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Vertical city - Hong Kong 2018

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Visited Hong Kong in 2007 and the memory has stuck of the vibrant vertical city. Busy, bustling, vibrant, vertical as far as your eyes can reach and  island country where you can see catch all known modes of transport in a single frame! Gateway to Oriental Asia, financial hub, all world famous banks and insurance firms has a building on its name here. Average height of any building is 50 floors possibly. Learnt from folks that for  drinking water supply, the water board equivalent of the country pumps the water to water tank atop a hill with all energy and might. Utilizing the gravity and pressure system water is automatically distributed to all the skyscrapers! You name a fashion house and cosmetic brand, chances are you may have tripped on Givenchy or a Burberry atleast once in your trip. HongKong is famous for its tall scrapers and amazing skyline. So we decided to start the Hong Kong tour with what the city is famous for. We took Singapore airline Ex Chennai to reac...