Short Sham Chun Street is a scene of a pandemic movie Sham Chun Street is a short and old street with a traditional wet market in Mong Kok Kowloon. It cannot reflect the fast and amazing development of the neighbor of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (“Sham Chun” is actually the old spelling of Shenzhen. It…
Compare the room rate and surroundings of Peninsula Hotel in 1938 and 2020 Hong Kong’s Peninsula Hotel is an attraction because of its grand architecture, beautiful interior and long history. Frank the tour guide finds the interesting details of the hotel in an old Hong Kong guidebook (香港指南). In this blog post, Frank…
Share 5 reasons why travelers lose the valuable time and solution for travelers in Hong Kong Founder of Philadelphia, William Penn, said that people do want to have more time, but people finally waste a lot of time. This is particularly common when people travel. Frank the tour guide is going to analyze the…
Chinese steamed beef ball and English Worcestershire sauce – what a perfect match Chinese-style steamed beef ball with bean curd sheet is a popular dim sum in Hong Kong’s dim sum restaurant. However, eaters can only taste the best steamed beef ball by adding the English sour Worcestershire sauce. This perfect match between Chinese dim…
Hirohito visited Hong Kong’s highlights and hidden gems during his special private tour in 1921 When Emperor Hirohito was just the Japanese Crown Prince in 1921, he once visited Hong Kong on his way to London. Made in England Hong Kong Governor Stubbs became the temporary private tour guide to offer Great Britain’s VIP…
Travelers may take Hung Hom to Central ferry to sail across the Victoria Harbor Taking a local ferry ride is always a good way to TIY, tour Hong Kong yourself. The Hung Hom to Central ferry, which just resumed in June 2020 mainly for the commuters, is a good choice to TIY, especially for the…
See beautiful Hong Kong through the weather photos of Hong Kong Observatory Although travelers cannot come to Hong Kong easily due to the pandemic, travelers can still enjoy the nice view of Hong Kong through the high resolution weather photos of Hong Kong Observatory (Please bookmark the web page for weather photos). The high resolution weather…
People get hopes from the simple but beautiful Christmas decorations at Tsim Sha Tsui Christmas comes in a month. As always, Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui East Area has the Christmas decorations. Due to the pandemic-led economic downturn, the decorations are simple. The beautiful Christmas decorations still offer hopes to everyone. Frank the tour…
The origin of Chinese character “休” (rest) shows Frank the tour guide’s private car tour is very relaxed “休” for rest is a simple Chinese character with a straight forward meaning. Character “休” pronounces as “jau1″ in Cantonese and “xiū” in Mandarin. The character “休” shows that a man (on the left) leans against…
Larger and calmer Hong Kong Victoria Harbor under Covid-19? Under Covid-19 pandemic, the beautiful Victoria Harbor of Hong Kong looks bigger and calmer. The reasons are the disappearance of giant cruise ships and suspension of border crossing high speed ferry services, like Turbojet between Hong Kog and Macau. Frank the tour guide shows you the…
