Yim Tin Tsai: Hong Kong’s Little Salt Pan
Regular readers of this site will know that I’m a big fan of exploring abandoned buildings and dilapidated villages – and Hong Kong has a fair number of them in […]
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Donghae Yonggung-sa Temple
About 20 minutes drive north of Busan’s beach resort town Haeundae is one of the city’s most popular temples. Donghae Yonggung-sa (해동용궁사) was first built in 1376 during the Goryeo […]
Ping Shan Heritage Trail
The first of its kind in Hong Kong, the Ping Shan Heritage Trail was inaugurated in 1993 as a means to illustrate traditional village life and culture of the early […]
Kam Tin’s Walled Villages
On the alluvial plains north of Tai Mo Shan, in the valley of Kam Tin in the New Territories, rural life moves at a decidedly slower and more relaxed pace. […]
Doors Open Toronto 2014 – Part 2
For this year’s Doors Open event, I visited six buildings in the city. In the first post, we looked at a church, historic jail, and heritage lumbermill. Here are the […]
Doors Open Toronto 2014 – Part 1
Every year for one weekend in May, the Doors Open event in Toronto is an opportunity to explore some of the most architecturally, culturally, and historically important buildings in the […]
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