cuisine where we found a Nepalese restaurant but without its most famous national dish, the Dal Bhat. The name Soho actually comes from the location of the neighborhood, it is South of Hollywood Road.
Hollywood Road is also called Antiques Street. It has many curious and antique shops. All around we see the construction supports standing from the side walk 100% made of bamboo.
Another famous place in Hong Kong is the Bonham Strand West for ginseng and birdnest street.
Ko Shing Street which is also called herbal medicine street. It is renowned for its wide selection of Chinese herbal medicine.
For food we had the best Dim Sum ever, dumpling, buns and pastries served in bamboo baskets.
7/26/05
Our last day in Hong Kong was quite lazy; we checked the Harbor City mall, the largest shopping and entertaining center in HK, with more than 700 shops and restaurants. The day was devoted to coffees and relaxation, right in the middle of the hundreds of the always late and stressed city-beings :)
At night we caught a flight to Cairns, Australia.
The flight to Hong Kong was free of surprises; at the air port we took a bus to Kowloon City and found a hotel in the Tsim Sha Sui, next to the so called Golden Mile area. It carries that nickname due to its ability to suck money out of the pockets of tourists. There are movie theaters, malls, massage rooms, restaurants, tons of electronic shops just like the ones around Time Square.
After we got a room we walked around the frenetic streets of Kowloon all the way to the harbor where you can get a nice view of the Hong Kong Island like one looking to Manhattan from Promenade or Jersey City, the skyline is quite nice.
Right next is the Hong Kong Space Museum where we watched an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Theory of Special Relativity, cool!!! They've got a movie theater that is a hybrid between a planetarium and a normal movie theater.
Jack Shan seems to own the city though, he not just owns 26 restaurants but you can see his face in every corner of the town advertising all kinds of goods an services, from gyms to noodles and hair care products for man.
When we left the museum, it was already night and we joined the crowd of tourists on the Avenue of Stars, a sort of Hollywood hall of fame where Hong Kong actors have a print on the side walk, but the best part was to watch the light show.
This is a spectacular multimedia show, combining lights, music and narration, and it involves 20 key buildings on Hong Kong Island. The facade of skyscrapers are decked out in lights that, at the flick of a switch, glow in a myriad of shapes and colors that illustrate Hong Kong's exciting and bustling atmosphere.
7/25/05
On the second day we left the peninsula to visit the island and walked through the interesting neighborhoods. First stop at Stanley Street, a photographer's paradise where I was very tempted to get a brand new camera. But then the 'reason' (Angie) told me no. :)
Then we went to Wellington Street, with lots of little restaurants and food market.
Also we checked the famous escalator, 800m long, the world's longest. It is a convenient way of seeing the bustling city hill side which contains lots of upscale restaurants and shops.
Soho is the lively dining district, offering a huge range of international cuisine where we found a Nepalese restaurant but without its most famous national dish, the Dal Bhat. The name Soho actually comes from the location of the neighborhood, it is South of Hollywood Road.
Hollywood Road is also called Antiques Street. It has many curious and antique shops. All around we see the construction supports standing from the side walk 100% made of bamboo.
Another famous place in Hong Kong is the Bonham Strand West for ginseng and birdnest street.
Ko Shing Street which is also called herbal medicine street. It is renowned for its wide selection of Chinese herbal medicine.
For food we had the best Dim Sum ever, dumpling, buns and pastries served in bamboo baskets.
7/26/05
Our last day in Hong Kong was quite lazy; we checked the Harbor City mall, the largest shopping and entertaining center in HK, with more than 700 shops and restaurants. The day was devoted to coffees and relaxation, right in the middle of the hundreds of the always late and stressed city-beings :)
At night we caught a flight to Cairns, Australia.
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