Travel
Ocean Park: Round 1
We are children. Complete and utter children. I’ve heard good things about Ocean Park before, but I don’t think anything could have prepared us for how much fun it was! Several of my friends here had their birthdays…
The Big Buddha | Hong Kong
Now that I’m back in Hong Kong after being home for Christmas, that means resuming my sight-seeing activities! Yes, there are still things here I haven’t seen yet. The Big Buddha – properly called the Tian Tan Buddha –…
Travel Inspiration – Florence, Italy
Florence – known as Firenze in Italian – may not be the most famous or popular of Italy’s cities, in a country that boasts Rome and Venice, but it’s certainly still one of the most beautiful. Europe is…
2015: Best Of
As another year draws to a close, we all start taking stock of what’s happened over the last year. I will be writing my Year in Review post shortly, but first I thought we’d do a Best Of,…
Hong Kong: Term 1 Update
Ok, if we’re being technical my 1st term doesn’t actually finish until Chinese New Year in February, but we’ve broken up for Christmas now, which is the first long holiday I’ve had since starting my job in Hong…
Stanley, Hong Kong
Stanley feels like a proper seaside place, with the waterfront and the market stalls. The town lies on the southern peninsula of Hong Kong island, and does take a while to reach – approx. 40 minutes on the…
Travel Inspiration – Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
So if you’ve been around on this blog at all this year, you’ll likely remember that I went travelling through Central America for a month back in June – if this is news to you, I suggest you…
Hiking Lion Rock
I don’t know why I’m suddenly hiking so much more in Hong Kong, since I didn’t do it that often at home – see my posts from Mirror Pool, Dragon’s Back, and of course, The Peak. But…
An Afternoon in Repulse Bay
Oh I do love a bonus day off school! We had an event on Wednesday, our school picnic, which meant we then got Thursday off. Days off are great anyway, but it’s even better when it’s not for…
Day Trip to Cheung Chau Island
I may have only just visited Lamma Island a few days previously, but I was straight back out to another of Hong Kong’s Outlying Islands at the weekend. Cheung Chau was one we’d been hoping to go to…
