Hong Kong (Feb.25 - Mar.1)

Our final destination was Hong Kong, the city with the Monopoly play money. This is our view from the youth hostel room on Nathan Road.
The Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon.
Hong Kong Island.
The boardwalk at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade was redesigned to be the Avenue of Stars which opened in April 2004. It now looks like the Sunset Blvd. with the stars embedded into the ground just with Chinese actors and actresses.

Taking the Star Ferry from Kowloon to HK Island.
The tallest skyscraper is the Two Internatinal Finance Centre with 88 floors and a total height of 415m.
On the Peak Tramway from Central desitrict to Victoria Peak. The funicular railway covers a distance of about 1.4 kilometres and a height difference of just under 400 metres and carries people uphill since May 1888.
View from the Peak Tower onto the high-density residential towers.

There is absolutely no Burger King in China. I cannot understand their strategy...The fries are like heaven. Thus, HK hosts three stores, one on Victoria Peak and the other two in Terminal 1 and 2 of the HK Int. Airport at Chek Lap Kok.
Skyscrapers on HK Island.
The Lippo Centre is a pair of twin office towers in Admiralty being were dubbed "The Koala Tree" because they resemble koalas clutching a tree.
Acrobatics on the scaffold.
Double-decker buses on HK Island.

The Peninsula has a Rolls Royce Phantom fleet consisting of 15 cars. At the same time this has been the largest fleet order ever.

Every night at 8pm, the Symphony of Lights light and laser show can be viewed form various locations. The best one, however, is on Kowloon side on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront where synchronized music is played with it.

Bruce Lee statue on Avenue of Stars.

"Icecold fist" directed by Libao will enter the movies worldwide on July, 10th of 2007. A must see folks.

Found outside the Sheraton.

One of the cloth markets.
Oh, German candy!

The Goldfish Market is on Tung Choi Street and it is the place for fish lovers like us.



I believe this was Sai Yeung Choi Street South, the most crowded street in Mong Kok.

Shoe shopper.
I kooked myself up with some brand new shoes, too.
Hi Toby! We met her in Mong Kok by coincidence. HK is like a village...
That's my strategy for the future: selling tuning parts to China. Since the HK market is already saturated, I will take over the People's Republic of China.
Good job on the body kit and rims.

Fortune tellers? No thank you, I know my future and don't want to die tomorrow...
At a HK food restaurant.
Day three, off to Lantau Island by ferry.

Tai O, also known as the "Venice of Hong Kong" is located on the westside of Lantau Island. It is typical for its pang uk, a kind of stilt house that is built right over the waterway.



Dried fish, the local specialty.

Back in HK. This statue is a tribute to HK cinema.

Bank of China.

Amusement park on HK Island.
Enjoy the rest...

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.


HSBC Tower.