Featured Walk: Hong Kong!

We discovered an amazing place called Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong from exploring the walks we have in Asia!
Too bad its torn down now, but the photos from Flickr has helped us discover this historic place

The Kowloon Walled City was a tiny Chinese enclave that was located in the middle of British Hong Kong for decades. It was torn down in 1993.
The history of the Walled City can be traced back to the Song Dynasty (960–1279), where it served as a watchpost defending the area against pirates and managing the production of salt. It was rebuilt as a fort in the mid-1800s on the same site on the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. After the ceding of Hong Kong Island to Britain in 1842 in accordance to the Treaty of Nanjing, the Qing (Chinese) authorities felt it necessary for them to establish a military/administrative post to rule the area and to check further British influence in the area.

Kowloon Walled City by hiroshi JET-LOG

Kowloon Walled City by adventurocity

Kowloon Walled City Overview by sftrajan

What stands there today. Kowloon Walled City Park by roaming-the-planet

Kowloon Walled City Park by Julia Hauck

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Hurry up to Hong Kong if you haven’t!

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