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Photos from my 2019 trip to Hong Kong

Wednesday 3 June 2020 07:00 AM

It has taken me a bit over a year, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2019 trip to Hong Kong.

Passing the 'west' tramcar at the crossing loop

My itinerary.

  • Day 1: arrival and Airport Express train
  • Day 2: Wong Tai Sin and Tsim Sha Tsui, MTR Island Line and Admiralty interchange
  • Day 3: Tsz Shan Monastery, Tai Po Market and Hong Kong Railway Museum
  • Day 4: Hong Kong Island trams and Wan Chai
  • Day 5: Repulse Bay, Mong Kok, MTR South Island and East Rail lines
  • Day 6: Hong Kong Dolphin Watch tour off Tung Chung, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, Central-Mid-Levels escalators,
  • Day 7: Hong Kong Observation Wheel, MTR Hung Hom station
  • Day 8: Lamma Island, MTR Kwun Tong line extension
  • Day 9: Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, MTR Sai Ying Pun station, Kwun Tong, Ma On (...)

Back in the saddle!

Monday 18 March 2019 20:27 PM

After two weeks on holiday in Hong Kong I'm finally back online and uploading new photos from back home - you can find my overseas stuff over on my other site, Checkerboard Hill.

Photos from my 2016 trip to Hong Kong

Wednesday 4 April 2018 20:40 PM

It has taken me almost 18 months, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2016 trip to Hong Kong.

MTR East Rail train passes Shatin to Central Link works at Hung Hom station

My itinerary.

  • Day 1: arrival
  • Day 2: Kowloon
  • Day 3: Peng Chau and Kowloon
  • Day 4: Kowloon and Hong Kong Island
  • Day 5: Lamma Island and Tai O
  • Day 6: Shek O
  • Day 7: MTR Light Rail
  • Day 8: Hong Kong Island
  • Day 9: Sha Tin and Ma On Shan
  • Day 10: Macau
  • Day 11: Mong Kok
  • Day 12: Hong Kong Airport

I also spent another 24 hours in Hong Kong, staying overnight at the Regal Airport Hotel overlooking Hong (...)

Yet another visit to Hong Kong

Wednesday 28 September 2016 00:00 AM

Time flies as you get older, and for me it is no different - I've just returned from yet another visit to Hong Kong. This time around my young son was also along for the ride, with twelve days spent visiting family and sightseeing around Hong Kong, plus a short stopover on the way back home from somewhere else.

Looking down on the still to be completed West Kowloon Terminus of the Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL)

I still managed to visit a number of new places in Hong Kong - the village of Tai O on Lantau Island, Shek O beach on Hong Kong Island, a visit to the quiet island of Peng Chau, and a night spent in a hotel overlooking Hong (...)

Photos from my 2013 trip to China

Wednesday 14 October 2015 00:00 AM

It has taken me almost two years, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2013 trip to China.

China Railways high speed trains stabled outside Shanghai Hongqiao railway station

I spent a week on the 'mainland' visiting the cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Xi'an:

  • Day 1: arrive into Shanghai from Melbourne, riding the Maglev from Pudong Airport, and checking out The Bund.
  • Day 2: Visiting Pudong, riding the Shanghai Metro, inspecting the rubber-tyred Translor tram, and watching mainline trains at Shanghai Railway Station.
  • Day 3: Shanghai to Beijing by high-speed train, and exploring the Beijing Metro
  • Day 4: Template of Heaven.

My photos from Europe are all uploaded

Thursday 6 February 2014 14:16 PM

Back in late 2012 I spent a month travelling across Europe, passing through six countries, ten cities, three rail gauges and 15 rail operators. 

8,898 kilometres of rail travel!

Trains from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Russia feature - you can find my photos from that trip on Flickr.

Diesel locomotive 2М62У-0063 kicks up snow while hauling mixed freight

You can read more on my other (...)

Back from another visit to Hong Kong

Wednesday 11 December 2013 14:04 PM

It's taken me three years, but I've finally made my way back to Hong Kong, having just returned from a two week visit. I also paid a visit to the mainland, visiting the cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Xian, along with a few journeys on the CRH high speed rail network. You can find my photos from the China part of my trip on Flickr.

China Railways high speed train at Zhengzhou East Railway Station

You can read more on my other blog - Checkerboard Hill.

My 2010 Hong Kong trip photos: finally complete!

Sunday 11 November 2012 00:00 AM

It has taken me almost two years, but I have finally finished uploading the last of my 2010 Hong Kong trip photos to Flickr. All up I took 10,131 photos during my two and a bit week holiday, with 2,391 of them now available online - you'll find the entire collection here - 100% captioned, and mostly geotagged.

MTR train stopped at the elevated Kwun Tong station

You can read more on my other blog - Checkerboard Hill.

Something different: Hong Kong

Sunday 19 December 2010 17:02 PM

If you have been following my photo uploads, then you might have noticed a big gap in late November / early December. That was because I was on holiday in Hong Kong!

Platform screen doors

Tram 105 on Hong Kong Island

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