Adelaide Airport
March 21, 2010 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Off to Honkers & China!
Hong Kong Airport
March 21, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Much Later - Hong Kong!
Hong Kong Harbour
March 22, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We started our visit to Hong Kong with a cruise around the harbour!
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.
Stanley Market
March 24, 2010 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We also did a day tour which included the awesome Stanley Markets!
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 completelyRead more
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.
Temple of Heaven
March 25, 2010 in China ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Next stop was the beautiful Temple of Heaven back in Beijing.
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.
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!
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.
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.
