Cheung Sha Beach | Lantau Island
Hong Kong in the spring is not always the prettiest of places, with the sky painted a dreary grey and the tops of the highest buildings constantly lost in the clouds of foggy pollution. The humidity is high…
The Hong Kong Story | Museum of History
Hong Kong has several museums dotted throughout the city, several of which can be found in Tsim Sha Tsui, and when it’s a rainy afternoon – as it is more and more often these days – they’re a…
Hong Kong: 8 Month Update
Eight months. Just read that again and take it in. I know I need to. I can’t believe it’s been eight months already. That time has just flown by! The last few months even more so, since we…
Top Five Hong Kong Restaurants
Hong Kong is most certainly not in short supply when it comes to places for eating out. There’s restaurants, cafes and food stalls simply everywhere. Of course there’s no way I’ve been able to try everywhere, so this…
Ocean Park: Round 2
Ocean Park is the most wonderful, magical place in Hong Kong, and yes this was my second visit this year, and no it won’t be my last, because I blew my money on an annual pass at…
Monkey Mountain
As far as Hong Kong’s hiking trails go, Monkey Mountain is one of the easiest, particularly for beginners – and I say this as a fairly inactive person, who survived Lion Rock. It’s not a long or strenuous…
Tai O Fishing Village
One of my favourite things about living in Hong Kong is its diversity. I live in the middle of a very crowded, hectic, noisy area, but I can jump on the MTR or a bus and within half…
It’s So Very Cold
I can’t believe I’m writing that title as a Scottish girl living a few hundred miles further south than she used to – I never thought I’d feel particularly cold at all this year! But Hong Kong is…
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 –…
