Hans's Hong Kong Blog

The classic island tour of the old days — sampans, beaches, markets and memories.

ENSouth side

Three islands, one ferry day — villages, beaches and the Hong Kong locals keep for themselves.

ENIslands

Stinky tofu, the 1913 fruit market, dai pai dongs and Temple Street fortune tellers.

ENFood

Every filming location of the 1960 classic — Wan Chai, the piers, the steps — and how they look today.

ENMovies

Kowloon's sacred pair: the wish-granting temple and the nail-less Tang-dynasty nunnery.

ENTemples

Peak Tram without the queue, the cheapest skyline bar, the tourist Octopus app, and the island where the "Cat King" lives.

EN DEPractical

ESFRPTITTLHI

Stilt houses, pink dolphins, shrimp paste — and the bullet holes that still mark a dramatic confrontation from 1918.

Lantau

ESFRPTITTLHI

From a straw hut to the 36-metre Tian Tan Buddha — 268 steps, sacred halls, and why the face came up by truck.

Lantau

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Giant incense coils, chicken-blood oaths, and Hong Kong's oldest informal courthouse in the heart of Central.

Central

ESFRPTITTLHI

140 years of prison cells, Vietnamese graffiti, a HK$3.7 billion revival — and one of the coolest bars in town.

Central

ESFRPTITTLHI