Hong Kong

  • our homes away from home: the asia edition

    so one thing we found out very quickly into our travels was that although airbnb is a nice alternative to hotels to get that ‘home away from home’ experience, it’s not quite perfect.  i swear that we weren’t trying to…

  • hong kong in pictures: family, friends & food

    it’s been nearly three months since we left the bustling city of hong kong for europe and i thought it was time that i picked up my game and added some galleries to the blog.  i don’t know what style…

  • hiking the dragon’s back on hk island

    we had originally planned to do this hike on our first stopover through hong kong but with thundershowers all week and one hiker being hit by lighting just a day prior to our arrival we opted against getting our brain…

  • playing with (a ring of) fire at our sichuan dinner

    it’s been years since i’ve had a sichuan meal.  matter of fact, i think the last time i had one was here in hong kong five years ago.  there was only two of us that time and we ordered 3…

  • weekly recap #13 – cebu & hong kong

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. cebu (one night, palu palu), hong kong (uncle’s apartment, five days, aberdeen) q. favourite meal a. oddly enough, hong kong has been a nice break from the gluttonous eating…

  • Big Buddha of HK

    Karan and I decided to hike to the Big Buddha of Hong Kong while the boys get their tennis fix. The sky was overcast which was a relief as I was grossly underprepared for a hike that day. I was…

  • weekly recap #11 – hong kong & manila

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how longa. a. hong kong (uncle’s apartment, aberdeen), manila for one night (hotel, pasay) q. favourite meal a. so i just got done writing about brickhouse below as my fav meal and…

  • glorious vancouver weather in hong kong

    well our first 5 days in hk was pretty ugly overall. this was the forecast as we landed on sunday: aside from spending time with my uncle and cousin, we had plans to hike the dragon’s back but the weather…