72 hours in Hong Kong

A Green Business District

Maybe you can consider that whole Hong Kong is one big business town is, but between the high skyscrapers of international companies as HBSC, Citi Bank, Lippo Lippo you feel a the real business atmosphere. I saw a lot of young people standing outside the entrance of buildings smoking, calling or talking with other people. You could feel everybody is busy.

What I really like between the high skyscrapers are the many parks and threes, like Hong Kong Park and Battery Park. I saw a lot op businessmen lunching and reading articles on a bench. Seems to be a very relaxing atmosphere.

New Hong Kong

First though about Hong Kong is that it’s a business hub pur sang. All the international banks as HBSC, CTI, Goldman Sachs are proving that fact is true. Something that you don’t expect has a bigger impact on Hong Kong: Shoppingmalls. There aren’t a few giant stores around the city, but it’s a crawling web of long hallways above the streets from one shoppingmall to another shoppingmall

I also thought Shanghai is a city with brand new skyscrapers and high-end shopping malls. It turns out that Hong Kong is going one step father. There is lesser space, that’s why all the building are packed in the tiny little street. For that reason many building ()which I saw) have an one-in-all concept with gym/pool in the basement,  shopping center on the first 5 floors, hotel spread over 20 floors, restaurant and bars on top of that.

Old Hong Kong

Felix

Hong Kong is famous for there many views. I went to Bar Felix at the 28th floor to explorer the scenic. It was very quiet, but nevertheless the view was amazing. Bar Felix is decorated by designer Philippe Starck (one of my favourite) and is definitely worth to visited. Drinks are not expensive, expect the Champagne (HK$180 for a glass).

London of Asia

After a delay of 2,5 hours I landed at Hong Kong. It took me another 1 hour to get through the immigration, because it was very busy. I have taken the express train to the city and directly saw so a couple of beautiful sceneries like the harbour. At central station I took a classic red cab to the embassy and saw a lot of old double deckers in the streets of Hong Kong. If you walk down the street you see the same hedges, yellow lines, luxurious shops and everybody drives on the left side. Just like London!

Pudong Airport Lounge

Currently I’m in a Lounge waiting for check-in. The trip to Pudong airport was very and have faced no problems at all.