Articles tagged ‘Travel Tips’
BootsnAll is Having a Party - and You’re Invited
By Jessica | October 25th, 2007 |
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When you can’t be traveling in exotic destinations, the next best thing is to talk with other travelers about exotic destinations. This is precisely why we at BootsnAll get together each year and invite people to join us - and it’s why we’re inviting you, too!
WHAT: BootsnAll Holiday Party
WHEN: Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 7pm [...]
Globe Trekker Hong Kong TV Programs On Demand
By Jessica | September 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
What’s the best way to “visit” Hong Kong without actually getting on a plane? The answer is simple - seeing a travel TV show about Hong Kong. You feel like you’re there, and, if you’re planning a trip, it allows you to get a better feel for the place than photographs or guidebooks ever could. [...]
Food Is All in Hong Kong
By ejh | August 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I recently attended the Hong Kong Food Expo at the Convention Center.
My wife, Pam, and I intended to go on Sunday afternoon, thinking it would be a pleasant way of killing a rainy PM, snacking our way around the hundreds of exhibitor booths.
WRONG! The crush to get anywhere near the entrance was such that we [...]
Lights Out in Hong Kong
By ejh | August 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Tonight’s the night for Hong Kong’s lights Out” campaign to focus attention on the deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong.
Not everyone is participating, though. Chief Executive Donald Tsang has opted out because he says it “could give adverse publicity to Hong Kong…” This means the Symphony of Lights will go on as usual at 8:00 [...]
Back in Hong Kong: Missed the Chaos
By ejh | August 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Hong Kong was visited by a typhoon, Prapiroon, which threw the air traffic situation into total chaos. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted. Thousands of people spent the night at the airport.
The Hong Kong Observatory hoisted a number 3 signal instead of a number 8. Their criteria had to do with the wind force [...]
Good News and Bad News
By ejh | July 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Depending on how you look at it, both items could be good news.
In the same spirit that moves Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, the Liu family of Hong Kong announced that they are not going to sell the family 3 hectare garden in Kowloon to a developer as was originally planned but instead will set [...]
Promenade and Avenue of the Stars Re-opening.
By ejh | July 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Last night, while on the way to a Hong Kong Philharmonic performance, we stumbled into a new attraction next to the Cultural Center.
It’s a 10 minute water, light and music show and was truly amazing. One of the effects is to project messages and pictures on to a thin sheet of water so that the [...]
Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #8
By ejh | July 8th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Get In or On the Water
It’s easy, in the urban crush, to forget that Hong Kong was, at one time, almost completely made up of small fishing communities. The sea is very much a part of Hong Kong’s history and its present.
Two months ago I posted an item on Hong Kong’s beaches and how much [...]
Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #7B
By ejh | July 4th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This is a continuation of Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #7A:visiting the outer islands.
I wish my wife, Pam, was writing today’s posting since she knows so much more than I do about the outer islands. She’s a hiker so she and her friends have explored many of the smaller inhabited and uninhabited islands.
Peng [...]
Marching for Democracy or Not!
By ejh | July 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Yesterday, July 1, was the 9th anniversary of the British hand-over of Hong Kong to the Chinese government. It was marked by two very different celebrations.
