Or at any rate, that is what Hong Kong calls itself. I haven’t much time so I need to be rather short today. What I will give you however is pictures! So open those sleepy eyelids and gaze upon what is arguably one of the world’s most interesting cities.

The highlight of my two-day trip was without question my trip to the island of Lantau, an undeveloped island only 30 minutes away by ferry from Hong Kong’s main harbour. It’s the home of the 24 meters tall Buddha and the Po Lin monastery. But also of an incredible natural beauty and a lot of open space. And I regret only having a few days there, but I will certainly go back and go on a hiking trip in October as the weather will be cooler. Anyway, I’ll leave the rest of the pictures to tell their own story.

Look inside the post to see the pictures.