The Far Far East Coast (my trip to HONG KONG)

[BeasT_MoDe]

So I recently went over to Hong Kong for my grandma's 91st birthday and to see my brand new niece and thought I'd like to share some pics. I HAVE A MILLION!!! I finally finished uploading most of them. So here we go. btw, all pics were taken on my phone so some might suck. ENJOY!


Detriot international airport. Getting ready for my 18 hour flight to Tokyo

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Approaching Toyko

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JDM SODA!

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First night in Hong Kong.

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Whats this I see? s15 spec R on the first night?



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Stay tuned...theres more to come.

[dino6192]

your so lucky! how much was the trip?

[BeasT_MoDe]

My family has a pretty good hookup on plane tickets. It came out to roughly $850 round trip, on late notice, and this was during christmas. I brought about $1000 to spend. Blew about $500.

[origin_s135]

nice! can't wait till i get out there, i never been to hong kong before.

[kdashy]

Good to see you're enjoying it. I've been there a couple times and its awesome.

Theres a much higher concentration of high performance cars than in japan, since you practically need to be rich just to drive in HK.

Make sure you get one of these while there. One of a kind marble pattern!
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[dino6192]

wow, less than 1000 is a great price anytime for roundtrip! I am suppose to be over there now but I ended up in the hospital and it messed everything up. more pics?

[BeasT_MoDe]

Good to see you're enjoying it. I've been there a couple times and its awesome.

Theres a much higher concentration of high performance cars than in japan, since you practically need to be rich just to drive in HK.

Make sure you get one of these while there. One of a kind marble pattern!





I actually saw a shit ton of cars there (which I ofcourse took plenty pictures of). And yea, its insane the amount of money they pay for cars over there. I was always under the impression that cars were cheap there. And I bought a far share of bubble knobs, Bippu stuff and other random goodies. But I never got a marble knob.

wow, less than 1000 is a great price anytime for roundtrip! I am suppose to be over there now but I ended up in the hospital and it messed everything up. more pics?

I got pics for days. Gimme a sec.

[BeasT_MoDe]

Under ground bridge that runs right under Hong Kong harbor.

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Ahhhh my home away from home.

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[S13SilviaGirl]

Yes, HK is the SHIT especially at night! The building with the criss-crosses is my personal fav. :D The shopping there is awesome....


but this is being moved to OT

[Dousan_PG]

HK is great fun
car life..mm not so much
cops are strict and not TOO many sweet cars. mostly skylines (33/34s)
its fun though good times

[BeasT_MoDe]

Carbon Fiber STI...The entire thing was CF'ed up. Even the roof.

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OOOH SHYTTTT...3fast 3furious

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[BeasT_MoDe]

HK is great fun
car life..mm not so much
cops are strict and not TOO many sweet cars. mostly skylines (33/34s)
its fun though good times


Yea, I didnt really see anything fully decked out. The scene seems pretty strong there. I mean, nothing like Japan ofcourse but HK holds its own.

[Dousan_PG]

yeah its not bad
i see most stuff at night of course
unfortunately im on the bus as the GTR flys by
sigh
so boring to ride the bus.

[BeasT_MoDe]

Some HK bippu

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[BeasT_MoDe]

yeah its not bad
i see most stuff at night of course
unfortunately im on the bus as the GTR flys by
sigh
so boring to ride the bus.


Yea the bus really sucks. Especially when its completely packed and you hit heavy traffic. Im american as fawk so I hate being crammed in with a buncha people. HK peeps seem used to it.

[BeasT_MoDe]

I bought this every morning for about 0.55 cents US. Its soooooo geeeewwwd.

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Its 1:30am in FL right now and I gotta wake up at 7am. I'll update this tomorow afternoon. Peace bitchez.

[Dousan_PG]

i got stuck ones on a crammed bus next to a really stinky indian going thru jordan and such. it was the worst ride ever

and i was all jazzed up for CHUNGKING MANSIONS
haha
sigh that was like 9 years ago
never went back to taht area since then hahahahaha

but i love HK
illb e there next week for a bit. :)


edit: yeasr wrong

[YoungGun]

Oh wow saw that build of the CF STi on Nasioc. That thing is insane. Cool pics man.

[an_orange_s2k]

looks like tons of fun, i wish i could go back to hk. i really miss asia, everything there is so cheap and cool!

[MikeisNissan]

man those noodles look good..

[HyperTek]

cool pics i wanna visit some places in Asia, tho im not even chinese or japanese i dont have family out there either so i dunno how i would check it out.

[yudalicious]

I love cars but the food in HK was amazing and was really all i thought about. amazingly delicious and full of value. I would love to make more visits often, but I think living there for long term would drive me crazy. eat more food. if you don't come back 3 lbs/week heavier, consider the trip a failure... jk. but i personally try to abide by those standards.

[blackrms13]

cool pics i wanna visit some places in Asia, tho im not even chinese or japanese i dont have family out there either so i dunno how i would check it out.

zilvia group trip to hong kong!

lol
jk

[S13SilviaGirl]

why the bus? I took a taxi around the whole island for like $15 USD

[blackrms13]

why the bus? I took a taxi around the whole island for like $15 USD

taxi in hk is not cheap
especially when u go through the tunnels...and all that

[ronmcdon]

usually i just take the MTR/metro, and walk (to burn off all the good food). its really convenient to get around the place. There's really no practical need to own a car over there. HK is totally awesome for eating, shooting pics, buying electronics (no sales tax), or just to explore for the sake of it. Macau is also very close by, being approx 1hr away by hydrofoil (think it costs around $20-$30 for a rt ticket).

As for the car culture, there's really not a lot you can do even if you have a fun ride. There's not a lot of fun roads I know of. The closest racetrack is in China, and its very pricey to join events. I lived there for a number of years, and enjoy visiting. Would not go back to live there though.

[status:one]

I cannot wait to venture into that part of the world... ive been all over except for the far east! thnx for sharing the pics.

[lok]

Yes, HK is the SHIT especially at night! The building with the criss-crosses is my personal fav. :D The shopping there is awesome....


but this is being moved to OT

The bank of china?

http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/pictures/bank%20of%20china-hong%20kong.jpg

went back in feb for the chinese new year.

got stuck in narita on the way back for a day and half.

[low and slow]

Awesome pics, can't wait to see the rest. I'd love to visit that side of the world, and hopefully I will one day.

[lok]

why the bus? I took a taxi around the whole island for like $15 USD

wow!

you must have went when the greenback was worth something.

[lok]

Here are a few when I went a couple of years ago.

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My friends 180sx

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[lok]

The GTR I saw this year.

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[Dousan_PG]

taxi? shit i aint rich?
i just use my octopus card for public trans and coins for the train and mini bus

i have a pic from HK from mm i think this trip was like 6 years ago? maybe 5. i get them all confused. prpobably 5. i was more into cars at that time.

gtr

and causeway bay times square
next month im staying in north point as usual. easy access and cheaper then causeway bay and tsim tsa tsui. dont mind my spelling of places.

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[miucus]

ill be there in a month. ahh i miss hong kong.. i lived there for a couple years during my teen years.. good times

[BeasT_MoDe]

Sorry for the late update guys. It being a holiday weekend I kinda had my hands full for past few days.

Thanks to those who kept my thread somewhat alive. This should be THE OFFICIAL: I miss HK thread lol.


One of the best shops in town, TOP GEAR. (same place I saw the Veilside FD3S) ***for anyone thats making a visit in the near future, this place is located in the industrial side of kowloon bay towards the kwun tong district if I remember right. I might still have their address somewhere.

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Saw this sexy little number sitting inside.

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[BeasT_MoDe]

Headed over to some more shops towards the kwun tong district.

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A little bit of some V.I.P. access to the back.

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Inside that box was the D-spec aero I've been wanting but the price + shipping was a bit out of my budget at the time and it wasnt like I could take that as carryone luggage. And theres no way in hell, I would let a skycap toss a $1200 box of fiberglass around.

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[azndoc]

^^^^ You should go into the shop and slap someone upside their head and tell them that 33 needs spacers up front.

I want to visit HK one day.

Miss it when I was in the service.

[BeasT_MoDe]

^^^^ You should go into the shop and slap someone upside their head and tell them that 33 needs spacers up front.

I want to visit HK one day.

Miss it when I was in the service.


hahhaha. The back was pretty weak as well. It doesnt seem like HK has embraced flushness yet. I don't think I saw anycars there with good wheel fitment.

[JohnJohn86]

Hey! I am from Hong Kong too! I haven't go back for 5 years already. I am going back this summer tho.

[SoSideways]

Argh... Damn you dude!!

Last time I was back was year 2000. THAT'S 8 YEARS AGO!!

Was born and raised there, I miss it dearly, but am too broke to go back. Maybe if I can save up for a year I can go back and rock out for like a month or something.

[ronmcdon]

haha, i go back approx every other year (rather be someplace else, but some of my family's still there). but seriously, there's really nothing much in HK going on. new buildings come and go, but essentially most things stay the same. it's the same old. the economy seems a bit better and there's more mainland chinese tourists, but that's about it.

I'm surprised how many ppl from zilvia grew up there.

[BeasT_MoDe]

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[stiizy]

damn i need to go out there for a bit ..how long did you stay for?? i mean 1k and you came back with 500 sounds good to me and i need a vacation

[muddafakka]

Hey OP, you wouldn't happen to know a guy named Nada, would you? I noticed your location says Orlando, that's why I'm asking. And because he's currently in HK as well...or was because he said he was going to Thailand as well. Just wondering.

[HongKongChick]

Guess i am a bit late for this thread! =[

Hong Kong is great (not in the summer though, way too humid). things are cheap, but if you are a high roller, u still get to spend $$$ like none other. food is simply AMAZING! i am sure most of you who've been to HK know this.

and may i say that the girls... um.. are cute too! i am a girl, but i do say there are plenty of cute girls in HK! fyi: there are more girls than guys in HK, so there are plenty to choose from! WHAHAHA :D

and the cars, well there are way too damn many Mercedes and BMWs in HK, they are like the toyotas in the states. but we also have more than u wanna see Ferrari's... but the souped up imports? not too much. i see a few every now and then but not much. :( i see S15s a few times, but they were flying by, no time to take pics.

ps: was in Times square today. :P