Blogs from Hong Kong, Asia - page 354

Llegamos a Hong Kong el Sabado por la manyana y nos fuimos directamente (mochilas incluidas) a comer con Laura (amiga de Ade), Jimmy (su marido) y todo un grupo de amigos.El viernes habian estado en una fiesta de Halloween y la comida era un dim son, o brunch (en ingles) o comida-desayuno despues de la resaca. La comida estaba estupenda, que diferencia cuando otra persona pide la comida y sabes que leches estas comiendo. Por la tarde nos relajamos un poco antes de irnos a cenar a un restaurante con comida tipica de Shanghai que estaba situado en el piso 12 de un bloque de apartamentos. Estos son los restaurantes alos que las personas que viven en Hong Kong van a cenar, los que estan a la vista son mas caros y estan destinados a los ... read more

I like Hong Kong. Maybe it's because I view it as a safe haven before we head to mainland China or maybe it's because it reminds me of London. Staying in Kowloon - surrounded by shops and "copywatch" salesmen - we often made the trip across to hong Kong Island by the famous Star Ferry. This busy, no frills commuter service, with choice of upper or lower deck, was one of the highlights of my trip to Hong Kong. Providing David with 7 minutes to complete the Sudoko puzzle and me 7 minutes to catch up on world news, we felt like locals. We haven't felt like locals since May. Hong Kong's skyline by day or night is dramatic. From the building work that seems to be going on on every street corner, the obsession for ... read more

October Friday 14th-22nd : Guelph/Kettleby/T.O. Guelph: Lovely to spend some time with Yessie, whom I haven’t spent much time with over the past few years, and was so happy to hang with. We ate pad thai ‘til I nearly keeled over, had some good cawfey tawlks and watched ‘batteries not included’ -what pattootters those little ‘bots were. Never met the elusive roommate Dan, who hibernated…what’s the status on that one girl? //Apres Jess, I visited Gemma, who had cute roommate Matt deux.( hehhy-ey!...paige’s gay horse joke has become the, well my house joke. Hehehe) Went out when I shouldn’t have and bronchitis. Shyiht. (poo-ya) So, yeah, I had a sore throaght, and thought I’d abstain from substances when I went to trivia night at Jimi Jazz. Owed Gemma a drink, so I ‘had’ to toast her ... read more

I was about the only person that Libby was able to hold a conversation with for four days. There were two brothers from Northern England, but that was more difficult than Cantonese!... read more

Just tucking into my free vegetarian noodles, salty dumplings and spring roll after saying a prayer to Buddha and numerous other god-type effigies. I feel truely blessed now, so blessed that I decided to see what He had in store for me...So I brought my pot of a hundred of so numbered sticks, knelt down in front of the glistening gold Buddah, (I think it was him anyway, they all look the same after a while), and started shaking the pot. At first there was a clear winner, and I could see determination and speedy progress on the horizon, but then that stick dropped back, as if it was a possible future, but currently unobtainable. Up comes the 2nd and 3rd and I started to panic about the curses that may unfold if I greedily drew ... read more