As part of the "Hong Kong International Kung Fu Festival 2009" Avenue of Stars hosted a Kung Fu Carnival.  Was suppose to be "international", but sometimes the HK tourism bureau likes to overuse that word a bit. Still, we could feel the spirit of Bruce Lee looking down at us… and that of a few [...]

As someone who comes from a country where the biggest city of Jerusalem has about 700,000 residents with perhaps no more than 10 tall buildings in the entire municipality (we owe the British mandate for that), Hong Kong’s urban jungle on Hong Kong Island can at times be a bit too much for me. To [...]

A few weeks ago a local friend invited me for a day of hiking at Hong Kong’s Lamma Island. The wonderful company I had aside, Lamma Island turned out to be a terrific surprise and that day quickly made its way up to my "nicest days I had in Hong Kong so far" list.   [...]

My little sister sent me her short list of "you know you’re in Hong Kong when…" summarizing some of her cross-cultural observations as a tourist in Hong Kong. Have a look (with some minor adjustments) : When you have nightmares of wet floors.   When long sexy feet are smiling at you from every corner. [...]

Finding a decent accommodation in Hong Kong can be tricky, and I frequently get questions from friends and colleagues coming to Hong Kong and looking for a cheap and affordable budget accommodation. I’ll start off by recommendations I recently got from three different friends coming in to visit Hong Kong and wanting to stay on [...]

Following is a summary of the posts of my little sister’s visit to Hong Kong. Symphony of Lights @ Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong Kowloon Park – Tsim Sha Tsui – Hong Kong Cheung Chau Island : Hong Kong’s Koh-Phi-phi Don Central Hong Kong’s HK Park and Victoria Peak Tram Nan [...]

My sister’s flight back was in the afternoon, so I was trying to think – what can we do in the morning on the way to the airport. Recent news announced a brand new attraction in Hong Kong – a huge Noah’s Ark to biblical scale on Ma Wan island. Looking at the website, I [...]

Hong Kong has some gigantic malls. One of my favorite monstrosities is Longham Place in Mongkok where I sometimes go for movies or to get away for some aircon coffee from the busy noisy Mongkok streets.   After some shopping in the area, I took my little sister inside for a tea set cake and [...]