tai long wan

Tai Long Wan, Sai Kung

Info from Hong Kong's Great Outdoors

A beautiful area: long, white sand beaches backed by abandoned farmland and ringed by hills and headlands. Trails offer longer hikes to the north over Sharp Peak, and south through Sai Wan.

So you've just arrived in Asia's World City, the City of Life (well, that's what the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Tourism Board say anyway), this place where it used to be said that East Meets West. What to do?

Well, there's shopping! There are shops, stalls and shopping malls everywhere you look in the city, packed to the gunwales with designer goods, foodstuffs, arts and crafts, luxury brand handbags, watches, cameras. Whew! - could lead to credit card meltdown, so let's go.

Now, weighed down with carrier bags (designer brand bags, of course), what next? Let's eat! There are so many restaurants and cafes, with menus to tempt the tastebuds, pamper the palate, to send even the most ardent gourmets into paroxysms of delight.

Waddling out of the restaurant, clutching all these heavy bags, does Hong Kong tourism have more to offer? But of course: there's sightseeing! You can join a Hong Kong tour - during which the guide may kindly take you to another shop, or a factory outlet, so we can do more shopping. Or, tour independently, check out some Hong Kong tourist attractions.