by Traveller | Dec 5, 2012 | Australia, Oceania, Round The World
This is my first time in Australia and, so far, I love it. Although the bar isn’t set too high after being in Hong Kong. In order to prepare for my time in this place, on the advice of some great friends, I read Bill Bryson’s “In A Sunburnt...
by Traveller | Dec 3, 2012 | Asia, China, Round The World
There are a lot of tourists here in Hong Kong. You can easily identify them. A tourist wears his backpack as a frontpack. He checks for his wallet as obviously and frequently as he’s able. His passport and money are in a bulge under his shirt. He stares at menus...
by Traveller | Dec 3, 2012 | Asia, China, Round The World
There are a number of phrases I tend to (over)use. One of them is ?That?s nothing to write home about.? One of the things I?ve learned on this trip is that the most mundane things can be the most interesting. Indeed, they’re the ones I most often write to you...
by Traveller | Dec 2, 2012 | Asia, China, Round The World
As I walked through the Hong Kong Garden, a t-shirt caught my eye. It said, “Gettysburg College.” You don’t see many of those in the States, let alone in Southeast Asia. So, I had to stop its’ owner and say hello. You see, my late father went...
by Traveller | Dec 1, 2012 | Asia, China, Round The World
As far as I can tell, Hong Kong is an excellent place to buy stuff. Everything seems to be connected to a shopping mall. Each park, hotel, tourist destination, road, bus stop, harbor, every everything is connected to a shopping mall. And it seems like almost nothing...