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

by Gary Bembridge · September 16, 2005

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This week’s podcast was recorded in Hong Kong in the week that the new Disneyland Hong Kong opened on the man made landfill island where the (very nice) airport is.

In the podcast, I look at the reaction to the new Disneyland (the 3rd outside of the USA and also the smallest) and then explore what else there is to do in Hong Kong. As it is mostly shopping, I talk about a few great places to go to do that. I do recommend some short half day tours that are worth looking at doing.

Finally I look at the recent history of Hong Kong and Cathy Pacific. Cathy is the Hong Kong based airline, and member of the One World Alliance that I travelled from London Heathrow to Hong Kong on. In their very nice First Class.

Next week’s podcast will be recorded in and be about Sydney Australia.

VIDEO CLIPS AND PHOTOS
* Short video clip of my hotel room: (To follow – problems with downloading)
* My Pictures of Hong Kong: (To follow – problems with downloading)

PODCAST # 2: click here to listen to or “right click” and save to desktop

Hope you enjoy or enjoyed the podcast, drop me an email with any comment or thoughts!

WEBSITE LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST

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
Harbour City Shopping Mall
http://www.harbourcity.com.hk/hc/en/frontpage.html

Ocean Terminal
http://www.oceanterminal.com.hk/

DFS (Duty Free Store) Department Store
http://www.dfsgalleria.com (and select Hong Kong)

OTHER USEFUL LINKS
History of Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong