http://www.celestial-china.com/blog China Travel Advice, Info, Articles & Much More Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:49:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Until the early 1970s the Star Ferry - founded as the Kowloon Ferry - was the only way to make the journey between Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/12/26/victoria-harbor/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }   Hong Kong being itself an island, there are others less well known but equally worth a visit. Lantau Island, facing the South China Sea and home to the famed giant ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/12/25/hong-kong-lantau-island-po-lin-monastery/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } While many large cities have skyscrapers that offer a view from the top, Hong Kong gives its visitors Victoria Peak with its 1,810 feet (552m), higher than any existing skyscraper. Thanks ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/12/25/hong-kong-at-night/ Like many international metropoli composed of immigrants, Shanghai is a bustling boom town. But whereas Manhattan grew explosively in the 19th century, Shanghai is experiencing that phenomenon now. Rapidly becoming a world economic powerhouse, there is more construction occurring in Shanghai than anywhere else on Earth. Hundreds of cranes daily swing ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/12/24/shanghai-manhattan-of-china/ Hong Kong offers tourists a lot of things to see and do. In fact, there's no good place to start or end because there is so much more than could ever be experienced within a few days. Visitors could start by getting a good workout followed by a spectacular sight. Walking ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/11/03/china-hong-kong-city-of-dreams/ Under construction from the 3rd century BC to the 16th century AD, the Great Wall of China stretches from east to west across one of the largest countries in the world. From Shan-Hai Pass near Po Hai to Chia-Yu Pass, this 6,300 km (3,800 mi) combination wall and string of fortresses ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/11/03/china-the-great-wall-of-china/ With a population over 1.3 billion, a land mass almost 9.6 million square kilometers, and a culture over 5,000 years old, China is a vast country in every sense. One of the world's largest politically unified areas (fourth after Russia, Canada and the U.S.), China is bordered by a dozen others, ... http://www.celestial-china.com/blog/2006/11/02/your-online-travel-guide-to-china/