I'm normally not the one who uncovers new bars or restaurants - it takes me months to finally visit them. But there are exceptions to this rule. One of them is Ping Pong 129 Gintonería on Second Street in Sai Ying Pun. I was lucky to visit it two weeks ago during its soft opening… Continue reading Ping Pong 129 Gintonería
After lots of food-focused interviews it's time to meet Peter Lam, who has a great eye for photography. I love that he regularly goes out to explore different areas of Hong Kong and shows them in a different light. For example, I live close to Tung Chung but I've never really bothered to take pictures… Continue reading Interview with Peter Lam Photography
I had read on Young Post SCMP and Hong Kong Wrong about the artist Ric Tse before, but it was not until my visit to the Affordable Art Fair that I actually paid attention to his artwork. He calls it Legography, and this already tells you what his work is about. He uses the famous… Continue reading Artist Ric Tse and his Legography
Wow - I can't believe it, I actually made it to the preview evening of the Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong this year. I was worried that I would not make it again, as I have been quite busy with work. But I was lucky, I finished almost on time yesterday and my friends… Continue reading Visit to the Affordable Art Fair 2014
Last week we went for a team building exercise and visited the YMCA Indoor Climbing Wall in Tsim Tsa Tsui in Kowloon. I've never been to the YMCA before and I've never been climbing. So it was quite an experience! We booked an introduction session for eight team members and had three hours to learn… Continue reading YMCA Indoor Rock Climbing Wall
A few weekends ago I took part in another treasure hunt by HK Hunter (read here about my previous hunt in the Sai Kung area) and this took me to an area of Hong Kong that I've never visited before: Wah Fu Estate. This is a public housing estate located in the Pok Fu Lam… Continue reading Wah Fu Estate
I know, it's now a few days since the Rolling Stones visited Macau, but I was feeling too ill to post about this. Unluckily I had a big bad cold since last Sunday, the day of the concert, so I could not really enjoy the show to the full extent - which is a shame!… Continue reading The Rolling Stones in Macau
You can tell that we've become big fans of Khao Lak - it is quieter than Phuket, with amazing beaches and fairly easy to get to. Three and a half hour on a direct flight from Hong Kong brings us to Thailand. From Phuket airport it is another hour up North and then we are… Continue reading Khao Lak: Le Meridien
Wat Lak Kaen is a monastery and is located south of Khao Lak in Thailand. It is home to about 20 monks that serve the Ban Lak Kaen community. This is the Ubosot, the most sacred building in a Wat complex. The three levels of the roof represent the triple gems of Buddhism - the… Continue reading Khao Lak: Wat Lak Kaen
A few more blog posts about Thailand before I'm back in Hong Kong... Khao Lak is famous for its national parks. We visited the Chong Fa Waterfall first, which is at the East end of the national park. Then a few days later we spent a whole day exploring the West area of the national… Continue reading Khao Lak: Small sandy beach and another waterfall in the national park
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