There's an event in Stanley's outdoor arena
A Trip to Hong Kong, China - 11th August 2001
DH just happens to know some people who live out in Hong Kong, who every summer return to the UK leaving the house most-or-less empty. They offer to let DH use the house and take anyone else over, which is an unbelievable offer that just couldn't be turned down. And so it was - Nosher and DH made the 11.5 hour flight to Hong Kong to stay in an amazing five-storey house plus swimming pool in Stanley, to the south of Hong Kong central. As a bonus, one of the housemaids - Josie - was left behind to help us out.
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Somewhere in Stanley
The sea wall at Stanley
Stanley Harbour, near the Customs House
The former customs house, Stanley
Stanley waterfront, with The Boathouse
Stanley Market
A back-street restaurant we visited one night
A view from the house
The swimming pool, seen from the top of the house
A view from the top-deck of a bus
The Bank of China tower
St. Paul's Church
The Lippo Center, from the Citibank building
Connaught Road, looking towards Wan Chai
Hong Kong gardens
Some of the side-street markets in Central
A building is renovated with bamboo scaffolding
Markets in Central
Street life
A yellow zebra crossing
Looking down into Lan Kwai Fong market
The classic view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak
The rack-and-pinion train crawls up Victoria Peak
Nosher at the top of the peak
The back of HSBC and the Customs House
Nosher's legs by the swimming pool
Josie, our Filipino maid, in the kitchen
DH sticks some tunes on the CD
The Star Ferry heads off to Kowloon
DH takes a photo in the dusk
Hong Kong by night
Another ferry streaks past
The ferry terminals at night
Fun with signs: an inadvertent translation
The bar of The Boathouse, our regular pub
Josie's fresh-fruit breakfast
DH and Nosher sit by the pool for a bit
Nosher spread-eagled
In the park: looking out from inside a fountain
Zen Gardens from the top of a tall pagoda
Josie prepares some food
Noodles are fried
A pile of dinner
DH and Josie eat dinner
A pile of dismantled escalator stairs
Time for a quick snooze in the park
Terrapins try to escape from the pond
A teapot exhibit
A museum featuring a history of teapots
Inside a 'biodome'
Steamy palm trees
On the ferry to Kowloon
A view of Hong Kong from the harbour
A clocktower in Kowloon
Hong Kong from Kowloon
People mill around
Near the bus station
In Stanley, DH and Nosher await the bus
A dude with a giant stuffed Llama
Brightly-coloured steelwork in Stanley
Another view of Stanley Harbour
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There's an event in Stanley's outdoor arena
There's an event in Stanley's outdoor arena
Somewhere in Stanley
The sea wall at Stanley
Stanley Harbour, near the Customs House
The former customs house, Stanley
Stanley waterfront, with The Boathouse
Stanley Market
A back-street restaurant we visited one night
A view from the house
The swimming pool, seen from the top of the house
A view from the top-deck of a bus
The Bank of China tower
St. Paul's Church
The Lippo Center, from the Citibank building
Connaught Road, looking towards Wan Chai
Hong Kong gardens
Some of the side-street markets in Central
A building is renovated with bamboo scaffolding
Markets in Central
Street life
A yellow zebra crossing
Looking down into Lan Kwai Fong market
The classic view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak
The rack-and-pinion train crawls up Victoria Peak
Nosher at the top of the peak
The back of HSBC and the Customs House
Nosher's legs by the swimming pool
Josie, our Filipino maid, in the kitchen
DH sticks some tunes on the CD
The Star Ferry heads off to Kowloon
DH takes a photo in the dusk
Hong Kong by night
Another ferry streaks past
The ferry terminals at night
Fun with signs: an inadvertent translation
The bar of The Boathouse, our regular pub
Josie's fresh-fruit breakfast
DH and Nosher sit by the pool for a bit
Nosher spread-eagled
In the park: looking out from inside a fountain
Zen Gardens from the top of a tall pagoda
Josie prepares some food
Noodles are fried
A pile of dinner
DH and Josie eat dinner
A pile of dismantled escalator stairs
Time for a quick snooze in the park
Terrapins try to escape from the pond
A teapot exhibit
A museum featuring a history of teapots
Inside a 'biodome'
Steamy palm trees
On the ferry to Kowloon
A view of Hong Kong from the harbour
A clocktower in Kowloon
Hong Kong from Kowloon
People mill around
Near the bus station
In Stanley, DH and Nosher await the bus
A dude with a giant stuffed Llama
Brightly-coloured steelwork in Stanley
Another view of Stanley Harbour