Comments on: Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:43:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: matt http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3510 matt Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:34:39 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3510 check out the suspension bridge http://tinyurl.com/7o3nr check out the suspension bridge
http://tinyurl.com/7o3nr

]]> By: guest http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3493 guest Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:01:50 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3493 floating drydock floating drydock

]]> By: Didier http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3492 Didier Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:24:51 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3492 aaron: it looks like it's a dry dock that was built offshore for lack of enough flat space on land. For the same reason, the new airport was built in 1998 on a man-made island. You can see it here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.315636,113.931828&spn=0.069064,0.103147&t=k&hl=en Here's a great interactive xite explaining how it was built: http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/airport/interactive/interactive.html The old airport was also built on water. It looks like it is now used as a part of the port, but it's still quite obvious it used to be an airport: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.316408,114.203997&spn=0.034532,0.051574&t=k&hl=en aaron: it looks like it’s a dry dock that was built offshore for lack of enough flat space on land. For the same reason, the new airport was built in 1998 on a man-made island. You can see it here:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Here’s a great interactive xite explaining how it was built:
http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/airport/interactive/interactive.html
The old airport was also built on water. It looks like it is now used as a part of the port, but it’s still quite obvious it used to be an airport:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: aaron http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3490 aaron Wed, 29 Jun 2005 01:44:13 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3490 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.342404,114.037496&spn=0.009667,0.013872&t=k&hl=en And this? What do my western eyes see here? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

And this? What do my western eyes see here?

]]> By: noknok http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3489 noknok Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:05:41 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3489 You mean the breakwaters? You mean the breakwaters?

]]> By: Winterfresh http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/28/victoria-harbour-hong-kong/#comment-3486 Winterfresh Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:05:59 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=353#comment-3486 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.246027,114.028087&spn=0.024419,0.037165&t=k&hl=en What are these weird white things, here? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

What are these weird white things, here?

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