http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/HappyMystery/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from HappyMystery en-us Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:18:59 +0000 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:18:59 +0000 It's great to be traveling abroad but in the end there's no place like home. Being back in Toronto is nice and refreshing after being in Hong Kong for a while. The air is fresher it's not as humid and breathing is a lot easier. It's been raining a lot but the skies have been doing something strange as well. Rainy on one side of town and really sunny on the other. Perfect for a rainbow. I saw http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-413673.html Food Central...Central food...the idea is that there is plenty of interesting foods to explore and restaurants to visit in Hong Kong more specifically in Central. This morning I went to the Happy Valley Hong Kong Jockey Club clubhouse for a swim. Felt kind of bad about all the eating and drinking from last night. It was a really refreshing swim. Hands down the Jockey Club is one of the best clu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-412513.html So it's about 419 am in Hong Kong right now. Why am I still awake I would really like to know myself. Maybe I should ask the bartender at Insomnia what he put in my drink. Absolutely no puns intended I actually was at a bar named Insomnia. Coincidental huh. So I decided to take this time to blog about my day since sleep isn't really an option and its the most frustrating thing when you're toss http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-412303.html I consider myself a halflocal in Hong Kong as I make a trip here once a year to visit family so I do consider it my second home. But once in a while it's nice to visit some tourist attractions like the Stanley Market. My family happens to like going there for dinner at Chilli N Spice restaurant at the Murray House Stanley Plaza. It has delicious dishes and I love the coconut drink Coming from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-411882.html It's been a while since I've blogged but today there's a story to tell. I was buying some curry fishballs in Causeway Bay at the place diagonally across from Times Square. As I was taking the skewer of fishballs from the lady I was putting down my money on the clear counter at the same time. With a push and a shove which is perfectly normal in my busy hustle and bustle of CWB my arm went too http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-411517.html Although one of the most modern cities in the world Hong Kong is still rich with history and culture. I try to visit Hong Kong once a year to visit my family...you would think that I know the region very well but I do not. Every time I visit I always discover something new...sometimes its because things are always changing and so there are always new buildings and shopping malls but today I s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Hong-Kong/Hong-Kong-Island/blog-406541.html