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March 21, 2010
Dani and Dave on the hoof Hong Kong & China 2010
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- Day 1
- Sunday, March 21, 2010
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australia Adelaide Airport -34.936098, 138.53487234°56’10” S 138°32’6” E
Adelaide Airport
March 21, 2010 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Off to Honkers & China!
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Dani and Dave on the hoof Hong Kong & China 2010
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- Day 1
- Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok 22.308047, 113.91848122°18’29” N 113°55’7” E
Hong Kong Airport
March 21, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Much Later - Hong Kong!
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- Day 2
- Monday, March 22, 2010
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Hong Kong Jordon 22.305987, 114.16954922°18’22” N 114°10’10” E
Hong Kong Harbour
March 22, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We started our visit to Hong Kong with a cruise around the harbour!
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- Hong Kong Mong Kok 22.31776, 114.1709122°19’4” N 114°10’15” E
Ladies Market
March 23, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We had a couple of visits to the world-renowned Ladies Night Market in Monkok. It lived up to the hype, a truly enjoyable and memorable place.
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Hong Kong Chek Chue Wan 22.219052, 114.21285322°13’9” N 114°12’46” E
Stanley Market
March 24, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We also did a day tour which included the awesome Stanley Markets!
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- Day 5
- Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 3 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- China Dongdan Gongyuan 39.904211, 116.40739539°54’15” N 116°24’27” E
Beijing
March 25, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Off to China!
We'd focussed our visit around Beijing as we thought we'd get to jam more into the time we had available to us.
Beijing traffic! Interesting :) Road Lanes appear to be completely optional.. If there's a gap.. drive in it!Read more
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- Day 5
- Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Altitude: 467 m
- China Lianhuachi 40.431908, 116.57037540°25’55” N 116°34’13” E
Great Wall of China
March 25, 2010 in China ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Our first visit was to see the Great Wall of China. It was bitterly cold, but the skies were clear. Still some snow on the ground.
An amazing piece of engineering and well worth the drive to see it.
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- Day 5
- Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- China Longtan 39.883738, 116.41293439°53’1” N 116°24’47” E
Temple of Heaven
March 25, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Next stop was the beautiful Temple of Heaven back in Beijing.
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- Day 7
- Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 3 °C
- Altitude: 42 m
- China Beijing 39.90549, 116.39763239°54’20” N 116°23’51” E
Tiananmen Square
March 27, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
The infamous Tiananmen Square. Could not believe how many people were queued up to see the square. Quite a sobering presence to the place.
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- Day 7
- Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 42 m
- China Beijing 39.90549, 116.39763239°54’20” N 116°23’51” E
The Forbidden Palace
March 27, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
The Forbidden Palace was really cool! I remembered watching a movie, The Last Emperor, years before and to see the Palace in real was pretty special!
The excess is unbelievable!
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- Day 7
- Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- China Dongdan Gongyuan 39.904211, 116.40739539°54’15” N 116°24’27” E
The Hutons
March 27, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The obligatory Rickshaw ride took us through "the Hutons" which are a group of narrow streets and alleyways dating back to 256BC. We were invited into a local's house for a traditional chinese lunch.
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- Day 9
- Monday, March 29, 2010
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 74 m
- China Summer Palace 39.9987, 116.27106439°59’55” N 116°16’16” E
The Summer Palace
March 29, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
A day trip to the Emperors' Summer Palace rounded out our trip. A very serene and beautiful place.
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australia Adelaide Airport -34.936098, 138.53487234°56’10” S 138°32’6” E
Adelaide Airport
March 31, 2010 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
And home again!
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Trip end
March 31, 2010