.gif) HONG KONG
Golfing in the "City of
Life"
 What
to see
Hong Kong is not just Hong Kong with one
of the most modern world's skyline hiding the old Chinese
market streets. Nowadays planes don't land anymore at level
with city's roof on the old airport but on Lantau, the greatest
of the 235 islands comprised by the SAR Hong Kong out off
Kowloon peninsula and the New Territories, on the new (and
really passengers minded) airport opened in July 1988 by Bill
Clinton and Jiand Zemin.
And the 2.2 kms Tsing Ma
Bridge, the world's longest road-and-rail
suspension bridge, opens the way to city's hotels of Kowloon
and Hong Kong which offer plenty of options: city tour of
art, history and modern museums, shopping, sightseeing, enjoying
the exquisite Chinese (or international) cuisine, cruising
to remote islands with century-old Chinese traditions, hiking
over rolling green hills to stunning white beaches, trekking
to charming Chinese fishing villages, visiting to unique gardens
and parks bursting with birds, wildlife and plants, horseracing…
The Hong Kong Tourism Board said that about 17 Millions of
tourists have stayed during the year 2002 and all those visitors
have seen a wide range of natural, cultural and cosmopolitan
attractions.
Victoria Peak's summit and its
centennial (but renewed) Peak Tram are the most popular. From
the different view points, visitors can gaze down on the jungle
of Hong Kong-Kowloon's skyscrapers and the ferries ballet
in Victoria Harbour.
At night, the whole area becomes a dazzling spectacle of lights,
and local restaurants (serving good Chinese food) in front
of large picture windows are fully booked at early times.
Open-air markets are a fascinating part of the City of Life
experience. Step on the narrow streets around the Central-Mid-Levels
Escalator, the world's longest covered
outdoor escalator which moves about 36.000 people per day.
All around, open-air shops expose fresh vegetables and fruits,
dried fishes, tonic foods and lacked ducks, coloured birds
and flowers. The Ladies'
Market offers inexpensive fashion items
and while looking at anything from T-shirts to electronics
in the street, step in the old (1747) Yau Ma Tei's Temple and burn a stick
of incense with the local believers. Then take a ride to Central
through the busy shopping Des Voeux street on the upper deck
of a commercial coloured tram or by double decked bus to Stanley Market filled with stalls,
shops and innovative restaurants
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Centenarian Peak tram
and city tram
Tsing Ma bridge
Old markets in high rise
modern buildings
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