Hong Kong Articles
Copy Watch? – Hong KongThe practice of shopping and bargining is a fine-t
South East Asia on a Hamstring – 2000Travelogue from Marie Javin’s 2 month tour of South East Asia with a tour company –
Indonesia.
Mark Brasher found it easy to slip into the expat
Manila to Hong Kong on $1 (2 of 2)After many hours of restlessly shifting around on my row of 4 plastic chairs and watching plane after plane load up and people leave, things began to quiet down. Night had fallen, and everyone seemed to accept that nothing was going to happen for a while. The airline counters were closing for the night, the [...]
Manila to Hong Kong on $1 (1 of 2)Putting the “budget” in budget travel, Nick O’Neil
Hungry in Hong KongAmity Mills is your guide to find the best deals a
Hong KongPhilip Blazdell looks at the former British colony
Arriving in Hong Kong (5 of 5)One afternoon I bumped into the guy who had directed me to my guest house, the English guy Dave. He told me he was representing a Chinese tailor’s shop and would stand on the busy street trying to lure customers into the shop. I told him my situation and he suggested I should work [...]
Arriving in Hong Kong (4 of 5)The following day I phoned my parents in England. I had a small amount of cash in a bank account and needed it. I went to a booth on Nathan Road and after getting through to England heard the message, “This number is no longer in service.” My God! I thought, breaking out in [...]
Arriving in Hong Kong (3 of 5)For those who’ve never had the thrill of landing at the old airport in Hong Kong, ‘Kai Tak’ was better than any amusement park ride. You enter Hong Kong airspace from the west, fly over the outer lying islands, then make a steep right bank to land in downtown Kowloon. Let’s get this straight: [...]
