John's Around the World Adventure 2005/2006

Hong Kong was my final stop on my round the world adventure. It certainly lived up to its lively reputation with much to see and do!

I met up with an English guy called Jonny, whom i did most of my siteseeing with. I had chosen to stay on the Kowloon region, opposite Hong Kong Island, in a pretty nice hotel. Kowloon is actually lively, if not more so, than mainland Hong Kong, with loads of stuff going on, day or night.

We managed to take a trip up the Hong Kong Hill via a cable car for beautiful panoramic views of Scyscrapers, as far as the eye could see! Fantastic Sight!

Although Hong Kong has reverted back to being Chinese-occupied, the City is still very Westernised in terms of its glitzy, state of the art shopping malls, towering neon office blocks, rapid and automatic transport systems shooting around everywhere. The scyscrapers even take part in a spectacular pyrotechnic light and sound show when it gets dark every evening, just the job!

Besides the glamorous side, Hong Kong has wonderful choices for Chinese food, markets and has many museums, parks and places of interest to explore. I wish i had longer than a week here it was so good!