Hong Kong is definitely an international city. It's filled with many companies from around the world making their presence felt. With so many sky scrapers jammed packed into such a small area, it has one of the most beautiful skylines that I’ve seen anywhere in the world. People, in general, spoke enough English to guide us when we needed directions. With the help of a friendly concierge and a hotel guest relations manager, we had no problems getting around the town (by taxi, street cars, or ferry).
The skyline of Hong Kong Island from the Peak. We needed to take a tram going up a steep hill. The view across the harbor is the Kowloon side where we stayed.
The Avenue of Stars, near our hotel, had hand prints of many famous Hong Kong movie stars. The most popular among them all was the statue of Bruce Lee, my favorite action star.
At 8 PM every night there’s a laser light show in Hong Kong and the best place to watch it is in front of the Hotel Intercontinental looking at the Hong Kong island side. The view of night sky line was incredible. It was even more beautiful than Shanghai's.
After the light show, we had hor’derves and drinks at Hotel Intercontinental. They charged an arm and a leg for it, but the spectacular view and the great ambiance with live music more than made it worthwhile.
We could have stayed at the Four Season’s Hotel,as my cousin suggested, and cut our around the world trip shorter but instead we opted for Rick Steve’s way of lodging; ie: find a place that is centrally located, provides a clean bed, and is priced reasonably. We found this and more at the Regal Kowloon Hotel. They even upgraded our room to a large one bedroom suite with the best view of the Hong Kong island. They provided a free shuttle to the airport and even stored our luggage until we returned from Vietnam; we couldn’t have asked for more.
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heh heh. love how you took a picture in front of bruce lee :)
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