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Delectable dim sum, floating islands, and a one-of-a-kind skyline are just some of Hong Kong’s unique features. Get an eyeful of traditional Chinese architecture in Ngong Ping village, then take the tram to the tippity-top of Victoria Peak for unparalleled views. The rocks and gentle hills of Nan Lian Garden will bring you inner peace, as will a calming cup of tea in a Stanley café. Become one with everything at the Chi Lin Nunnery, a serene Buddhist complex.
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1. Kwan Tai Lo Milestone
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. WWII Battlefield walk
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By 868ih
My military past has meant I have completed a number of these military walks, or 'Battlefield Tours/Staff Rides' as we called them, the one I joined Martin on this week was one of the best. I would unequivocally recommend his tour of the Wong Nai Chung Gap in a heartbeat; if time was on my side, I would also ask him to guide me along the Gin Drinkers Line too. This was a battle that not many know about and fewer understand. From the allied side, it's also a battle that involved so many different nationalities and so many acts of gallantry - each man and woman a hero. It was also a battle that had some wicked challenges that we would find hard to understand in our contemporary operating environment. Why so good? Well Martin has an enthusiastic enthusiasm to pass over information and an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things to do with this battle that can take you from the 'super strategic' to the 'on your belt buckles tactical' whilst walking 100 meters. He also seemed to aim his brief at what I wanted to know. This was not limited to military facts - we even spent a short time discussing the concept of the Jardine/Matheson business relationship. Although Martin discussed all the military phases of the battle on a stage by stage basis (including the aftermath etc), another aspect that was discussed was the way this battle affected the people of Hong Kong - I believe this was because of his military background and his obvious love of Hong Kong. The tour's administration, meeting and travel were all spot on - no fault could be found. Likewise, Martin has a portfolio of briefing materiel, maps etc to bring the issues alive and/or had granularity. In sum, it was very well thought through (Martin even apologised because we were talking too much - I could have listened to him all day). In follow-up Martin has also signposted me to some great on-line information and some reading for homework (a task I am looking forward to). Would I recommend Martin's tour? Yes. Was it value for money? I would have paid more! Did it hit the mark? In spades.
3. Tin Hau Temple
4. Historic Structures Of The Tai Tam Reservoirs
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Mairwen1
Between 1888 and 1917 a massive program of reservoir and dam building at Tai Tam took place. An excellent hiking track, the Waterworks Heritage Trail, has gathered all the historic relics from this time together and created a path that takes you through the Tai Tam valley and past the reservoirs. It leads across the aqueducts and old stone bridges and takes in other features such as the valve houses, pumping stations and workmen’s quarters. Altogether there are 22 heritage monuments or graded buildings included on the 5 km walk. Detailed information boards are posted along the route, describing the history of these early constructions. The scale of the dams is striking but even more striking is that fact that they were built over 100 years ago, at a time when most of the work would have been completed using only manpower and relatively basic equipment. It would have been gruelling work in punishing conditions. Ongoing research has recently uncovered even more landmarks including brick caissons, remnants of a pier. Most intriguingly, a sunken Hakka village has lain beneath the dam waters for over 100 years. Diving teams have been recovering relics, including mud bricks, banyan trees, century-old soda water bottles and small opium containers. Make sure you take plenty of water as you can’t buy it inside the country park. Sunscreen and a hat are essentials. GETTING THERE: The trail begins at the entry gates to the country park, just past the Parkview residential complex. As you approach, you will notice signs for the Wilson Trail and other tracks but keep going past these until you get to the black and white gates for the park, where you will see signs for the Tai Tam Country Park and the Heritage Trail. From Central, a taxi will cost about $75HKD and will take about 15 min. Or you can get the #6 Stanley Market bus and get off on Wong Nai Chung Gap Road beside the petrol station (just past the tennis courts and cricket club). From here, you’ll still have to walk about 15 min uphill, up Tai Tam Reservoir Rd to Parkview and the country park.
5. Cape D'aguilar Battery
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By TheOExpress - Hong Kong, China
...for anyone with an interest in HK during the war. This battery’s condition, location and history make it one of the most interesting of all the old military installations I have visited here. Also the walk is quite fun, both up and down, as it differed completely from the paved path off of which it branches.
6. Stanley Military Cemetery
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4.0 based on 25 reviews
Hong Kong fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941 following a brief but intense period of fighting. During the Japanese occupation, Stanley jail and village were used as a prisoner of war and civilian internment camp and the cemetery, which had not been used for more than 70 years, was reopened for burials from the camp. After the war, the cemetery was extended on its northern side when graves were brought in from civilian burial grounds and isolated sites in the surrounding country. Although the cemetery as a whole is laid out and maintained as a military cemetery, in the older part, service graves and the graves of civilian internees who died during the Japanese occupation are intermingled. A number of the graves in this part of the cemetery are still marked by the original headstones erected by the prisoners of war, who collected the granite from the 19th century fortifications and carved the inscriptions themselves. Nearly all casualties of the local defence forces, chiefly the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force and the British Army Aid Group, are buried in this cemetery. The British Army Aid Group was a military establishment which came into being early in 1942 to encourage and facilitate escapes, to assist escapees and to get information and medical supplies into the camps. Attached to the establishment was a large staff of civilian employees operating in an extensive area of enemy held territory and the group gradually developed into an organisation for the collection of intelligence of military value and later into an escape and evasion organisation for the American Air Force. There are now 598 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 175 of the burials are unidentified, but a number of special memorials commemorate casualties known to be buried among them. The names of the 96 civilian internees buried in this cemetery are recorded in volume 7 of the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour. The cemetery also contains the new Hong Kong Memorial, which commemorates, by name, Chinese casualties of the two world wars who have no known grave. There are also three special memorials to First World War casualties buried in cemeteries in Kowloon and Hong Kong, whose graves have since been lost.
7. Ap Lei Chau Bridge
8. Tin Hau Temple (Shek O)
9. Stanley
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4.0 based on 3,040 reviews
Stanley is very different to other parts of Hong Kong, or completely different from what you think about Hong Kong. Stanley, located at the southern of Hong Kong island, is much more relaxed with beaches, hills and coves. You will find the western atmosphere in this small Chinese town.
Reviewed By Mairwen1
Many tourists only get as far as the famous Stanley Markets but if you explore just a little further, Stanley also has a couple of good beaches, a lively waterfront promenade with a stretch of bars and restaurants, Ma Hang Park and historic buildings like Blake Pier, the colonial police station and Murray House as well as several temples. In particular Ma Hang Park gets largely overlooked but it has easy, short hiking trails and boardwalks that lead you past coastal views and the Pak Tai and Kwun Yum temples. Entry is free. Stanley is an excellent half day trip. Several Citybus buses run directly there from the Central bus terminus at Exchange Square (6, 6A, 6X and 260). They run regularly and take between 30 – 50 minutes. Taxis are reasonably inexpensive (about $80HKD) but if you have the time, it is well worth taking the bus. Sit upstairs on the double-decker to get the most out of the scenic trip as the bus hurtles around the narrow winding coastline road, past Repulse Bay and Deepwater Bay. Kids will enjoy this and at times, it’s not unlike an amusement park ride, especially if you have the front seats at the top. If you have a full day to explore, then you might like to get off at Repulse Bay, have a quick look around and continue onto Stanley.
10. Bones Of Miss Willy
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