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 Christmas Joy House at Landmark Enjoy Christmas Joy House at Landmark's atrium, featuring a 28-metre long Christmas train soaring in the air, a 3.3-metre high Teddy Paws, Dinoshaun, Pink Bobos, a rainbow-coloured Slinky Slide, VR, interactive games and much, much more. All proceeds from the merchandise, booths and digital experiences will be donated to the charity partners - Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Make-A-Wish Hong Kong, and Mind HK. Through Jan 2. Hong Kong | 2021 31 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Village Office An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted village office. The 3-storey building has been mostly cleared of furniture with only a few other items remaining. A double happiness sign in Chinese hangs on the wall. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 30 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Intelligence Centre An avid urban explorer ventures into an deserted ex-British intelligence centre. Located up the mountains, the complex includes a large main building with a 2-storey section, a small building and a few sentry houses. It was used to monitor radio signals from mainland China and has been deserted since 1995. The interior has been cleared mostly leaving only graffiti on the walls. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 29 Dec 2021  Mother and Baby Frog A mother frog and her baby are found in an underground cavern. Hong Kong | 2021 28 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Underground Facilities An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted underground facilities. Hong Kong | 2021 27 Dec 2021  Hiking Tai Mo Shan Hiking at Tai Mo Shan, the highest peak in Hong Kong at 957 m (3,140 ft), is an adventure. Tai Mo Shan . Hong Kong | 2021 26 Dec 2021  Merry Xmas Urbex An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted warehouse and finds a in-season graffiti. Hong Kong | 2021 25 Dec 2021  Silver Reed at Tai Mo Shan Silver reed swaying in the wind at Tai Mo Shan, the highest peak in Hong Kong at 957 m (3,140 ft). Tai Mo Shan . Hong Kong | 2021 24 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Barrack & Observation Post An avid urban explorer ventures into an deserted ex-British army barracks and observation post. The 3-storey barrack is located at the peak of a hill. It's roof leads to a helipad, an observation deck and a microwave transmission tower. The site has been deserted long before the 1997 handover. The interior has been cleared mostly leaving only graffiti on the walls. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 23 Dec 2021  Sultry Appy Revels at Western Waterfront Sultry Appy, a model from the Philippines, revels at the Western waterfront promenade. Western . Hong Kong | 2021 22 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Shipyard An avid urban explorer ventures into an deserted shipyard. The massive shipyard includes a 4-storey building. Part of it is used as a warehouse and a section is used as a movie set. There are lots of graffiti, especially on the rooftop. There is evidence that a great fire had broke out and many charred items remain, including burnt vehicles that were totalled. The walls of one of the rooms is painted red, probably for a movie set. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 21 Dec 2021  Foxy Marie Savours Victoria Harbour Foxy Marie, a model from the Philippines, enjoys a walk at the Western waterfront promanade. Western . Hong Kong | 2021 20 Dec 2021  Santas' Party 2021 Ho Ho Ho! Santas' Party Hong Kong 2021 kicked off on Saturday, 18 December at Rula Live bar in Lai Kwai Fong, Cebtral at 7 pm. Hundreds dressed in red Santa suits, Christmas trees and other related costumes, joined the festivities. Donations were made to the charity LOVE21. Central . Hong Kong | 2021 19 Dec 2021  Exploring Abandoned Army Depot An avid urban explorer ventures into an abandoned ex-British army depot. The single-storey roadside depot was located in the mountains. It is painted army-green colour on the exterior and has a row of distinctive square windows. It was likely used for logistics support for an intelligence centre nearby and has been long abandoned before the 1997 handover. The interior has been cleared mostly leaving only graffiti on the walls. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 18 Dec 2021  Orient Express at IFC As Europe's first sleeping cars, the Orient Express was a faster, more comfortable train journey to cross the continent since 1883. This Christmas, embark on a journey through time on the Orient Express at the Atrium of IFC mall. Explore this one-of-a-kind train, relive its rich history of luxurious and sophisticated travel, through 2 January 2022. Central . Hong Kong | 2021 17 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted 1940s Historic Mansion An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted mansion. Constructed in 1940s, the 2-storey mansion was built with red bricks in Art Deco style. It was used as a girls' dormitory for a historical training institute and is part of a building complex which was the former villa of General Cai Tingjie who led the Nineteenth Corps against the Japanese invasion between 1936 and the early 1940s. The main building of the complex is a declared monument since 2004. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 16 Dec 2021  Heritage Building at 60 Hollywood Road Land records show that the leases on Nos. 60, 62 and 64 Hollywood Road commenced in the 1850s. There may have been earlier buildings on site which they replaced. Judging by their appearance, the current buildings were built in the 1920s. No. 60 is a 3-storey residential building with saleable area ranging from 581 to 636 sq ft. For over 6 decades, Kung Lee Sugar Cane Juice, a herbal tea shop stands at No. 60 on the corner of Hollywood Road and Peel Street. It also sells tortoise jelly and sugar cane juice. The current owner, Mr Tsui, is a fourth generation member of his family to run it. He grows his own sugar cane in Ping Shan, Yuen Long, and uses a 30-year-old steel roll press to extract its juice. Central . Hong Kong | 2021 15 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Primary School An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted primary school. The school was founded by Hakka preachers and villagers in 1913 as a Study Hall to teach Hakka dialect. In 1924 the school was established and became the first subsidised primary school in the New Territories. The 2-storey school has expanded 4 times to 24 classes and about 1,000 students at its heyday. Owing to declining birth rate and insufficient students, it was closed in 2007 and has been deserted since. Furniture and many other items are found scattered throughout the school. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 14 Dec 2021  'Red Silk of Fate – The Shrine' at deTour 2021 The deTour 2021, Hong Kong's largest design festival, returns at PMQ with 3 main interactive exhibitions presented via 37 workshops and 12 design dialogues online and real-life. The theme is ‘Use(fu)less’ and runs from Nov 26 to Dec 12. Highlights include an international collaboration by Japanese artist Sputniko! and local Napp Studio & Architects entitled ‘Red Silk of Fate – The Shrine’. The contemporary ‘Love Shrine’ is composed of silk that glows and emits oxytocin, a social-bonding love hormone, and woven into intertwining fabrics. Bathed in artificial moonlight, the shrine is a spiritual space where faiths, intentions, emotions and wishes intertwine. Visitors are invited to contemplate love and bonding in a time of social distancing. SOHO . Hong Kong | 2021 13 Dec 2021  Exploring Abandoned Dairy Farm An avid urban explorer ventures into a manure pit of an abandoned dairy farm. At its peak the dairy farm had around 50 cowsheds on 300 acres of farmland. The farm closed in the 1970s and many parts of it became the housing estates but there are still decaying cattle sheds, piggeries, manure pits, paddocks and stream crossings on the peripheries. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 12 Dec 2021  Historic Tsang Tai Uk Tsang Tai Uk in Shatin is one of Hong Kong's best-preserved walled villages. Built in 1847 by stonemason Tsang Koon-man, the compound was home to the Tsang clan, a Hakka family that had migrated to Hong Kong in the 17th century. You can still see the original granite, bricks and timber used to build the village. Guard towers were built on each of the four corners to protect against pirates, who ran rampant in Hong Kong until the early 20th century. This is still a living village, but visitors are allowed to explore the courtyard and the ancestral hall. It is rated as a Grade I historic building. Shatin . Hong Kong | 2021 11 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Cement Plant and Jetty An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted cement plant. The plant opened in 1980 and closed in 2001, and was built on reclaimed land. The deserted site includes a huge warehouse and a 2-storey building used as dormitory for the workers. Part of the roof of the warehouse has collapsed. Some graffiti is found on the walls. Furniture and other items have been cleared from the dormitory. There is a jetty with a cement unloader, berthing and mooring for distribution. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 10 Dec 2021  The Most Atmospheric Road in Hong Kong Glenealy Road, located in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, is one of the steepest roads in Hong Kong with public transport. It has a gradient of 1:5 in the Robinson Road to Conduit Road section. It starts from Ice House Street in Central and goes uphill to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, across Robinson Road and ends at Hornsey Road and Conduit Road. Access to the pedestrian section, covered and curving in the most atmospheric manner, is via a spiral staircase. Mid-levels . Hong Kong | 2021 9 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Century-old Mansion An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted century-old mansion. Built in 1920, the 2-storey-high mansion is made of reinforced concrete and granite. The front porch is decorated with classical columns. The roof has a triangular eaves wall where the name of the mansion is engraved. During the Japanese Occupation (1941-1945), it was occupied by the Japanese army and was still rented out after the war. 2 flights of stairs give access to the courtyard. The mansion became deserted in the 1970s and was rated as a Grade III historic building in 2010. Urban exploration is based on the principles of only taking pictures, leaving no traces, and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 8 Dec 2021  Misty Morning Dew on branches on a misty morning at the Peak. The Peak . Hong Kong | 2021 7 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Mansion from 1950 An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted mansion. The mansion, built in 1950, is a single house of 2 storeys high and designed in Western style, with a nett area of 6,177 sq ft. 2 external staircases provide access to the first floor. The mansion has many windows that are all boarded up. Furniture and personal items are scattered throughout the mansion. There are exquisite tiles on all the exterior walls, and a row of potted plants in front of the garden. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 6 Dec 2021  Batting in Cricket Game An Indian man is batting in a cricket game at Shamshuipo Park, a regular playground for the South Asians from the neighbourhood. Cricket is the most popular sport in India by far, and is played almost everywhere in the country. The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. Shamshuipo . Hong Kong | 2021 5 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Luxury Apartments at Mid-levels An avid urban explorer ventures into a deserted luxury apartment complex at Mid-levels. The apartment complex was completed in 1982 with a total area of 22,000 sq ft. There are 6 blocks and 22 residential units. Each unit's saleable area ranges from 1,512 to 3,221 sq ft. There is an outdoor swimming pool. In 2020, a consortium purchased all the units in the estate for about $1.8 billion. Furniture and personal items remain in a few units but most units have been cleared. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 4 Dec 2021  DaMa Applying Makup on the Street A dama, or "big mama" (middle-aged woman from mainland China) openly applying her makeup on her face on a street in Shamshuipo. Most likely a tourist, as she has her suitcase open by her side. Shamshuipo . Hong Kong | 2021 3 Dec 2021  Exploring Deserted Seminary Entangled with Roots An avid urban explorer ventures into an deserted seminary with a colonnaded veranda that offers expansive seaviews. There are 2 buildings hidden behind trees and bushes, with roots entangling the structure. One of the buildings appears to be a dormitory with a room of broken bunk beds, which has been cleared now. A third building is found further down the slope. But uncertain if it belongs to the same compound. Urban exploration is based on the principles of take nothing except picture, leave no trace and not revealing the location. Hong Kong | 2021 2 Dec 2021  Historic Tai Wai Tau Village House Tai Wan Tau is a small village in Sai Kung established by the Laus and Chows during the Wanli reign (1573-1620) of Ming Dynasty. House No. 23 of the village was built by Lau Shing-fung before 1907. It was rebuilt by Lau Mau-cheong in this present form in 1949. The 2-storey residence has a balustrated balcony on the first floor and a semicircular gable on the roof with a sun symbol. Sai Kung . Hong Kong | 2021 1 Dec 2021 Archive: Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2021 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2020 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2019 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2018 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2017 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2016 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 2015 Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb 2014 |
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