Hong Kong is not Singapore, but there are also many skyscrapers;
a fishing village with skyscrapers. 😉
Hong Kong – A Symphony of Lights
Hong Kong is famous for “Symphony of Lights”.
It’s a spectacular light and laser show.
A nice way to finish a day in Hong Kong. 🙂
Hong Kong – Night Markets
Visiting night markets is a must-do experience in Asia.
In Hong Kong, you’ll also find nice places with delicious food. 🙂
Hong Kong – Dried Sea-Food
Hong Kong – Fishing
Like it’s usually in islands, fishing is important in Hong Kong. That makes local cuisine more delicious. 🙂
Hong Kong – White Parrots
I already mentioned that Hong Kong looked to me like a civilized jungle.
Another reason for it, were these cute white parrots (cockatoo) flying over your heads and skyscrapers; kind of local pigeons. 😀
Hong Kong – Trams
Hong Kong is proud of having a great and cheap public transport system.
Whenever it’s true or not; I think they have lovely trams!
Look at this old, narrow double-decker tramway; isn’t it nice?
Hong Kong – Language
Hong Kong’s official languages are Chinese (Cantonese) and English.
And that’s a good news for tourists, however not everyone in Hong Kong can really speak English; well, it’s still better than in mainland China.
Hong Kong – Jungle in the City
After a few days in Hong Kong, I had the impression that it’s a “civilized jungle”. 😉
You walk along the street, see all modern buildings, and trees roots getting out everywhere like showing “we’re still here, we’re still powerful”…
Hong Kong – Business
Hong Kong is a very important destination for business people.
Hong Kong – Visa-Free
Hong Kong has its own rules concerning entering its territory, what is in many cases much easier than for entering mainland China.
Visitors from many countries can enter Hong Kong for a given period without a visa.
Hong Kong – Currency
Hong Kong has it’s own official currency; it’s called Hong Kong dollar (HKD); so Hong Kong doesn’t use Chinese Yuan.
Hong Kong – British remnants
Like in other countries that used to be British colonies, in Hong Kong you’ll find many “British”-things, e.g., left-hand traffic or three-pin electrical sockets.
Hong Kong – British Colony
For many years (1841-1997), Hong Kong was a British colony.
This long period made Hong Kong a very special place, and I think in a positive way.
Hong Kong – Autonomy
Hong Kong is kind of autonomous region, however it’s rather treated internationally like a small country with it’s own rules on many aspects;
almost having more common with the UK than with China; kind of…
Hong Kong – Status
I have to finally mention what’s the status of Hong Kong.
Is it a separate country? – No.
Is it part of China? – Kind of, it’s an autonomous territory.
It is officially called the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
In the next days, I’ll tell you more, what it means.
Hong Kong – Climate
Hong Kong has a humid subtropical climate.
It’s actually possible to distinguish 4 seasons in Hong Kong.
I visited Hong Kong in winter (February) and the weather was lovely!
Hong Kong – Pollution
Hong Kong, unfortunately, suffers a lot from pollution.
What’s interesting, the air pollution doesn’t come really from Hong Kong but mostly from mainland China…
Hong Kong – First View
Before I went to Hong Kong, I was reading a bit and watching some movies about Hong Kong.
I remember well the cover from the guidebook, it was a very similar picture to the one I’m showing you today. I thought, the picture was old, not so well done… But when I finally had this view in the front of my eyes, it was exactly like on this “old” picture.
Hong Kong is like that, kind of foggy, polluted; it’s like it is.
Now, I like this view a lot. 🙂
Hong Kong – Introduction
Welcome to Asia!
This month is going to all about one special place in Asia – Hong Kong.
Have you been to Hong Kong?