Panorama image of the week - Lantau Island

Erneut habe ich ein Foto von Hongkong. Dieses Mal eine HDR-Aufnahme.

Tung Chung Bay auf Lantau Island

Blick aus der Seilbahn, die von Tian Tan, dem Big Buddha, hinunterführt.

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Panorama image of the week - Skyline of Hong Kong Skyline

Wieder einmal ein Blick auf Hongkongs Inselwelt:

Hongkong Island

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Panorama image of the week - Hong Kong Island - Skyline at night

Erneut habe ich eine Panoramaaufnahme von Hongkong. Die Stadt macht es einem auch leicht, ein Fotomotiv zu finden.

Hongkong Island - Skyline bei Nacht 

Links ist eine traditionelle Dschunke im Victory Harbour unterwegs.

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Panorama image of the week - Stonecutters Bridge

Heute gibt es eine s/w-Panoramaaufnahme von der Stonecutters-Brücke in Hongkong. Rechter Hand ist noch ein Teil von Stonecutters Island zu sehen.

Stonecutters Bridge

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Panorama image of the week - Hong Kong Skyline

Eine meiner liebsten Städte: Hongkong - ein multikultureller Hotspot mit China und dem Industriezentrum Shenzhen in Sichtweite.

Hongkong Island

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9/11

A few days ago I booked a flight to Hong Kong, but I realized later that this will be on 9/11.

I had already problems using the web-check-in. (It seems, I am the only one who has problems with the check-in via Internet). Is this a bad omen?

Above the clouds on my flight to Hong Kong

I received no e-mail and no bar-code for the boarding pass, so I asked a woman at the domestic check-in-counter for assistance at the airport. Fortunately, she was more friendly than all the other employees of Air Asia and printed my boarding pass. I dropped also my baggage for the international flight at this domestic counter.

So I missed the long queue at the Hong Kong check-in counter. :D

The flight was not fully booked, exactly the seats of the airplane were only half occupied. I had a silent place at the back. It was a very relaxed flight till the descent.

Descent

We flew threw a cloud and the aircraft joggled and we could feel plenty of heavy vibrations. The seatbelt signs switched on and a few seconds later we felt in an air hole. I couldn't feel the seat anymore, because I lost the contact. If I would not belted, I had touched the ceiling. That was a really big air hole. The other passengers were scared and I heard nervous voices.

The spook was finished a few seconds later and a mexican lady in front of me noted "I was so scared! I thought it is a bomb." Obviously I looked a bit astonished and she explained immediately, "today is 9/11."

Descent to the airport of Hong Kong.