Hong Kong Central
On Saturday morning we took a tram to Western Market in Hong Kong Central. It was a nice building and one of the few old ones in the Central area, More… →
Category Archives: Journey log
Hong Kong History Museum
Friday dawned dry but dull and cold, so we plumped for an indoor activity and headed back to Kowloon. Emerging from Tsim Sha Tsui MTR we walked towards the Hong More… →
Rainy days in Hong Kong
Now experienced tram users, we took one to Hong Kong Park the following morning. This large, free park sprawled up the hillside next to the Peak Tram terminus, and it More… →
Exploring Hong Kong Island
Tuesday’s weather was a little better, so we walked up through Wan Chai Park, (a typical small urban space but with a fenced off community garden with raised beds, like More… →
Hung Hom station
We had planned to go up the peak on the Monday but it was shrouded in dark clouds, so we decided to go and pick up the train tickets instead. More… →
Day out in Kowloon
As the next day was Sunday we acquired Octopus cards (Hong Kong’s version of the Oyster card) and took the metro to Kowloon’s colourful flower market. The volume and variety More… →
Hong Kong Arrival
Our Hong Kong Express flight took us directly there from Chiang Mai . It seemed that we were leaving Chiang Mai just in time, as the looming bulk of Doi More… →
Chiang Mai – outing to Doi Suthep
We’d been meaning to go up Doi Suthep ever since we got to Chiang Mai (the looming green mass to the west of the city is pretty hard to ignore), More… →
Hmong New Year Festival
If I hadn’t followed a Facebook group for expats in Chiang Mai, I’d never have known about the Hmong New Year festival taking place for Chiang Mai’s hill tribes. I More… →
Bo Sang – the umbrella village
A village dedicated to making umbrellas – crazy, huh? They’re not even very useful umbrellas since they’re made of paper! Bo Sang lies out on the eastern fringes of Chiang More… →