Exploring forgotten corners of HK where nature is winning…
- Abandoned TV studios near Sai Kung.
- Abandoned Villages in HK’s ‘Wild West’ (Fan Lau).
- Central’s Abandoned Prison and Police Station.
- Fung Hang Semi-Abandoned Village.
- HK’s Abandoned ‘Ghost Island’, Yim Tin Tsai.
- Kuk Po, Part 1: Photos from HK’s Borderzone Ghost Town.
- Kuk Po, Part 2: More Shots from the Abandoned Village Outpost.
- Kuk Po: Part 3: Interview with the Only Villager.
- Kuk Po, Part 4: Plover Cove Abandoned Ghost Town Revisited.
- Lai Chi Wo: The Semi-Abandoned Hakka Walled Village in Plover Cove.
- Luk Keng Chan Uk Semi-Abandoned Village.
- Ma On Shan’s Abandoned Iron Mine Complex.
- Ma Wan Abandoned Town, Part 1.
- Ma Wan Abandoned Town, Part 2.
- MTR Tunnels Under Construction.
- Shing Mun Redoubt, HK’s Secret WWII Tunnels.
- The Creepy Abandoned Holiday Resort of Broken Dreams, Part 1.
- The Creepy Abandoned Holiday Resort of Broken Dreams, Part 2.
- The Half-Submerged Cargo Ship Currently Abandoned off Cheung Chau.
- So Lo Pun: HK’s Ancient ‘Haunted’ Abandoned Village.
- Tung Ping Chau, Part 1: Sunrise on Hong Kong’s Furthest Flung & Wildest Island.
- Tung Ping Chau, Part 2: The Abandoned Hamlets of Hong Kong’s ‘Jumanji Island’.
- Tung Ping Chau, Part 3: The Abandoned Military Base on HK’s Wild Outpost.
- Tung Ping Chau, Part 4: Video discussing HK’s Abandoned, Wild Island Outpost.
- Wanchai’s Abandoned Police Station.
- Yung Shue Au & Sam A Tsuen Ghost Villages.
Blog posts celebrating and critiquing development in the City of Lights…
- A Luxury Treehouse for Hong Kong.
- A Peek Inside the New LEGCO Building.
- Awesome 3D Maps of the Hong Kong Overground.
- Construct Your Own Paper ‘Pop-Up’ Hong Kong.
- Cool (and accurate!) 3D ‘Sim-City’-Style Map of Hong Kong.
- Cool Photos of Hong Kong in Miniature.
- Diagrams of Hong Kong’s Skyscrapers in Height Order.
- Edwin Lee’s Hong Kong Timelapse.
- Evolution of the Hong Kong Skyline – a Visual History.
- Future Maps of the MTR.
- Hong Kong 2013 vs. Fritz Lang’s 1927 Masterpiece ‘Metropolis’.
- How Hong Kong Was Made: Iconic Buildings Under Construction.
- How to Tell the Time from the HK Skyline.
- If Everyone Lived at the Same Density as Hong Kongers.
- Kowloon Walled City Recreated in Japan: Pictures.
- Kowloon Walled City 15-min Documentary & Book.
- Michael Wolf’s ‘Architecture of Density’.
- Michael Wolf’s Hong Kong Cornerhouses.
- Preview of HK Kowloon XRL Station.
- Six Spectacular Hong Kong Time Lapse Videos.
- The Birth of the MTR (Documentary).
- The Tiny HK Apartment With 24 Rooms in 1.
- When the MTR Was New.
Blog posts charting Hong Kong’s colourful past…
- 1000+ ‘Before and After’ Photos of Old & New Hong Kong.
- An Elephant in Kowloon: Photos from Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.
- Bustling Hong Kong of 1947: Historical Photos from Mark Kauffman.
- Colourised & Restored Photos of Hong Kong 150 Years Ago.
- Cool Vintage Hong Kong Tourism Posters.
- Execution of Namoa Pirates in Kowloon, 1891.
- Hedda Morrison’s Hong Kong: Photos from 1942, Beautifully Restored.
- HK’s Boom Years: The Best of Fan Ho.
- Hong Kong’s Most Offensive Place Names.
- How Hong Kong Was Made: Iconic Buildings Under Construction.
- Mainland Refugees Fleeing Famine Rejected by HK.
- Margaret Thatcher in Hong Kong.
- More Vintage Photos of Old Hong Kong.
- Newly Restored Old Hong Kong Newsreels: Part 1, Refugees.
- Newly Restored Old Hong Kong Newsreels: Part 2.
- Newly Unearthed Photos of 1950s Hong Kong.
- Pictures of Hong Kong in 1972.
- Rare Shots from Inside the Old Kowloon Walled City.
- Shing Mun Redoubt, HK’s Secret WWII Tunnels.
- Street Scenes in Dreamy Colour 1954-2004.
- The ‘Great Chinese Takeaway’ – the 1997 Handover.
- The 1958 Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship Winner (Bruce Lee).
- The 1967 Hong Kong Riots.
- The Bombing of Hong Kong by the U.S. 14th Air Force.
- The Day a Cargo Ship Washed up on Cheung Chau Beach.
- The Hakka Walled Village of Tsang Tai Uk, Sha Tin.
- The Iconic ‘Two Girls’ Kwong Sang Hong Cosmetics Brand.
- The Luxury British Liner at the Bottom of Victoria Harbour.
- Unseen Royal Geographic Photos.
- When the MTR Was New.
Pictorial histories of local landmarks and events…
- A Brief Visual History: HK Police Vehicles & Uniforms.
- A Brief Visual History: HK’s Old Airport, Kai Tak.
- A Brief Visual History: Kowloon Walled City.
- A Brief Visual History: The Evolution of the Hong Kong Skyline.
- A Brief Visual History: The Peak Tram.
- A Brief Visual History: The Peninsula Hotel.
- A Brief Visual History: Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower.
- A Brief Visual History: Yau Ma Tei Theatre.
Places to see off-the-beaten-track and attractions to visit across the city…
- Beautiful Bride’s Pool Waterfalls.
- Causeway Bay’s Cat Cafe.
- Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Gardens.
- Escape Hong Kong at ‘Freeing HK’, Mongkok.
- Exploring the Abandoned ‘Haunted’ TV Studios in Ho Chung.
- Fung Hang Abandoned Village.
- HK’s Best Beach, Tai Long Wan (Big Wave Bay), Sai Kung.
- HK’s Wild South West: Shek Pik to Tai O.
- Hong Kong’s Abandoned ‘Ghost Island’, Yim Tin Tsai.
- How to See Fireflies in Hong Kong.
- Kuk Po Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
- Lai Chi Wo: The Semi-Abandoned Hakka Walled Village in Plover Cove.
- Luk Keng Chan Uk Semi-Abandoned Village.
- Lion Rock & Beacon Hill.
- Ma Wan Abandoned Town Part 1, Part 2.
- Mongkok’s Japanese Maid Cafe.
- Motocross Dirt Biking in Sheung Shui.
- Official Map of Hong Kong Island’s New Hos.
- Peng Chau: HK’s Least Loved Island?
- Shing Mun Redoubt, HK’s Secret WWII Tunnels.
- So Lo Pun: HK’s Ancient ‘Haunted’ Abandoned Village.
- Sunrise on Hong Kong’s Farthest Flung & Wildest Island.
- Tai She Wan’s Abandoned Holiday Resort Part 1, Part 2.
- Tap Mun (Grass Island).
- The Cattle Depot Artist Village.
- The Hakka Walled Village of Tsang Tai Uk, Sha Tin.
- Tung Ping Chau Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
- Yung Shue Au & Sam A Tsuen Ghost Villages.