Experience about blog

Blogging rapidly gained in popularity which can be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog,; it major focuses on a particular topic.

Blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs, which combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.  The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of the blog.

Blogs also know as web logs, is both an online diary and a guestbook.  Anyone can set a blog account or function on their website and then post entries on it.  As part of the blogging function, it can either be set up as a private journal where people can just read what is posted or it can be set up in such a way where readers can get together and then place their own comments on your entry or to each other.

I think blog is a powerful tool for internet marketing, which allow you to stay in touch with the readers and to keep communication lines open with so that we can always interact with them.  It is a great way to get regular feedback.  A blog's feature that enables readers to post comments is a great way of tgetting feedback from your clients.  They can comment on what you have posted and these replies can help you determine what you need.

I don't need knowledge of HTML or other web designing skills to make and post blogs.  It is easy to use and a wonderful way to disseminate information, whereas, it is difficult to adjust the position of the picture.  Having all said, blog is a great vehicle and venue for promotion because of the potential for the community to achieve a massive number of participants.  It is also a cost effective advertising platform.

THINGS YOU NEED

OCTOPUS CARD

*** The Easy Way to Travel ***

The Octopus card is a stored value electronic card widely used in Hong Kong for public transport, purchases in convenience stores, fast food shops, supermarkets, cake shops and vending machines, etc. You simply place the Octopus card over a reader, and the correct amount is deducted automatically from the stored value. With an Octopus card, you no longer need coins.

(Photo Source: http://www.octopus.com.hk/home/en/index.html)

 

TRANSPORTATION

The public transport system in Hong Kong is one of the world's most safe, efficient and affordable. You can get around easily by rail, bus, ferry, taxi or tram.

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR)  

The MTR is one of the most heavily utilised mass transit systems in the world. The fast and reliable trains of the underground railway keeps over 2.4 million people on the move every weekday. Apart from the Airport Express, the system comprises five lines - the Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung and Tseung Kwan O Lines, linking the central district of Hong Kong with the rest of urban region. Octopus cards are accepted. Travelling by MTR is strongly recommended. It is faster and easier to use.

 

TRAINS - KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION (KCRC)

The Corporation provides three domestic passenger rail systems. The East Rail (the former Kowloon-Canton Railway or KCR) runs between Tsum Sha Tsui in Kowloon and the boundary at Lo Wu in the New Territories, and branching off to Ma On Shan at Tai Wai. The West Rail runs between Sham Shui Po in West Kowloon and Tum Mun in the Northwest New Territories. Light Rail, formerly a stand-alone transit service and now also a feeder service for West Rail. They are excellent ways of visiting some of the twons, villages, and coutryside of the New Territories.

BUS

The bus service in Hong Kong is good and the fares are relatively low. Double-decker and single-level buses cover almost all of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. Kowloon Motor Bus, New World First Bus and Citybus operate routes to cover Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. Meanwhile, New Lantao Bus operates on Lantau Island and Long Win Bus provides bus services to north Lantau and the airport. Final destinations are prominently displayed in English and Chinese on the front of the bus. Fares, usually ranging from HK$3.00 to HK$15, are based on distance travelled. Exact change is required and Octopus cards are accepted. Travelling by bus is recommended for trips to the south side of Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island.

Kowloon Bus:

City Bus & First Bus:

MINIBUSES

Minibuses are small 16-passenger buses. The destination is lit up above the front window in Chinese only on most buses. Minibuses would not stop until someone asks to get off.

Red minibuses run on routes that are not always fixed and passengers can get on and off almost anywhere along the route except where special prohibitions apply. Pay as you leave and keep sufficient small notes, as it is not easy to get change for large notes. Octopus cards are not accepted.

Green minibuses operate on specific routes at fixed prices. Exact payment is required when getting on, octopus cards are accepted.

Fares for minibuses are a little higher than regular buses, but minibuses are usually faster. However, travelling by minibus is not recommended. Please note that minibuses are best suited for people who can speak some Cantonese and who are familiar with Hong Kong.

TAXI

Taxi are zones and identified by three colours: red for all areas; green for the New territories; and blue for Lantau Island.

Taxi do not stop at bus stops, on double yellow lines and single yellow line during peak hours. Nowadays, some of the taxi accept to pay by credit card.

 

FERRIES  

Ferries ply the waters of Hong Kong connecting Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the Outlying Islands, Macau and Mainland China.

The ferry that is most familiar to tourists is the Star Ferry. It provides a pleasant way to go between Central / Wan Chai (Hong Kong Island) and Tsimshatsui (Kowloon). It offers a memorable and scenic trip across the Victory Harbour, one of the most-photographed harbours in the world.

Ferries operating from the Outlying Island Ferry Piers in Central provide service to the main outlying island of Peng Chau, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island and Lantau Island including Discovery Bay.

For travellers wishing to sail further afield, there are also fast ferries to and from Macau and destinations along the coast of Mainland China. This service is provided from the Hong Kong - Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan and the Hong Kong – China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui.

 

 

TRAMS   

The trams run only on Hong Kong Island and traverse the north coast of Hong Kong Island between Shau Kei Wan and Kennedy Town. Although they run slowly, the double-decker trams provide a pleasure way to explore Hong Kong. Destination are marked on the front in both Chinese and English. Unlike most public transports, the entry is at the rear and the exit is at the front. The fare is fixed regardless of the travelled distance. You pay as you leave by dropping the exact amount into the paybox.


(Sources: http://www.hktravelguide.com/facts/hong_kong_public_transport.html)
(Photo Scources: http://hk.image.search.yahoo.com/search/images)

SHOPPING AND DINING PARADISE

As Hong Kong is a shopping and dining paradise in the heart of tourist, so I must introduce some tips for you about shopping and dining.

(Photo Sources: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/uk/shopping/shopping-guide.html)

From shopping malls, department stores, trendy shops, street markets, theme shopping streets and Chinese authentics, you can find everything from the latest designer fashions and electronic gadgets to best value antiques and collectibles.  However, I recommend you to partonage the shops displaying a "Q" logo, because they must pass stringent annual quality assessments showing that they provide clearly displayed prices, display clearly product information, ensure superb customer service.

The Quality Tourism Service Scheme is organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, which also provides assistance for enquiries about pruchases from shops and restaurant accredited by the OTS Scheme.

Hong Kong is a multi-culture city, apart from enjoying the best Cantonese and regional Chinese food, you can sample a full choice of authentic Asian cuisines and Western fare.  But you must try to taste a traditional foods as below:

1) Cha Chen Teng:

The best place to go in order to have a taste of local Hong Kong food culture.  From congee, noodles, rice and stir fried dishes, to other local delicacies, you can be found on the menu.  Whether you want to have a proper meal or just take a short break for a snack, these restaurant are great places to visit.  Many Hong Kong people have grown up with popular delicacies like egg tarts, Hong Kong style milk tea, buttered pineapple buns, and French toast.

2) Street Snacks

If you are on a tight schedule to visit everywhere, you may consider trying local street snacks.  These all time favourites include fish balls, siu mai fake shark's fin soup with fish meat, mini egg puffs which are crunchy outside and soft inside, and sticky rice pudding rich in bean flavour.

 

Mini Egg Puffs





3) Dim Sum

On weekends and holidays, Hong Kong people like to go to restaurants with families and friends to taste dim sum.  From traditional to creative ones, such as shrimp dumplings, siumai, steamed beef balls with dried tofu skin, marinated chicken feet, steamed buns with barbecue pork, and Cantonese sponge cakes.  Some are even made into cute shapes.

(Photo Source: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/promotions/family/tc/html/dining/musttaste-dimsum-localdelicacies.html)



Egg Tart



(Photo Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)



4) Noodles

You can enjoy wonton noodles, chewy fish ball rice noodles, and the rich and strong-flavoured beef haslet noodles, crunchy and deep-fried fish skin.  Noodles shop with the grass roots food culture with a quick, convenient and tasty meal.




Fish Ball Noodles

  
 (Photo Sources: http://cantoneseeveryday.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/魚蛋河-fish-balls-with-flat-rice-noodle/l)



Wonton Noodles



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HK SPECIALS

SIGNBOARDS

Signboards are seen in many countries, predominately in this part of the world, not the least Hong Kong.  There is something special about signboards in this city but they themselves are not what characterise, so called signboard culture here.  What is special about signboards in this city is, apart from being-aglow in neon lights when the sun retires at night, how they clutter up the skylines.

Whenever you look overhead in the city area in Hong Kong, there is no cance that you don't see signboards.  There are not just a few of them, but a great number stretching out as much as can be, fighting for space and climbing over one another.  It seems as if there would never be enough signboards to show people what they can expect along the streets and up in the buildings where whatever unthinkable kinds of shops you can think of are doing business.  You should have noticed that the signboards are in various shapes, and surely sizes too.  As Chinese writing can be understood from top to bottom (traditional style), right to left (contemporary stle), or left to right (modern style), probably for this reason, visitors to Hong Kong find the views of the signboard jam-packed streets exotic in their own rights.  These signboards definitely paint a unique picture for the streetscape which is unmistaken ably Hong Kong.

I suggest you to view the Shanghai Street is reminiscent of the Hong Kong in the colonial times in the 50's.

 

Shanghai Street

(Photo Source: http://ricoh-gx.blogspot.com/2010/09/signboards-in-hong-kong.html)




ECOTOURISM

The impression of Hong Kong to tourists alike almost always associated with the the harbour city of high-rise and high-density development.  Despite its small area, Hong Kong has a remarkable array of landforms like precipitous peaks, deep valleys, indented coasts and numerous islands.  Hong Kong has some of South China's most striking and valuable natural landscape.  This natural setting also embraces a variety of ecological habitats and a very diverse animals and plant species, essential for the development of ecotourism.  Nowadays, many people awareness of the environment in a daily life.  Ecotourism has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, with the ability to be an important tool for sustainable development.

At the same time, it often operates quite differently from other segments of tourism, because ecotoursim is defined by its results in sustainable development.  It includes protection of natural areas, education of visitors about sustainablilty and the creation of benefits for the local population.  Ecotourism promotes the market as tourism based on nature, to minimize negative impacts on nature and culture that can harm destination.

Hong Kong has a wealth of natural tourist resources.  The key resources included: Country Park, Marine Parks and Reserves, Mai Po Marshes, Tsin Sui Wah Wetlands Park, Hertiage Sites, Beaches, In-shore water.

Some key nature based activities you can join when you travel in Hong Kong.  For example, hiking at country park, bird-watching at Mai Po, viewing marine life on glass-bottomed boats at Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, Diving at Marine Parks and Reserves, wildlife watching at Lantau Island, Sailing at in-shore waters, heritage tours at boarder regions.

How To Get There:



Hong Kong Wetland Park

(Photo Source:  http://www.discoverhongkong.com/promotions/greatoutdoors/tc/html/wetlands/overview.html)



By MTR West Rail and Light Rail:

At West Rail Tin Shui Wai Station, change to LRT 705/706, to Tin Sau Station (via pedestrian tunnel) or Wetland Park Stationn (via pedestrian bridge) to the Park.

Opening Hours:

Mondays, Wednesdays to Sundays, Public Holidays: 10:00 to 17:00

Tuesdays (except Public Holidays): Closed

Ticket Office: 09:30 to 16:00, closed every Tuesday (except Public Holidays)

Mai Po Wetlands

(Photo Source: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/tc/attractions/nt-maipo-wetlands.html)

1) Bus 76K from MTR Sheung Shui Station to Mai Po Village, then walk from Mai Po Village to the main entrance at WWF HK car park for about 20 minutes.

2) Take taxi from MTR Sheung Shui Station to WWF HK car park.





Dragon's Back (Shek O Country Park)

(Photo Source: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/promotions/greatoutdoors/eng/html/hikings/hikings_dragon.html)

Transport:
To the Starting Point: MTR Shau Kei Wan Station Exit A3 and take Bus 9 for Shek O at the Shau Kei Wan bus terminus, making sure to get off at Cape Collinson Road.
From the Ending Point:
Take Bus 9 at Shek O Road near To Tei Wan Village back to the Shau Kei Wan bus terminus.
OR

Join a Tour, for more details please visit "http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/local-tours/outdoor-dragons-back-taitam.html"

White Dolphins

(Photo Source: http://www.hkdolphinwatch.com/)

You can booking a trip through the website of Hong Kong Dolphin Watch Ltd or contact them at 29841414.

~ ~ ~ ECO-TRAVEL, MAKE YOU FEEL NATURE ~ ~ ~



 



    



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I'm CHAU LAI SZE, Student ID: 10477239.  Here, I'm happy to share some of the Hong Kong travel information with you.

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