I am lucky enough to be on the streets of Hong Kong every day and get many opportunities to take photo's, these are my 36 favourite images so far and most taken with an Olympus XZ - 1 Camera
Not much in the way of text needed, this is a visual treat
Government House, home to the old British Governors and our current Chief Executive
Aging rockers belting out 1960's classics in English to a somewhat bemused audience
Hong Kong has some beautiful flowers / plants / trees and I do love to take photo's of them
With an IPhone I could never have taken a picture like this, my camera is a relatively simple point and shoot and I got a great image of a bee doing it's thing
When you get off the ferry at Mui Wo on Lantau Island to the right is a huge bike parking area... where's my bike!
If you are on Nathan Road next to the Eaton Smart Hotel you can see these buildings side by side
The Chi Lin Nunnery in Diamond Hill is a must visit for anyone coming to Hong Kong and it looks good on a sunny day!
I like Opera but Chinese Opera is not my thing at all, it is a fascinating and colourful spectacle but the noise will drive you mad! This was a free show on Cheung Chau Island
One of my favourite old colonial houses on Chatham Path in the Mid Levels jungle
The lady was my client, she is holding I reckon HK$500,000 which had just been withdrawn from the bank account of the chap at the right of the image, he was dancing a jig in the street after winning it at the races!
An animal rights activist would hate our wet markets, thousands of chickens are slaughtered daily.... I always wonder what the live chickens in the cages are thinking of all this carnage
Right place, right time and right camera setting... an interesting image of a ghost train!
OK... I admit to using a fancy arty setting on the camera but it does not detract from this image of a smoggy winter Hong Kong sunset
Bought by the Government 4 years ago, refurbished but still NOT open on a daily basis to the Public - this is the King Yin Lei Mansion on Stubbs Road on the Island, English architect by the way!
One of the reasons Hong Konger's hate the Mainland Chinese Tourists, the way they re-pack all their brand name purchases into suitcases in public
If you book a mass market coach tour then chances are you will end up in the Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road - you can get some great images
Part of the Chi Lin Nunnery complex - the Nan Lian Garden in Diamond Hill, simply outstanding
I imagine this scene is played out in all cities, citizens using their smart phones, nobody talks anymore!
I got lucky, this is fast becoming my favourite image, a shot of nothing as we sat in the NP 360 / Giant Buddha cable car on a very cloudy day
Meet Richard, Richard is probably very rich and is driving an absolutely fabulous Lamborghini
One of my favourite places, the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, somewhat over the top but quite simply, fascinating
My reaction to this scene was the same reaction I would have to finding an alien sat on my toilet - wander around Tai O on Lantau Island and you will Snow White and her Seven Dwarfs
One of my favourite colonial images, Statue Square Hong Kong with the Cenotaph in the foreground and the old Legco / Supreme Court building in the background
Despite many emails from me, the Government Department responsible for this embarrassing sign have still not modified / replaced it - idiots!
This is the Tai O fishing village, home to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and if you can find the time you should really visit, ignore the cheap boat tours and walk around - simply brilliant
Still in the Tai O fishing village - they have a small, old Temple which is very photogenic
The Blue House located at Stone Nullah Lane in Wanchai and legend has it the families living in there use buckets as toilets and pay an old codger to remove the waste every day!
It is always a jolly good idea to take the free ferry to the Jumbo Kingdom Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen, the food is awful and overpriced but it is oh so photogenic, this is the entrance
Like most people I have a thing about spiders so I went looking for the Golden Orb spider, I found a family of 5, they are huge and poisonous but absolutely gorgeous and they are everywhere, just lurking.
The iconic Peak Tram cresting the hill approaching the Peak Tram Station at the Peak
The Pak Tai Temple in Wanchai, 2 minutes walk from the Blue House, very old, very moody, very atmospheric and a must visit
Image number 657,875,365,188 of the Star Ferry. It is simply iconic and a wonderful way to spend 8 minutes.
As a visitor you probably will not get to cross the Tsing Ma bridge in the New Territories, pity, it offers some splendid views as you cross it.
You probably won't visit Tsuen Wan either, pity, this is where real people live, many in somewhat dilapidated housing
Quite simply the greatest city view in the world and yes, I am biased.
...and last but not least, the amazing statue at the Ten Thousand Buddha Monastery in Shatin
...and there you have it.
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