The oriential pearl

hong kong

Hong Kong is an extraordinary, complex territory of seven million people that's a repository of traditional Chinese culture, Hong Kong holds some surprises for the travelers – alongside the myriad shopping possibilities (not all of them such a bargain as they used to be), are a surprising number of inviting beaches, rewarding hiking trails and some surviving bastions of Chinese village life, most of them in the New Territories. Hong Kong has an excellent infrastructure, an efficient underground system and all the other facilities of an international city.
Some people are addicted to shopping in Hong Kong and enjoying the sheer energy of its street and commercial life. Hong Kong is currently the largest trading partner and largest source of foreign investment for the mainland China. A huge majority in Hong Kong speak only the Cantonese dialect, eat only Cantonese food, pray in Chinese temples and enjoy close cultural and blood relations with the Cantonese population that lives just over the border, in the southern provinces of mainland China. The pleasantest time to visit is between October and April, for at that time the weather is cooler, humidity and pollution levels drop, and the flowers are in bloom.