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 HK [...]
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 Lian Garden, Chi Lin [...]
Meet Shani, my adorable little sister, who suddenly – out of nowhere – called me up from Israel on my birthday to let me know she’ll be arriving at Hong Kong the following day on a last minute flight deal. We’ve had a terrific 8 days of touring around Hong Kong and having loads of [...]
Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau has recently announced "The Best Trip in the World" contest hoping for reaction similar to Australia’s “Best Job in the World". Seeing the still weak international interest in Kaohsiung’s World Games 2009 I have some doubts on how popular this would be, but any big project to attract more visitors to [...]
One of the nice advantages of living in HK is just how close China is. Two hours away from the HK by train is Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong (Canton) province. After hearing lots of stories and reading a fair number of books on southern China’s Pearl River Delta, I was curious to finally see [...]
Although I’ve heard Penghu and Green island are terrific, the Kending beaches are the best I’ve seen in Taiwan. Not quite the Thailand islands yet, but in some spots it’s as inviting as the Goa beaches. There are some really nice beaches in Kending.
It could have been nicer if they confined all water sports to [...]
Following is a short summary of most of the places I took my mother to visit around Taiwan (and related posts). Probably a few I already forgot about.
North
Taipei
Touring Taipei : National Palace Museum Shilin
Terrific Chinese Opera, Acrobatics and Dancing at Taipei Eye
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, Warner Village and Taipei 101
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei [...]
One of Seoul’s familiar land marks, looking a bit like the one in Seattle-USA, is the Seoul N Tower (or CJ Seoul Tower). Situated on a hill and overlooking Seoul from above (236m) it offers some spectacular views that are a bit hard to catch on a regular camera.
The whole place looks great at night…
But [...]
