Very very deserted...x9200 wrote:One more place, but not for completely adhoc actions is St john's Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Island
http://www.islandcruise.com.sg/ferry-schedule.html
Weekdays, practically deserted (at least the accessible areas).
You would need to spent there +4h.
You've not been to Hong Kong, or spent time outside of Kowloon or HK Island.Wd40 wrote:If you like openness, Singapore and Hong Kong are certainly not the places to be.
Agree I do miss the hiking trails, and mountains ( you can get a coating of frost on them in winter) a 30 min walk from the HK city and you could be in the middle of nowhere. A chum just sent a photo, he found an island while boating, from the photo looks like he could be in Thailand on a deserted beach!zzm9980 wrote:You've not been to Hong Kong, or spent time outside of Kowloon or HK Island.Wd40 wrote:If you like openness, Singapore and Hong Kong are certainly not the places to be.
Hong Kong is loaded with giant amounts of open space, which is one of the reasons I like it so much more than Singapore. 30 minute MTR ride and you can be hiking up a mountain and not see more than a handful of other people for hours. Keep in mind HKSAR is significantly larger than Singapore: 1100km2 vs Singapore's 700km2 (and that includes all of Singapore's unused portions in the middle, the north west, and the islands).
Google image search for "Hong kong hiking trails":
https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=hong ... iAewjYHYDA
And the humidity and heat is only suffocating like Singapore's half of the year
Yep. Nothing like spending a sunday afternoon on a boat out amongst the random islands!QRM wrote:Agree I do miss the hiking trails, and mountains ( you can get a coating of frost on them in winter) a 30 min walk from the HK city and you could be in the middle of nowhere. A chum just sent a photo, he found an island while boating, from the photo looks like he could be in Thailand on a deserted beach!zzm9980 wrote:You've not been to Hong Kong, or spent time outside of Kowloon or HK Island.Wd40 wrote:If you like openness, Singapore and Hong Kong are certainly not the places to be.
Hong Kong is loaded with giant amounts of open space, which is one of the reasons I like it so much more than Singapore. 30 minute MTR ride and you can be hiking up a mountain and not see more than a handful of other people for hours. Keep in mind HKSAR is significantly larger than Singapore: 1100km2 vs Singapore's 700km2 (and that includes all of Singapore's unused portions in the middle, the north west, and the islands).
Google image search for "Hong kong hiking trails":
https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=hong ... iAewjYHYDA
And the humidity and heat is only suffocating like Singapore's half of the year
Which is where SG fails miserably the island hoping options are non existent, not worth getting a boat here. Which is a shame with the cost of cars a nice boat would be a great alternative ( i assume there is no crazy taxes on them,) but no where to go.zzm9980 wrote:Yep. Nothing like spending a sunday afternoon on a boat out amongst the random islands!QRM wrote:Agree I do miss the hiking trails, and mountains ( you can get a coating of frost on them in winter) a 30 min walk from the HK city and you could be in the middle of nowhere. A chum just sent a photo, he found an island while boating, from the photo looks like he could be in Thailand on a deserted beach!zzm9980 wrote: You've not been to Hong Kong, or spent time outside of Kowloon or HK Island.
Hong Kong is loaded with giant amounts of open space, which is one of the reasons I like it so much more than Singapore. 30 minute MTR ride and you can be hiking up a mountain and not see more than a handful of other people for hours. Keep in mind HKSAR is significantly larger than Singapore: 1100km2 vs Singapore's 700km2 (and that includes all of Singapore's unused portions in the middle, the north west, and the islands).
Google image search for "Hong kong hiking trails":
https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=hong ... iAewjYHYDA
And the humidity and heat is only suffocating like Singapore's half of the year
You can get out in HK though...to the outer Islands etc - there are lots of beaches, hikes - many more options than Sing (except for the weeks on end when it's smogged in, I guess). Though the city itself is very crowded.Wd40 wrote:If you like openness, Singapore and Hong Kong are certainly not the places to be.
Several of my friends have relocated to New Zealand and many of them to the city of Dunedin. From the pictures and from what they describe, it seems a lovely place.
If you have a choice move out.
Yeah, I haven't been to HK. But I have heard couple of things about it. One, there is too much lighting in the nights and the city has one of the highest levels of light pollution in the world.zzm9980 wrote:You've not been to Hong Kong, or spent time outside of Kowloon or HK Island.Wd40 wrote:If you like openness, Singapore and Hong Kong are certainly not the places to be.
Hong Kong is loaded with giant amounts of open space, which is one of the reasons I like it so much more than Singapore. 30 minute MTR ride and you can be hiking up a mountain and not see more than a handful of other people for hours. Keep in mind HKSAR is significantly larger than Singapore: 1100km2 vs Singapore's 700km2 (and that includes all of Singapore's unused portions in the middle, the north west, and the islands).
Google image search for "Hong kong hiking trails":
https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=hong ... iAewjYHYDA
And the humidity and heat is only suffocating like Singapore's half of the year
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