Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery (Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Outlying Islands, Hong Kong) – at one time this was simply a remote monastery hidden by lush, mountain scenery. Nowadays, the Po Lin Monastery made it to the world map when the extraordinary Tian Tan Buddha statue (informally known as the Big Buddha) was erected […]
Avenue of the Stars (Promenade, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon) – this strip pays tribute to the actors that helped made Hong Kong the “Hollywood of the East”, while giving visitors a panoramic view of the the city’s skyline. Here, visitors will see commemorative plaques, celebrity handprints, descriptive milestones, movie memorabilia, a life-size statue of kung […]
Hong Kong, which is not just a city-state, but one of the world’s major trading centers, began to grow in prominence when it became a British colony in 1842. In 1860, this colony grew from Hong Kong Island to the Kowloon Peninsula, and again into the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong went through Japanese […]