Evicted and Forgotten: Ma Wan Village
If you’ve ever been on the Lantau Link on the way to Hong Kong International Airport, when crossing Kap Shui Mun bridge you may have noticed a small village on […]
If you’ve ever been on the Lantau Link on the way to Hong Kong International Airport, when crossing Kap Shui Mun bridge you may have noticed a small village on […]
And now for something completely different… The Hong Kong Color Run is a 5-km running event that has no winners and no time limit. It is a family activity that […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a thing for old towns and villages. There is just something magically charming about these communities, where you can catch […]
Located off the north-eastern part of Sai Kung, Grass Island (or Tap Mun – 塔門) is a small island community of local fishermen mostly concentrated near Tap Mun Village. To […]
The Tung O Ancient Trail is a footpath on the northern shore of Lantau Island that connects Tung Chung with the Tai O fishing village. Also known as the Tung […]
The Occupy Central protest camp at Admiralty is by far the largest of the three Umbrella Movement sites in the city, dwarfing those at Mong Kok and Causeway Bay. I […]
The protest camp at Causeway Bay is the smallest of the three “Umbrella Movement” occupation sites. Located in some of the most expensive retail property in world (reportedly topping even […]
Just over a month has passed since the start of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong, and there is still no resolution in sight. Both the Umbrella […]