View Full Version : HONG KONG [52] Sights & Sounds


hkskyline
January 21st, 2006, 10:48 PM
I haven't done a Hong Kong thread in a while. Here are some more sights and sounds from Asia's World City.

Background Music : TWINS - http://www.youtube.com/?v=IS_NTi8Fmsk

The old Bank of China is now overshadowed by the new one a block away and the HSBC masterpiece next door.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-164.jpg

The Legislative Council Building - in the heart of the CBD
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-163.jpg

Change is always taking place in Hong Kong. Here's a new skyscraper :
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-160.jpg

HSBC's details
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-166.jpg

Had I taken a few more pictures prominently, the security guard might have stopped me.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-172.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-167.jpg

Who wants to go to Island East?
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-034.jpg

Hong Kong's traffic isn't really bad at all given how congested the city is.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-043.jpg

Welcome to the new Bank of China Tower.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-151.jpg

Now this bus will go to far places.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-207.jpg

Guess where I took this photo!
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-052.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S01-040.jpg

The new 3 Pacific Place - yet another new skyscraper in Hong Kong
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-036.jpg

The new tram!
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-001.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-059.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-017.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050922/SEPT22-S03-005.jpg

That was a good movie. I was watching it on the way home from New York a few weeks ago.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-005.jpg

I still refuse to drive in Hong Kong.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050923/SEPT23-S02-049.jpg

The bus home from the airport.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050926/SEPT26-195.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050922/SEPT22-S03-007.jpg

Please stand back from the yellow line.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050925/SEPT25-104.jpg

Too bad the hotel room wasn't facing the other side.
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050922/SEPT22-S03-027.jpg

Happy Chinese New Year!
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050922/SEPT22-S03-040.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20050922/SEPT22-S03-018.jpg

| Part 51 : Shatin (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=95780) |

Skybean
January 22nd, 2006, 03:43 AM
Great shots! You've captured a bit of everything.