Jamie’s Guests on a Private Tour of Hong Kong - Volume 13

**Me Jamie, your host, I am English and I have lived in Hong Kong for 53 years - I know the place.**
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What more can I say (well I have said it so many times!) Hong Kong is my home…. I have lived in Hong Kong for 53 years now, since 1972 when Hong Kong really was considered the Pearl of the Orient a phrase that updated the old slogan of Riviera of the Orient from the 1930's

I really do like these old marketing slogans, as far as I am concerned no other city in Asia comes close to matching Hong Kong and yes, we have the greatest panoramic city views in the world from the summit of Victoria Peak.

With social media and easy access to the web there is probably a million articles about Hong Kong that you can research and I have written extensively on the subject of “hidden gems, travel like a local and secret spots” in Hong Kong, those tired old travel and tourism cliches. I get a tad irritated that search engines have deemed these phrases as essential to search results with the result that every Tour Company in Hong Kong uses them to get noticed.

Trust me there are simply no hidden gems and secret spots in Hong Kong in this social media age, everyone has been there, done that and posted the images and video’s on Instagram and I have never understood this obsession with going to a “hidden gem” 1 hour there and 1 hour back to take a photo or two that takes 5 minutes just to post on Instagram or other forms of social media

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The cliche that really annoys me is and just what an earth does travel like a local actually mean? to me it is just another horrible travel and tourism cliche - just hiring a Private Guide who is a Hong Kong resident is simply the best thing you can do when you visit Hong Kong, remember, Hong Kong was British for 156 years and we have this amazing East - West Culture which is rather unique! it really does not matter if the guide is Chinese or Non Chinese, all that matters is they love Hong Kong and are passionate about showing Hong Kong to visitors.

This is what makes for a Local Experience.

Based on my experience of doing private tours and experiences (2,300+ completed) and being a bit of a photographer (170,000+ images) I find the best image scenario’s pop up so to speak when you least expect them and they can be at the most visited tourist sites in Hong Kong! but as they say, “what do I know!”

… and yes images on Instagram in particular are always heavily edited with 20 different filters giving them a dream like quality which bear no resemblance to reality and you will see 2 million versions of the same image and smart phone camera’s are still nowhere near the quality of a proper camera.

To make Hong Kong come alive and to really immerse yourself into Hong Kong culture you need to book a Hong Kong Experience with Jamie or his group of friends, there is simply no substitute for seeing Hong Kong with a top notch private tour guide, story telling is a gift and you can choose to spend a few hours with me or my friends who share the same quality ethics! I also have it!

IMPORTANT - Please remember that the quality of any TOUR you book is 100% dependent on the guide you choose so do your research and please choose wisely!

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As I have mentioned more than a few times watching You Tube video’s and downloading travel apps will not give you a better experience, you will probably have a limited amount of time in Hong Kong and the biggest mistake that visitors make when coming to Hong Kong is assuming that their smart phone with Google apps and transport apps will solve their transportation issues, they do not, you need a long term resident who does private tours for a living to maximise your time and yes, bring Hong Kong alive by putting everything into context.

Remember that as a visitor you have a limited amount of time to see as much of Hong Kong as possible and you need to choose a “guide” that has the ability to get from A to B to C etc in the most interesting and timely manner, it is a gift myself and my friends have.

On these images of my guests below I mention the location the image was taken.

….. oh and one final point, looking at images is one thing, actually seeing it with your own eyes and listening to the explanation of what you are seeing cannot be beat! please visit Hong Kong - Pearl of the Orient