Hello again, Wan Chai Wan Chai 灣仔 is like an old friend – one I always visit whenever I am in Hong Kong. Wan Chai’s appeal is multifold. It is far from the maddening crowds of Central yet not too estranged from all the action. Stay options are […]
We were back. Last year, we stood on the other side, watching, observing, from the steep steps halfway down sunset peak. The long, narrow and rather straight trail leading up to Lantau peak but we lost sight of both trail and peak where they pushed past and into […]
1 year 5 months later, we are back in Hong Kong. The city didn’t change much, in spite of the crippling umbrella protests that started in Sep 14 and went on for 79 days. When we set foot once again in Wanchai district on Friday the 13th Nov […]
The final 2 days of our cycling trip – and I was kinda wishing it wouldn’t end (temporary madness, that’s all). Day 8 – 4 Oct (85km Ruisuei Hotsprings 瑞穗溫泉 to Luodong 羅東) Breakfast was my favourite meal. Because there’s Taiwanese porridge and Ruisuei served the best […]
Day 7 – 3 Oct (124km Jhiben 知本 to Ruisuei Hotsprings 瑞穗溫泉) So, we were on the east coast now and expecting to see the beautiful coastline again. But no, we veered inland and got something even better – wide expanses of green padi fields. And that’s when […]
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