Travel
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…
Day Out to Lamma Island
Most people’s first thoughts of Hong Kong are a buzzing, hectic metropolis, with its skyline dominated by towering skyscrapers. Yet just a stone’s throw from the concrete maze, lies many natural treasures hidden in the city. Such examples…
Travel Inspiration – Copenhagen
We’re going far away from all my Hong Kong posts in this travel inspiration post – heading all the way home to Europe in fact. Earlier this year, I visited the Danish capital of Copenhagen for a long…
Halloween in Hong Kong
While there are plenty of things I enjoy about Halloween, I haven’t necessarily celebrated it every year – so this time I made up for it by doing it twice! I even had two costumes, which you can…
