Very early on in our lives as expats, me and my husband made a pact – we wouldn’t buy any ornaments, pictures or trinkets from our travels that we didn’t…
I am, as a rule, always mistrustful of anything that needs to announce its own brilliance to the world. If you feel it is necessary to tell everyone that you…
It is generally agreed that if you want to maintain and grow your blog’s readership, you should focus on one specialist subject and post frequently. Well, not one to be…
I first encountered Wan Chai from the happy vantage point of the top of a tram; swinging onto Hennessy Road to be greeted by a plethora of Chinese billboards and…
Being from the north of England, I was taught from an early age that one of life’s great challenges was not to let a single sun beam go to waste.…
Having grown up in a small, remote village in the north of England, where the chief sources of children’s entertainment were either to play tennis at the local court, or…
Forget the French Riviera or the Italian Lakes – last summer, me and my little lad embarked upon a grand tour of Hong Kong’s public swimming pools. And I am…
I think it is safe to assume that someone in the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department has something of a dry sense of humour. Well, it is either…
One of the things I found most baffling on moving to Hong Kong was all the tall buildings. I know, stupid right? What else did I expect from a city…
Update: So, we recently revisited the Hello Kitty Farm, with some friends and their Hello Kitty obsessed daughter, and I am sad to say we left feeling a little underwhelmed.…
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