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Epic Hong Kong – Part II

April 25, 2016 by robincharmagne 19 Comments

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Hello pretties,
Epic Hong Kong China, continuing my last post with more pictures of life and times in this far east locale. I think I have close to 300 pictures! These are some of the city sights as well as some of the tourist spots…take peek ( may load slowly).

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Temple Street Night Market – you can buy anything here, opens at 4pm

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Most Hong Kong Chinese have a washing machine, but most do not have a dryer, you’ll see this a lot

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Street scene – city buses

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My favorite! Epic doesn’t even describe the Big Buddha

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10,000 Buddhas, all in gold, beautiful

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Aberdeen Fishing Village

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Epic Vegetarian meal with our tour pals – so good

Five Epic Facts About Hong Kong

 


1.Hong Kong is an Island
2.Hong Kong has its own money, the Hong Kong dollar
3.Hong Kong Chinese speak English and learn it in school
4.Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city in the world
5.Hong Kong has more Rolls Royce’s per person than any other city in the world

I had no expectations for this trip since I have never traveled to Asia or traveled this far, over 16,000 miles round trip. It far exceeded my expectations. Biggest surprise, English is spoken by most of the people we encountered so no language barrier at all. What I didn’t do, eat a lot of local food, one time on the food court at the mall, called Food Opera. It was so nice, like eating in a really modern dining room with fancy chairs and pretty light fixtures. Most of the stalls served Chinese, Japanese, Singaporean, Vietnamese or Thai. The second authentic meal we had was the vegetarian meal at the monastery which was so good. We ate at the hotel restaurant – LaScala, absolutely beautiful, McDonald’s, and Outback …LOL I admit my palate is not sophisticated so I wasn’t ready to try Dim Sum just yet, but we ate really good this trip!

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We ate good!

What’s the best dish you have eaten on vacation!

Linking with these lovely bloggers.

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Filed Under: Food, Life and Style, Tourism, Travel Tagged With: Let's Go

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Comments

  1. Gemma says

    April 25, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Amazing photos! I would absolutely love to go to Hong Kong. Definitely on my list. Gemma x
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    • robi9832 says

      April 25, 2016 at 1:41 pm

      Hi Gemma, thank you, I took so many pictures, so many sights and sounds!

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  2. Mrs. G says

    April 25, 2016 at 10:41 am

    Hong Kong is on my bucket list of places to visit. These pics are gorgeous and make me want to book a flight right now! Thank you for sharing a piece of your journey…looks like you had an amazing time.

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    • robi9832 says

      April 25, 2016 at 1:40 pm

      Thank you Mrs. G it was a blast for sure!

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  3. Jennie says

    April 25, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    Loved these fabulous photos! What an amazing travel experience this must have been. I admit, I am not terribly adventurous when it comes to trying new foods, so I may have struggled a bit there.

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    • robi9832 says

      April 25, 2016 at 3:45 pm

      Thank you Jennie. Yep maybe next time I’ll be more adventurous!

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  4. Sonya says

    April 25, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    I had no idea that English is spoken in Hong Kong. I would love to see all the golden Buddhas 🙂
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    • robi9832 says

      April 25, 2016 at 11:51 pm

      Yes Sonya, it was very easy to communicate which made the trip go petty smooth. Oh the Buddhas were amazing!

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  5. Audrey says

    April 25, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    Such amazing photos!! Hong Kong is definitely a place in this big beautiful world I plan to explore one day!!!

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    • robi9832 says

      April 25, 2016 at 11:52 pm

      Hi Audrey, thank you, I would love to visit again!

      Reply
  6. ChryssVI says

    April 26, 2016 at 2:40 am

    You look like you had a blast sight seeing. My favorite foods to eat while traveling will always be the local food from my home (U.S. Virgin Islands). One of my main reasons to travel back home is for the food.
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    • robi9832 says

      April 26, 2016 at 11:19 am

      Hey Chryss, yes it was a good time and my palate is not sophisticated just yet!

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  7. Valerie Robinson says

    April 26, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    Neat photos!! The food is always my favorite thing with traveling! I wouldn’t quite know what to eat in Hong Kong though!

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  8. Louida says

    April 27, 2016 at 2:23 pm

    Loving your photos! And thanks for these facts. I never knew that Hong Kong has a lot of people speaking English. Very good to know.
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    • robi9832 says

      April 27, 2016 at 2:49 pm

      Yep I was a little concerned about the language but it was easy peasy!

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  9. NERLINE GERNAIN says

    April 29, 2016 at 8:18 am

    Hi Robin!
    I just love how they hang their clothes to dry. God forbid one shirt decides to fly away. LOL!
    I don’t travel much, but when I had jerk chicken in Jamaica, I thought it was the best. BTW, I love Chinese food.
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    • robi9832 says

      April 29, 2016 at 12:40 pm

      LOLOLOL I hadn’t thought about that Nerline, but it could happen!

      Reply
  10. Tonya says

    May 4, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    very cool!
    interesting info about life in Hong Kong.
    beautiful photos!
    the popcorn and icecream look delish!
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    • robi9832 says

      May 4, 2016 at 12:11 pm

      Tonya, the ice cream was so good! I wish we had it here

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