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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 nitpick about each of our places but there would always be, without fail, something that […]
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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 of photography i would describe it as other than pretty random. on our first stint […]
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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 breakfast and usually dinner together. les makes some amazing food and it’s been a refreshing […]
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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 cells fried. the hike starts from chai wan which is on the east side of […]
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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 dishes including the chili boil soup, a must have, and that was waaaaay too much […]
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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 out we’ve been doing for most of this trip. i want to put peking duck […]
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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 wearing jeans and a t-shirt and within 10 minutes, I was sweating buckets. For some […]
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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 i had completely forgotten about the buffet at the marina club. i’m definitely not one […]
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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 and would have just been complaining about my phone for the next seven months. i’ve […]
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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 never cooperated. some days weren’t rainy but the visibility was still bad up at the […]
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*very late update due to nonexistent internet issues for us all week 🙁 q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. taipei for four nights (airbnb, da’an), ruifang for two nights (airbnb), taipei for one night (airbnb, gonguan) & hong kong for two nights (uncle’s home, aberdeen) q. favourite meal a. gua […]
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jojo: what do i like? -the energy of the city; noticeable at anytime of the day in almost every part of town -the endless amount of food options; i’m leaving my meal options is the hands of a) frank – goose, pork belly, duck and roasted pork are some hobbies we share. high cholesterol will […]
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