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Hong Kong & Singapore Click on the pictures to see high quality videos |
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Hong Kong We've been here several times, as we can rarely fly direct to our destination, we have to come in wherever BA fly that we can get seats to, then go on to our final destination using local airlines.
Whilst on Hong Kong Island, there are several trips, visiting Victoria Peak being one of them. Take the escalators up through the residential areas, then take the Peak Tram the rest of the way. The views at the top are fantastic, even though it is often hazy. Imagine looking down on the skyscrapers! Also visit Stanley Market, an interesting bus ride away on the south side of HK Island, and also Aberdeen, the home of the giant floating restaurants.
Singapore This is another city we arrive and depart from, and have spent odd weekends at the beginning and end of holidays. It's a fascinating city, modern and clean, but with plenty of reminders of it's colonial past. Great for shopping, but also places to relax in. |
Getting around is easy, buy an Octopus card at the airport, similar to London's Oyster card (though the HK version predates London by nearly a decade and can be used on more forms of transport, and in some shops) and take the train into the city. The MTR, which is mostly but not always underground, goes pretty well everywhere, but the best way to get to HK Island, at least once, is the Star Ferry.
On the Kowloon side, there is the waterfront area, and shops, plus take the train further inland and find a night market. On one of our visits Hong Kong was celebrating it's 10th anniversary of being part of China. While we were there this included a laser and firework display on the Hong Kong Island waterfront skyscrapers, while people lined the Kowloon waterfont 'Street of the Stars' to watch.
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