2015: Year in Review
Another year, been and gone. While I know that New Year is just another day in the grand scheme of things, and nothing will change overnight, I do think the end of the year is a good time…
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…
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…
Dragon’s Back to Big Wave Bay
I had another extra day off work this week, as we had to work sports day on Saturday, so were given Monday off in lieu. This meant many of the people I usually spend weekends with were still…
48 Hours in Edinburgh
So my sister came to stay with me for the weekend, the first time she’s done so since I moved out to go to university. She hasn’t seen much of Edinburgh beyond Princes Street, so my challenge was…