Victoria Peak If you picture Hong Kong as a dragon, with qi or energy coursing through it, then Victoria Peak is the summit of the dragon's spine; and the Peak is unquestionably Hong Kong 's premier tourist site. If you visit in summer you'll no doubt sympathize with Sir Richard MacDonnell, a Governor of Hong Kong in the nineteenth century, who moved his residence there to avoid the tropical torpor down by the harbor.  » Read more »

Just to the south of Hong Kong lies Macao. This tiny territory of just under thirty square kilometres must be one of the few places in the world where a former colony boasts a higher per capita income than the parent country. Macao was settled while the Portuguese were acting as middlemen for trade between the Chinese and Japanese during the sixteenth century. These days it is internationally known for the casinos, whose revenues now better those of Las Vegas ,  » Read more »

Day One You will land at Hong Kong 's new international airport. This was Britain 's last infrastructural project before handing over this dynamic commercial hub to China in 1997. Since then, despite fears to the contrary, this financial center of dizzying contemporary architecture, perched on a tiny tropical atoll in the South China Sea , has retained its potency as the major gateway to doing business in China. After transferring to your beautiful hotel,  » Read more »

The Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong has a population of around 7 million. The SAR is comprised of the island of Hong Kong, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, which abut China proper, and more than 200 islands, ranging from Lantau Island which is bigger than the island of Hong Kong, to small outcrops in the surrounding seas; the total area is a little over a thousand square kilometers, so it would fit neatly into the city of Los Angeles.  » Read more »

reported by Maria Shollenbarger We know what you’re thinking: with flights and hotels just a click away, it’s never been easier to plan your own trip. But at the moment when your time and money matter more than ever, a trusted travel expert can take all the hassle out of travel planning-whether you’re looking to snag that seat on a sold-out flight, book that elusive corner room with a view,  » Read more »