Bus Hong Kong to Xiamen

Date: 2011-9-9 5:25:00 by merelgommers Tags: Hong Kong bus Xiamen

A few days ago I travelled by bus from Hong Kong to Xiamen. I was afraid that it would by a horrible bus trip, however, it was really nice. At the border of Hong Kong we had to get off the bus and in Shenzhen again for immigration stuff and customs. After Shenzen we had to get on another bus, the staff didn't speak English but we managed to understand them although we don't speak Chi

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Take the bus to The Peak

Date: 2011-4-27 21:12:00 by Olette Tags: Hong Kong Kowloon bus tram

 After seeing the crowds waiting for The Peak tram in Hong Kong, I decided that I should try to go up a different way, on the public bus 15C which you can find easily, outside the Star Ferry Pier on Hong Kong Island. The bus was nearly empty and I was able to sit on the upper deck in the front row seat. From Central, the bus went through Admiralty and Wanchai before weaving its way up the

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Recreation While on Your Shopping Trip to Hong Kong

Date: 2010-2-24 21:59:00 by chinatravel Tags: Hong Kong Shopping

Hong Kong is one of the world’s most famous tourist cities, but it is also a good place to go for recreation in East and Southeast Asia. It is has had a worldwide reputation as one of the world’s best places to shop. This makes sense since there are no sales taxes and almost no taxes at all, and it is one of China’s busiest ports, right next to the ShenZhen Special Economic Zo

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Hong Kong, City of Life and Lights

Date: 2008-9-26 22:32:00 by chinatravel Tags: Hong Kong

Hong Kong! The legendary Chinese city of life and lights, where millionaires rub shoulders with fresh-off-the-boat immigrants, skyscrapers overshadow shanties and class division are as dramatic as the neon that illuminates it all.

Located on the southernmost banks of the Chinese mainland and pressed against the South China Sea, there truly is nowhere else in the world like Hong Kong, fo

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Hong Kong Experience by Tom Carter

Date: 2008-9-18 22:36:00 by chinatravel Tags: Hong Kong

Having spent over two-and-a-half straight years in the Chinese mainland without leave, it was with both anticipation and apprehension that I recently crossed the southern border into Asia's wealthiest city.

Despite its one-stop-shopping popularity with Mainland expats needing new clothes and a new visa, I truly had no idea what to expect in the former crown colony that supposedly makes

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