Offering a highspeed rail to mainland china, the west kowloon station is a 15minute walk from our hotel and the city center such as tsim sha tsui and central is merely a. Written by locals, fodors travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. After introductions to all the main cities and regions youll find detailed and practical information on key sights and activities and be pointed in the right direction by several key itineraries. Hong kong is one of the largest outbound tourist generators in the asiapacific region and the outbound travel has grown from 1. I also explored the sars history through popular books set in hong kong, from romantic novels to informative works of nonfiction. Hong kong literature reflects the areas unique history during the 20th century as a fusion of british colonial, cantonese, and seatrading culture. Welcome to hong kong book centre online swindon books. Top 10 books set in hong kong jan morris, hong kong 1997. I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong and. It documents delisles threemonth deployment in december 1997 to shenzhen, a big city developed by the peoples republic of china near hong kong. Suep through the hyread ebookplatform, comprising chinese books that are mainly published in hong kong, covering children books for paired reading, literature and fiction, as well as books on business and economics, household knowledge, social sciences, technology and. Hong kong s eguidebooks offer unique and insightful tips on the citys history, cultural attractions, shopping and dining venues, outdoor activities and more. Entertaining, informative and stylish pocket guide, now with free ebook.
W hong kong amplifies the citys vibrancy, conveniently connected to elements shopping mall and five minutes away from the kowloon station with access to airport express. At etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. At night the many skyscrapers light up the night, offering a mesmerising spectacle. Hong kong has a small but growing number of brewers. Buy hong kong marco polo pocket travel guide with pull out map marco polo guides marco polo pocket guides poc by marco polo isbn. Millions of products at discount prices its shopping made easy. In this hong kong travel guide for food lovers youll find personal tips and recommendations about where to stay, things to do, and details about some of the best food to eat in hong kong. So, ive decided to compile a list of the best books about hong kong and my favourite hk writers, which i. Browse all 47,9 hong kong topics best hong kong guide books. More than 2000 free ebooks to read or download in english for your computer, smartphone, ereader or tablet.
Find directions with detailed offline maps, indepth travel content, popular attractions and insider tips with this hong kong city guide. Welcome to the largest online bookstore in hong kong. Jan morris is my favorite historian, in this travel book she visits hong kong shortly before 1997 when it is about to be turned over to the chinese government. Lonely planet hong kong is your passport to the most relevant, uptodate advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. With cuttingedge architecture, chic restaurants, and hip hotels alongside ancient temples, outdoor markets, and holeinthewall dim sum joints, hong kong is an intoxicating destination. Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat. Hong kong literature is 20thcentury and subsequent writings from or about hong kong or by writers from hong kong, primarily in the poetry, performance, and fiction media. A case study of hong kong residents outbound leisure travel. The hong kong letters is part memoir, part travelogue. Everyone would enjoy a travel to hong kong through using this travel guide because this is the only travel guide i have bought so far to have lists of goodlooking hotels, buildings, beaches, iconic monuments and the like. Jul 24, 2016 flip through my travel book about hong kong trip.
Travel novel or travelogue for china trip china forum tripadvisor. Hong kong book centre hong kong, china shopping lonely planet. Hong kong s top 10 hotel districts, shopping and dining, museums, activities. Explore hong kong holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. Mar 11, 2010 what are the best hong kong books published in the past two years. Discover the best hong kong travel guides in best sellers. Discover the unique items that frisonloguehardwoods creates. Hong kong marco polo pocket travel guide with pull out. He even gets in a little shanghai and hong kong to boot. We have over 3 million books available for you to buy online, in thousands of categories and deliver to both hong kong and macau. Top 10 hong kong covers all the citys major sights and attractions in easytouse top 10 lists that help you plan the vacation thats right for you. Hong kongs eguidebooks offer unique and insightful tips on the citys history, cultural attractions, shopping and dining venues, outdoor activities and more. Paus interest in art and technology perhaps could be traced back to her visit to the expo 70 when she was eightyearold.
The best time to travel to hk with kids for disneyland. Online book store buy books online in hong kong fishpond. Lee is a recent novel that is also set in hong kong. For those who like dim sum, this is dim sum heaven. Furthermore, the lack of available distractions are highlighted by one weekend trip to hong kong. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best books about hong kong. He described shenzhen as a modern city that is near hong kong, but it had. A hong kong publisher specializing in books banned in china has disappeared mysteriously, sowing fear among hong kongers that. Discover hong kong official travel guide from the hong kong. Hong kong tourism hong kong hotels hong kong bed and breakfast hong kong vacation rentals hong kong vacation packages flights to hong kong hong kong restaurants things to do in hong kong hong kong shopping hong kong travel forum hong kong photos hong kong map hong kong travel guide all hong kong hotels. Add it to the list, sophie, we use these lists as aide memoirs as to what to read next and having just checked out the blurb on the piano teacher, that might just be the one i go for next. The most striking feature of hong kong is its skyline, which is world famous. The hong kong disneyland resort aims to offer a comfortable, safe and enjoyable experience for all guests.
Discuss hong kong travel with tripadvisor travelers. Hong kong has a special history, being a colony of the british empire from 1842 before occupied by japan during the pacific war 19411945 while the british again resumed control from 19451997. The following is our pick of the best 7 in the city. This newly updated pocket travel guide for hong kong will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, from the citys amazing. Oct 21, 2014 the bookworms guide to hong kong the art worlds eyes are on the citystate for art basel hong kong but how is the former colony portrayed in literature. Suep through the hyread ebookplatform, comprising chinese books that are mainly published in hong kong, covering children books for paired reading, literature and fiction, as well as books on business and economics, household knowledge, social sciences, technology and medicines, language learning, education.
By using some 200 photos and 33,000 words hong kong s best travel guide helps you make the most of your visit to this favorite asian destination. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. There are two major englishlanguage newspapers published in hong kong. The purpose of this study was to investigate hong kong residents preferences toward destination choice of outbound leisure travel. Travel novel or travelogue for china trip china message board. Its a big change from a decade ago, when the festival was a lonely outpost in the wilderness of hong kong englishlanguage literature. I want emails from lonely planet with travel and product information, promotions, advertisements, thirdparty offers, and surveys. Top 10 books set in hong kong hong kong s intoxicating mix has been colourfully captured by authors from paul theroux to jan morris. Hong kong travel guide hong kong travel, hong kong food, budget travel hong kong, backpacking hong kong by amazing things, 101 sep 20, 2018 4. Hong kong forum, travel discussion for hong kong, china. This seems to be the best guide that there is for hong kong. The sequence where he heads into hong kong for a long weekend, geographically only a few. Feb 24, 2020 best hong kong guide books hong kong forum. Ari larissa heinrich contributes an english translation of qiu miaojins archival student film, which was based on her awardwinning story a carnival of ghosts.
Jul 10, 2018 living in hong kong for five years, i explored the city, the islands and the mountainous new territories. A political murder and the closure of a foreign bank by the communist government are the sparks that light the fuse. We charge by the weight of the order and not by the number of books. By supporting frisonloguehardwoods, youre supporting a small business, and, in turn, etsy. A collection offered by sino united electronic publishing ltd. Elijahs hong kong disneyland 2016 guidebook aug 20 2015. Perhaps some bill brysonstyle book or a novel about travelling in modern china. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is fairly outofdate on some things that used to be good, but really arent very good any more. It is reasonably effective at highlighting some of the main sights. Hong kong is a vibrant, happening place, where things change. Theres a guidebook for just about everything and everyone. Get hong kong travel advice on tripadvisor s hong kong travel forum. What is the best hong kong travel guide book for travelers in 2020.
Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong. Living in hong kong for five years, i explored the city, the islands and the mountainous new territories. Before visiting a place ive never been before, i like to read books that are set there. From its start, its been a business oriented place, shameful as it were, from the despicable practice of british empires opium trade to the modern financial centre, its always been a special place, distinct from any other british colonies, while seen as a unjust theft by the china. A travelogue from china is a 2000 blackandwhite graphic novel by the canadian quebecois author guy delisle. Thats changed in the last couple of years and you no longer need to subject yourself to a diet of watery carlsberg in wan chai and lan kwai fong. Gill shaddicks partmemoir parttravelogue of adventures in hong. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The lack of space has turned hong kong into the worlds most vertical city, full of skyscrapers. Frisonlogue hardwoods by frisonloguehardwoods on etsy.
We offer over 20 million books 14 million english books, all at great prices with free delivery on all orders. Each etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. But for many, buying a book is all about holding it in your hand, reading the back cover, and perusing the first few pages to see if it hits the spot. Hong kong welcomes with an iconic skyline, a legendary kitchen, and lush, protected nature where rare. Discover the best of hong kong with this compact and entertaining pocket travel guide. The travel guide of everyone who wanted to go to hong kong. A mostly selftaught artist, she gained a master degree in visual culture at chinese university of hong kong in 2008. Online shopping for hong kong travel guides in the books store. Hong kong books save now on titles like wandering hong kong with spirits hong kong atlas, fodors hong kong 25 best, and other travel. Hong kong travel books travel guides, maps, phrasebooks. Most of the rooms provide you with a handy smart phone that allows you access to hong kong guide map, data connection and local and international calls to selected countries singapore is definitely one of them for free. The hkrb theory, philosophy, literary fiction and poetry. Hong kong s official tourism guide includes tourist information on attractions, events, shopping and dining, vacation holiday packages, street maps, virtual tours and travel planning itineraries to experience hong kong s unique international living culture. Culinary hong kong has much to offer, with ubiquitous street markets a good place to sample the local cuisine.
Malcolm burgess is the publisher of oxygen books citylit series, featuring some of the best writing on the worlds favourite cities, including berlin, paris. I have a basic lonely planet travel guide but was wondering what else good was available. The expo 70 has been massively promoted in asia, including hong kong. A celebration and introduction to the rich cultural history and charming stories behind hong kongs nostalgic landmarks, small shops and scenes of everyday life. With her friends, she is reciting from maos little red book with no idea what fate awaits her or how. The man hong kong international literary festival opens tomorrow, celebrating its tenth anniversary with a packed schedule of lectures, readings and discussions. The ultimate hong kong travel guide for food lovers pdf. This hong kong guide is our reliable and easytouse travel companion.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Causeway bay books, located in causeway bay, hong kong, was founded in 1994 by lam wingkee. It is one of about 110 independent hong kong bookshops that rent out space in upstairs locations to avoid high rents at street level. Hong kong used to be a desert for interesting beer. Hk writers the 5 best books about hong kong page traveller.
This book is an entertaining read, and for anyone who has. This was a second travelogue written by guy delisle after pyongyang. The top ten books set in hong kong time out hong kong. Morris is a great historian of the british empire, many of her books focusing on queen victorias 1897 diamond jubilee.
The evolution of english literature in hong kong cnn. Hong kong travel guide audiobook by hong kong travel. An enigma wrapped in a mystery, hong kong is a city of extremes, whose stratospheric rise as an international power hub matches the upward trajectory of its everexpanding skyline. Id like to know if theres any highly recommended travel guides for hong kong. For some members of hong kong s literati, these books were a stain on the citys reputation. Thats the question we asked xu xi, a local author renowned for her crisp prose and sharp observational eye, and kobe ho, the friendly and wellread manager of aco, a wan chai bookstore and art space that specializes in books published in hong kong. If youre making plans to visit hong kong, the collection of islands that make up a special administrative region in china, youre going to want help figuring out whats worth seeing, how to get around and other great travel tips. In 2006, artbook publisher taschen packaged a selection of the filmmakers photographs and travelogue transcripts in a coffeetable volume. Pretty good book summing up the history and development of hong kong since its establishment up to year 1997.
I will be visiting hong kong for the first time in october. Best hong kong guide books hong kong forum tripadvisor. Why did you write a novel set in hong kong rather than a travelogue. Ride the hairraising tram to victoria peak, feast on seafood at temple street night market, or hike the delightful hong kong trail. Big bus hong kong open top hopon hopoff sightseeing tour. By locals a hong kong travel guide written by a hongko. This is particularly evident in the four chapters that deal with selected periods of the history of hong kong. Best hong kong travel guide books 2020 for travelers.
The comprehensive traveling guide for all your traveling needs. Welcome to book depository, an international online book retailer. Bao had no interest in publishing fictitious tales of sex and corruption, but he saw a larger. This guide book provides an overview of special services and facilities for guests with disabilities including. Hong kong travel guide ebooks for all free ebooks download. Based in the uk, we operate in over countries displaying books in 26 different local currencies, including the hong kong dollar. And hong kong does pretty well when it comes to stocking english language delights.
Hong kong has 26 books on goodreads with 14 ratings. Hong kong travel guide expert picks for your vacation. Books by hong kong author of historical and statistical. The airport was an important part of the independent publishing industry of hong kong, as the vast majority of the readers of books on sensitive political topics are actually mainlanders, not. Malcolm burgess, publisher of the citylit series, selects his. The ultimate travel guide to hong kong nerd nomads. When is the best time to go re weather and then what to do on the other days i would be.
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