the room of our hostel was not much bigger than the bed itself. At least the bed was elevated so we had storage room underneath it :-)
billboards everywhere and as far as you can see. There are even so many that it is unlikely to find the one billboard you are looking for..
Edgar happy with his (unidentified) street food
these people were queueing for (apparently very famous) cookies
"fish in a bag" - in a street where they only sell fish and aquarium stuff
night market in the street
so many times we were amazed by the sheer amount of people in HK
there is a free light show in Victoria Harbour every evening at 8PM.
going from Tsim Sha Tsui to downtown by ferry was only 0,2€ - public transportation is ridiculously cheap in HK
everything in HK is high - even the trams have 2 levels.
our necks hurt quite often as we were looking up so much
despite the countless skyscrapers Hong Kong was very colorful with green parks and lots of (street) art
after half a year we were happy to eat a Brezel again :-)
Spiderman entertaining the waiting crowd on Dec 31
as we both grew up in small towns it was very hard for us to image to live with thousands of neighbours in one gigantic skyscraper
view of downtown and Victoria Peak in the background
parts of the dragon are so golden because everybody entering the temple touches it for good luck
this temple was so peaceful and quiet that you could even forget you are in a immensely big city
because the appartments are so small the people even dry their clothes on a handrail in the street
almost all the scaffolds were made of Bamboo - which at least for us made them seem pretty scary
on the way to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
view from Victoria Peak - it was really foggy / smoggy the entire time we were in HK
view from Victoria Peak at night
as the 8 is a lucky number in Chinese it is no wonder that a Coke bottle contains 888mL ;-)
2 floor public transport everywhere ;-)
pink Windows tram meets iPhone advertisement
uncountable containers on this enormous ship
we made a day trip to Lantau Island and the Tian Tan Buddha
we called this the bee-hive (German: Bienenstock)
Hong Kong even has some nice beaches
Panorama of the downtown skyline. Seen from Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront
"Symphony of Lights" light show at 8PM
one evening we did a harbour tour with a traditional junk
in HK the taxis are colour-coded - red for urban areas, green for the New Territories, and blue for south Lantau Island - and always the same model "Toyota Crown Comfort"
