Blue Hong Kong ~ A contemplative site

Discover your city (i): where is this?

Discover your city (i):  where is this?

Do you know where this is? A relatively easy one to start the discover your city series.
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Seen on the web: Hong Kong widgets for your website

There are a couple of cool Hong Kong-related widgets over at widgetbox.

Hong Kong traffic webcams widget:

Top stories from the South China Morning Post:

Asia celebrities widget:

Hong Kong pictures

It’s so easy to create a widget that I quickly made one using my pictures.

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Some more books for the Hong Kong lovers

Recently added to my Hong Kong reading list.

  • Pete Spurrier’s The Serious Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong, one of the many useful hiking guides for Hong Kong. There are so many trails and scenic paths that you will welcome having a guidebook.
  • Food is one of the reasons why many people on a visit to Hong Kong. Get Tatler’s Best Restaurants or the WOM guide, the Hong Kong equivalent to New York’s Zagat.
  • The Hong Kong Explorer Guide is one of the two must-have books for expats setting up home in Hong Kong for a while.

Check them out or the other books in the selection below.

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Ocean Park

Ocean Park

Ocean Park visitor numbers still dwarf those of Hong Kong Disneyland. I\’ve never been to Disneyland but I would happily return to Ocean Park now that they have added even more attractions.
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Mong Kog lights

Mong Kog lights

Neon lights in Mong Kok. Photo courtesy of this photographer.

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Morning at the piers

Morning at the piers

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Culture in Hong Kong

Culture in Hong Kong

Who said Hong Kong was a cultural no man\’s land? There\’s plenty going on, even though the Kowloon cultural district is still in limbo… This is the Chanel mobile art module on the roof of the Queen\’s pier parking. Photo courtesy of this photographer.

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Harbour view from IFC

Harbour view from IFC

This is a view across Hong Kong harbour from the ferry piers next to IFC. Photo courtesy of this photographer.

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St John's Cathedral

St John's Cathedral

One of the few old buildings still standing in Hong Kong\’s modern jungle. Photo courtesy of this photographer.

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More cantopop: Twins concert

I’m continuing my journey through Hong Kong’s cantopop music past and present.

A few pictures of one of the mega concerts by the Twins:

Twins concert
Twins concert
Twins concert
Twins concert
Twins concert
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The Twins are actually enjoying some success abroad as well, presumably with the Chinese diaspora. Here in Atlantic City:

Twins in Atlantic City
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Check out my cantopop video collection here.

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