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Lonely Planet Six Degrees Series 2: Hong Kong

Lonely Planet Six Degrees Series 2: Hong Kong
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Manufacturer: Beyond Entertainment Limited

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Binding: DVD
Format: NTSC
Label: Beyond Entertainment Limited
Manufacturer: Beyond Entertainment Limited
Publisher: Beyond Entertainment Limited
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2006-12-14
Studio: Beyond Entertainment Limited

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Editorial Reviews:

"The best way to explore a new city is to connect with the people who live in it. Join jetsetting presenters Toby Amies and Asha Gill on a radical urban adventure as they plug into city after city with the help of its most colourful and clued-in residents.

Hong Kong

Presenter Toby Amies gets the essential Hong Kong survival kit from fashion tracker Davena Mok, who hooks him up with commentator Nury Vittachi for an insight into the city's greatest passions - money, gambling, and feng shui. Nury takes Toby to a high society costume party, where he masquerades as a colonial prig and scores an invite from designer William Tang to celebrate the Chung Yueng Festival.

Davena introduces Toby to Hong Kong movie producer Bey Logan to bring his martial arts fantasy to life, and Bey puts Toby in touch with marine police officer Tim Worrell - the man with the fastest boat in town bar none - for some high speed thrills on the high seas.

Toby meets Hong Kong's Dr Doolittle, Su Burnett, at a workshop for troubled dogs, and then joins artist Amy Cheung for a little mischief with a life-size sculpture of a Hong Kong cab. Toby gets his just desserts in a classic rooftop martial arts finale."


Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Not very helpful for a traveler
Comment: I was hoping this would be a good overview of things to see on my trip in Hong Kong. But it didn't really offer much information.

The host is nice enough, but there wasn't much info about things to see, places to go, what to expect, etc...

If you're looking for something to help plan your trip. Save your money. On the other hand, the Frommers guide is quite helpful.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Fun Look at Hong Kong, and best of all...
Comment: I'm in this! Okay, in something that can't even really be called a cameo, but nonetheless...in one of the early scenes the host goes to a 'costume party' where almost no one else dresses up; he starts looking at all the people there and describing them to the audience, "Suit, suit, suit, suit, suit, a couple of dresses, suit, almost a costume, suit, pirate."

And yes, I am the pirate.

I've never been prouder. It was a benefit for the Hong Kong ballet.

And, dammit, if they hadn't been filming the show, I would have won!

Oh, but about the DVD, they explore the seldom seen parts of HK, from some lovely kayaking in the outlying islands, to a fantastic traditional village house; they visit local racconteur Nuri Vittachi and a fascinating and somewhat strange photographer/visual-performance artist identified only as Amy; they go shopping in Mong Kok, one of the most densely crowded places on Earth; they ride along with the marine police on a night patrol to catch smugglers (which they don't actually manage to do), and they meet a kung-fu artist/stuntman. It's loads of fun, and I saw parts of Hong kong that I hadn't seen here in real life having been here 17 years! But it was rather odd that the majority of people they met here were NOT CHINESE. Sure, there are a lot of expats living here, but you'd think that more locals would give you more of a local sense of the place.

And keep an eye out for the pirate. (The Marine Police still haven't brought me in! HAHAHAHAHA!)


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