China Travel Stories

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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Exploring Hong Kong

Date: 2008-9-2 21:53:00 by chinatravel Tags: Hong Kong

I get into Hong Kong bright and early and head right to the Kerins' house, where my first view of the impressive skyline of Hong Kong came from their living room window, which proved unbeatable from any other angle. The Kerins' apartment is located in the mid-levels, which is high above the innumerable sky-scrapers down by the waterside. SarahJon Kerins (SayJ) was one of my friends in

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The Real Greatest City on Earth

Date: 2008-4-28 22:14:00 by Megan Tags: Hong Kong

I am writing from a 13th floor, archaic high-rise hostel. It's hot and the door is ajar, opening out onto a small balcony housing the washing and the garbage, allowing the distant traffic, pounding construction, and life sounds of the city to float in. The room walls are lined in blue tile and the bed is hard, with grubby old blankets for pillows and coverings. Two ancient, dirty fans are

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