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Visually stunning Hong Kong offers a
warp-speed ‘shop till you drop' lifestyle combined with enclaves of
tradition. It is a popular tourist destination and one of the
world's major business centres. Hong Kong's 260 outlying islands,
few of which are inhabited, provide a tranquil alternative to its
frenetic energy elsewhere. Hong Kong Island is an eclectic mix of
modern skyscrapers, colonial buildings and traditional temples.
See the country's oldest Chinese temple, Man Mo Temple on Hong Kong
Island, which honours the gods of literature (Man) and war (Mo). On
the China border is Fung Ying Seen Koon Temple, built in the
traditional Taoist style with a double-tiered roof of orange tiles.
View Hong Kong on high from Victoria Peak. The futuristic,
seven-storey Peak Tower is reached by the Peak Tram, that rises 386m
(1,266ft) up the mountainside. In the New Territories, the
Waterfront Park in Tai Po has a futuristic Lookout Tower that
provides breathtaking views across Tolo Harbour.
Visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas
Monastery in the New Territories hills above Sha Tin, which actually
houses around 13,000 small Buddha statues. Also in the New
Territories, amble around a beautifully designed complex, located in
Tuen Mun, which features pavilions, bonsai trees, lotus ponds and a
Taoist temple. |
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