Below is a map of the Hong Kong 'Area' ..
Do you see in the map above that 'Hong Kong' is an AREA. This area of China is specifically called the 'SAR'. The 'SAR' stands for Special Administrative Region and Hong Kong is indeed a Special Administrative Region of China.
'SAR' is NOT a word. It is pronounced as three distinct individual letters. THE .. S .. A .. R ..
What the world thinks of as Hong Kong is properly HONG KONG ISLAND. If you look very closely above Hong Kong Island we have MAINLAND CHINA. I am in the area known as KOWLOON or the Kowloon Peninsula .. and most specifically I am in the part of Kowloon called .. Tsim Sha Tsui ..
Studying the above map .. when I ride my beloved Star Ferries .. I ride them from Kowloon (down and to the left on the above map) from Tsim Sha Tsui to that part of Hong Kong called the 'Central District'. You can see both Tsim Sha Tsui District of Kowloon and the 'Central District' of Hong Kong Island on the above map.
On the above map .. it is on the extreme lower left .. you will see Lantau Island.
Now adjacent to and above Lantau Island you will see Hong Kong International Airport ..
So when I say that "I caught the train from HKG International into Hong Kong (or specifically for me into Kowloon) .. you can see that it is a 'bit of a train ride' .. say about twenty-five minutes.
Straight down from the letter 'H' on Hong Kong Island and quite a bit to the 'right of Lantau Island' you will see LAMMA Island.
Yesterday I took a short day-trip over to Lamma Island. My visit was cut-very-short by rain but last February of 2012 I shot quite a few photographs of Lamma Island that I will show you in the following post.
"What's that you ask 'Zilla'?
No 'Zilla ! In Hong Kong they DO NOT HAVE PENGUINS !
Do you see in the map above that 'Hong Kong' is an AREA. This area of China is specifically called the 'SAR'. The 'SAR' stands for Special Administrative Region and Hong Kong is indeed a Special Administrative Region of China.
'SAR' is NOT a word. It is pronounced as three distinct individual letters. THE .. S .. A .. R ..
What the world thinks of as Hong Kong is properly HONG KONG ISLAND. If you look very closely above Hong Kong Island we have MAINLAND CHINA. I am in the area known as KOWLOON or the Kowloon Peninsula .. and most specifically I am in the part of Kowloon called .. Tsim Sha Tsui ..
Studying the above map .. when I ride my beloved Star Ferries .. I ride them from Kowloon (down and to the left on the above map) from Tsim Sha Tsui to that part of Hong Kong called the 'Central District'. You can see both Tsim Sha Tsui District of Kowloon and the 'Central District' of Hong Kong Island on the above map.
On the above map .. it is on the extreme lower left .. you will see Lantau Island.
Now adjacent to and above Lantau Island you will see Hong Kong International Airport ..
So when I say that "I caught the train from HKG International into Hong Kong (or specifically for me into Kowloon) .. you can see that it is a 'bit of a train ride' .. say about twenty-five minutes.
Straight down from the letter 'H' on Hong Kong Island and quite a bit to the 'right of Lantau Island' you will see LAMMA Island.
Yesterday I took a short day-trip over to Lamma Island. My visit was cut-very-short by rain but last February of 2012 I shot quite a few photographs of Lamma Island that I will show you in the following post.
"What's that you ask 'Zilla'?
My web mistress Gullible posted the above photos of her Antarctica Penguins for us all to enjoy.
OK .. scroll down to see Lamma Island .. Smiles .. Cap
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