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Cunard

Cunard Around-The-World Week Nine Highlights: Joining the Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong

…nd the world in a 12-week trip that started in Southampton UK and ended in Hong Kong. Most of it on segments of Cunard World cruise, first on Queen Victoria and then Queen Elizabeth. This 12-part series covers the journey, experiences and tips – one for each week of the journey. This post covers week nine, you can read the previous week eight here Australia to embark Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong Day 57 (7 March) Noosa Body Surfing in Noosa Austral…

Tips for a stress-free move to Hong Kong

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Tips For A Stress-Free Move To Hong Kong

…manage everything, from packing to international removals, when moving to Hong Kong Moving to Hong Kong, even for short-term period, is incredibly popular – and it isn’t hard to see why. Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Choosing to take the plunge and move overseas is one of the biggest decisions a person can make. In all the excitement of moving, it can be easy to overlook some tasks on your moving to-do list. Packing, g…

Podcast #2: From Hong Kong (Disneyland, hotels, tours, shopping and Cathy Pacific..)

Hong Kong / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

Podcast #2: From Hong Kong (Disneyland, hotels, tours, shopping and Cathy Pacific..)

…ODCAST Travel Bits * Sheraton Hong Kong (Kowloon): http://www.sheraton.com/hongkong * Cathy Pacific: http://www.cathaypacific.com/ Sites and Tours Disneyland Hong Kong http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage Splendid Tours http://www.splendidtours.com/new2005/eng/index.asp Hong Kong Museum of Art http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/ Hong Kong Space Museum http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/e_index.htm Shopping H…

travel podcast

Tips for Travellers 149: Hong Kong Tips Revisited

…f Tips for Travellers shares observations, tips and advice for visitors to Hong Kong. Listen to the tips and advice: Subscribe free to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or TuneIn Radio. This show covers among other topics: Observations Dense with multitudes of skyscrapers and people. More people live and work above 15th floor than anywhere else in the world and has most residential blocks about 40 stories high and constant development. Very prett…

Easter Bunnies on Cunard Queen Elizabeth

Cunard

Cunard Around-the-World Cruise Highlights Week 12: Taiwan – Hong Kong – Home

…nd the world in a 12-week trip that started in Southampton UK and ended in Hong Kong. Most of it on segments of Cunard World cruise, first on Queen Victoria and then Queen Elizabeth. This 12-part series covers the journey, experiences and tips – one for each week of the journey. This post covers week twelve (our last week), you can read the previous week eleven here. Around-the-World Week 12 (Taiwan – Hong Kong – Home) Day 77 (27 March) At sea en…

Cathay Pacific Review: 1st Class London – Hong Kong

Cathy Pacific

Cathay Pacific Review: 1st Class London – Hong Kong

…has 100 planes covering 90 destinations in 33 countries. Cathy Pacific 747 Hong Kong Airport The airline has a formidable reputation, winning the accolade of “airline of the year” for 2006 from a major industry magazine. Cathay Pacific is part of the extensive “One World” alliance alongside carriers like British Airways, Qantas and American Airlines. This not only ensures that it has the “One World” alliance feeding passengers onto it extensive As…

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

Destinations / Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

…that Taipei would be like the big successes of the Far East like Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore and full of dazzlingly stylish and very modern skyscrapers and it would be bright and full of neon and energy at night As I was on the flight there though that it first struck me that I had no actual reference for the image of what I imagined that it was going to be like. The only image I had seen was that of the Taipei 101 Building that I had seen m…

Hong Kong Skyline

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Hong Kong Top 10 Things To Do – Tips For Travellers Podcast

…s episode of the podcast Gary Bembridge of TipsForTravellers.com, revisits Hong Kong to provide tips for travellers on the 10 must-see sights and attractions. In addition he also provides some key observations, historical highlights, best time to visit, getting there and around and general tips and advice. The episode covers the following must-see sights and attractions: The Peak. The Star Ferry. Temple Street Market. Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade. Symp…

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Thanks for Hong Kong Walking Tour Advice!

…Tunes in preparation for a year of travel with my wife. We’re currently in Hong Kong and I had remembered that you recommended picking up a walking tours guide at the airport. It looks like you gave that advice in just your 2nd podcast back in 2006. You’ll be pleased to know that the advice is still useful as we found the brochure at a Hong Kong Tourism kiosk and walked one of the tours yesterday, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We plan to do another…

Destinations / Hong Kong

Hong Kong Day-to-Night Time Lapse

…Take a look at my Hong Kong Victoria Harbour Day to Night Time-lapse video showing the iconic skyline as it moves from daytime to night and the lights come on. I filmed this off the balcony of my cabin on Cunard Queen Elizabeth docked at the Ocean Terminal on Kowloon island over a few hours….

asia / Destinations

Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Hong Kong Video

…The Ngong Ping 360 on Lantau Island Hong Kong is (without any doubt) the most amazing cable car ride I have ever been on. It travels a vast distance over bays and up soaring mountains to the site of the enormous Big Buddha. In this time-lapse video I made you can get a feel for the experience and the sights. I did this as part of my around-the-world Big Trip 2 Watch my video:…