Travel Inspiration – Hong Kong
After two years living in Hong Kong (wait, have I mentioned that before?), I’ve accumulated quite a lot of photos from my time there, as you can probably imagine. Narrowing them down for this post was no easy task –…
5 Day Hong Kong Highlights
As we all know, I’ve written dozens and dozens of posts about sights to see and things to do in Hong Kong. Living there for close to two years meant I had plenty of time to explore places…
Farewell Hong Kong (Again)
Around this time last year, I wrote this post, saying goodbye to Hong Kong as I prepared to leave and move on to South Korea. Little did I know then, that Korea was not the right place for me at…
Happy Valley Races | Hong Kong
Hong Kong has many things which make it unique, from locations to traditions to simple daily quirks observed in the street, with both Chinese and Western influences at work. One of its well-known events is the horse racing…
An Afternoon in Aberdeen | Hong Kong
Despite having lived in Scotland for the first 21 years of my life, I’ve never been to Aberdeen – I lived in the Lowlands, and just never had reason to go. So imagine my surprise to discover that…
Hiking: Mui Wo to Pui O
I will never get enough of public holidays! It’s so refreshing to have a midweek break, and splitting the week in half like that makes it far easier to get through the whole thing. This week it…
Summer Sun
Summer is most definitely here. It is so hot now! Well, it’s hot, yes, but it’s actually the humidity that lets me know summer has arrived here in Asia. It’s been muggy for days now, and the moisture…
Hong Kong Island on Instagram
The most famous sights in Hong Kong include The Peak, the Big Buddha, and Central skyline viewed across Victoria Harbour. Sights which have been photographed millions of times, plastered across tourism adverts all over the world. But Hong…
Life Update: 4 Months in Hong Kong
It’s been four months since I moved back to Hong Kong, with a new job and having found my own apartment, and I realised I haven’t really given a proper update since then. I was only returning to…
Kayaking in Sai Kung
Oh I do love a public holiday! Last week it was Ching Ming festival, a traditional day of tomb cleaning for the Chinese, which meant a day off work for all of us! The good weather from the…