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Has anyone been to Hong Kong ...  [message #57307] Sat, 13 June 2009 06:46 Go to next message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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... and is there anything you'd particularly recommend doing?

I'm out here for two weeks, on my own, on a business trip at present.

Thanks for any suggestions!

David
Re: Has anyone been to Hong Kong ...  [message #57314 is a reply to message #57307] Sat, 13 June 2009 23:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Macky is currently offline  Macky

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David,

I really enjoyed the tour of the new territories, if they still do that. They used to go as far as the border with China and picked you up at most hotels in Kowloon anyhow. I also enjoyed taking the ferry to the old Anglican Cathedral. On Sunday morning a lot of the Kongers of Chinese origin were doing Tai Chi in the gardens around the cathedral. I went to church there. I was surprised by the number of British Colonials who attended. The tombs cited where their inhabitants died in the Opium wars etc. Of course it was a shopping mecca, which I suppose it still is. You can get good deals on pearls when I was there. I got a good deal at the China Fleet Club on graduated Mikimotos...I don't know if that club is still there though...I'd imagine not, since the Chinese takeover. Beware of the tailors. I'm still waiting for my coat to arrive via mail that I was having made there...that was the early 90s. Maybe I won't get it. I'm starting to feel ripped off. I don't suppose that they still have the bearded turbaned Gurka guards at the hotels anymore. They were colorful
but I would imagine that that was a colonial thing too. Great drinking town. I don't think the bars ever closed.


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Re: Has anyone been to Hong Kong ...  [message #57318 is a reply to message #57307] Sun, 14 June 2009 10:26 Go to previous message
timmy

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Sounds a long time to be in HK on a trip. The firm must like you a lot Smile

Do the naive thing. Find the tourist office and ask their advice.


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