Frédéric, traveler, diver, photographer

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Hong-Kong, China, January 2018

I took advantage of a few hours during a stopover for a visit to Hong-Kong. Following a delayed landing, it was done even faster than expected and under a light drizzle. I still saw to see what I had planned. I had contacted a Frenchman, Alexandre (met on routard.com) living there and knowing the city well...

He was eloquent on everything related to this city and I learned a lot, even if I forgot half of it. Planned places : HSBC Main Building, Statue Square, Two International Finance Center, The HK Observation Wheel, Victoria Park, Time Square, Bowrington Road and 1881 Heritage. At night, Hong-Kong is wonderful, even in the rain. A city to discover absolutely. Hong-Kong is constantly evolving with the construction of new residential buildings either on land reclaimed from the sea or by the demolition of old buildings. In the social scale of the country, the higher you live, the richer you are...

Hong-Kong in Cantonese Yale literally means: "fragrant port" or "fragrant port", is officially Hong-Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Life expectancy, 84.2 years, was the longest in the world in 2017. A British colony, it was returned to China 155 years later, Hong-Kong remains radically different from the rest of the People's Republic of China.

Sorry if the links are outdated or not accessible Hong-Kong (wiki) Hong-Kong (Google Maps)

The artificial island housing the entrance to the 6.7km (3.73mi) underwater tunnel that will link Hong Kong to Macau, completed by two cable-stayed bridges of 22.8 (13.67mi) and 12km (7.45mi)

Buildings seem to disappear into the firmament under the haze

The double-decker buses and left-hand drive, a vestige of English colonisation

The weather was not kind, but it allowed for some extraordinary images

The Great Observation Wheel as an endless wheel in the sky

This part has just been reclaimed from the sea. While waiting for the next constructions, a funfair has settled down

A view of the buildings

The Central Ferry Piers

The observation Ferris wheel facing the huge buildings

Ferry linking points in the city

A building without the head

The Ferris wheel

The new land also hosts open-air exhibitions

The buildings are haloed by light of different colours

One of the works of the ephemeral exhibition

The former French mission building has been unfolding its dome-topped lines since 1917, but today it houses the Court of Final Appeal

Sir Thomas Jackson Statue, Statue Square

A very nice invitation to sort your waste

A beautiful mural on this double-decker bus

Illuminated signs

Illuminated signs

An old building turns its nose up at the modern world. You will notice its condition

A very bright city

Fish must be sold during the day

A shopping street, still very bright

A beautiful clock

This old building looks sad

Large advertising spaces

A ferry ready to leave

The 44m (144ft) high Clock Tower of the former Kowloon-Canton railway terminal. It is also an unforgettable landmark for millions of Chinese migrants who arrived at this station to start a new life in Hong Kong or left to live abroad.

The interior of 1881 Heritage will transport you back to the Victorian era in what once served as the headquarters of the Hong Kong Marine Police.

An overview of 1881 Heritage

Bamboo scaffolding, I wouldn't risk it

Stairs leading to a department store

A light garland bringing hope

A banyan tree which has the particularity of having roots falling from the branches which, on reaching the ground, form new trunks. The bamboo tubes are there to protect the pavements from new trees

Like in the USA, number plates can be personalised

01/05/2018 - Hong-Kong, China

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