{"id":22601,"date":"2017-03-13T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/?p=22601"},"modified":"2017-05-29T23:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:54:06","slug":"things-to-do-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/things-to-do-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"48 Hours in Hong Kong: What to See & Do During a Long Layover"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the first destination I ever visited in this part of the globe, I was pretty excited to set foot in Hong Kong. I had only heard good things about the\u00a0“fragrant harbour”, how it was a more civilised – not to say slightly westernised – version of China with a slight British twist to it. Hong Kong is also Cathay Pacific’s main Asia hub making it easy for us North Americans to use it as the gateway to Asia and also to plan an extended layover. My first experience in the archipelago was short-lived \u2014not for a deficit in things to do, but rather because I was on my way to Cambodia and Vietnam\u2014 but it was enough to entice me to return many, many times.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I did as a first-timer in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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Classic tourist attraction but an essential one nonetheless. Riding the dizzyingly upright tram is an experience in its own right; the view from atop Victoria Peak is another one entirely, as the panorama can change quite drastically depending on the smog levels \u2014a legitimate concern in these muggy, stuffy parts as you can tell from the horrible photo above\u2014 and the weather. Some days you can see all the way to Sai Kung, while on others you can barely glimpse at the silhouette of skyscrapers the central district.<\/p>\n

Eat All of the Dim Sum<\/h5>\n

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It if looks like eating what as the heart of my trip, that’s because it was. Finding hole-in-the-wall, blink-and-you’ll-miss it restaurants quickly became one of my favourite things to do in Hong Kong and over the course of two short days I was able to sample a few.<\/p>\n