Update 20 - Hong Kong - Kowloon Park

After the seven mainland China blogs, we’re back close to home with one of our favourite parks in Hong Kong, Kowloon Park. A close second and third are Hong Kong Park in Central and Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Kowloon Park has something for everyone:- Aviary, fountains, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, bird lake, restaurant, fitness trail, sculpture walk and much much more.

 Map of Kowloon Park

The park is bordered by Nathan road, Haiphong road, Kowloon Park Drive and Austin road. It's an oasis in Tsim Sha Tsui! This blog posting should be viewed with some cool easy going music in the background to relax the mind... I promise I won't pollute it with my dialogue. These pictures were taken in February and March, 2010. Most photos are worth 'clicking on' too enlarge them - if you've got a minute...

Wood, water, steel, glass and brick

One of two large fountains in the park

 

Can you see the second fountain?

Looks inviting doesn't it?

View from the aviary to the waterfowl ponds

It's spring in Hong Kong

Bamboo

Banyan tree

Pink blossom

Amazing tree, seen a few, don't know their names..

Rhododendrons

The restored colonial building in the park (new bin!)

The lily pond avec flowers

Bubbling, babbling, bemusing fountain

Pansy flower beds

The lush park overlooked from Kowloon Park Drive

Well trimmed hedges..

Birds in the Aviary

It's a circular aviary with seating

Toucan

Green-winged Macaw

Some kind of fancy pigeon

Red-tailed Cockatoo

Moving on to waterfowl & their feeding strategies - mine is to just eat..

Black necked swans

A duck and two turtles beats a full flush...

Hibiscus

From the rose garden...je presente une rose

All about Flamingo's

Sha la la Pretty Flamingo (Manfred Mann)

Elegant

A Flamboyance of Flamingo's (well look it up..)

Young flamingo's in the nursery - look only one leg!

Are you talkin' to me?!

Headmistress at the nursery gets shirty

Stef leaves the park via Haiphong road.