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…
facetime with family in hong kong (and some amazing meals)
the last month has been great as we’ve had the most amount of face time with friends but actually got to spend time with family in hong kong. we were fortunate enough to stay at my uncle’s apartment and had…
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…
my new toy and hopefully the end of my cell phone frustrations
well i’ve finally had it with my piece of sh!t of a camera phone and picked up a camera. thankfully i had frank here to talk me into t his one otherwise i likely would’ve never made up my mind…
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…