Thirsty Thursdays: Top 10 Pub Crawls From My Travels So Far
As I just begin to plan a major pub crawl on a big reunion day with the lads in London during the World Cup, it’s a good moment to recollect the top 10 pub crawls…
Studying Saturdays: My Short Course in Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
There I was, nervous again, fidgeting over my notes, like a first day back at school, checking my hair was OK and my shoelaces were done. In a foreign land here I was now, faced…
Working Wednesdays: Back on the Air at Radio 3🎤📻, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong🇭🇰
“Travel blogging chilled the radio star” – tweaking of a lyric by The Buggles. If you have followed my journeys or indeed known me back in the early days, you’ll be aware of my passion for…
Backpacking in Hong Kong: 24 Hours Exploring Mong Kok, Kowloon
Mong Kok translates nicely into Yingman/English as “Busy Corner” and if I was a first time visitor to Hong Kong, I would make sure that I base myself in Mong Kok for my first few…
Staying at the Dorsett Mong Kok Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hong Kong remains a firm favourite for me on my travels. It really has a lot offer in almost every department I look for – ease of movement, good base, fast Wi-Fi, huge range of…
Staying at the Magnificent Cityview Hotel, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
It’s a beautiful world sometimes and we need to pinch ourselves and remind each other of this, more often than we do. As I backpacked my way through the streets of Hong Kong back in…
Backpacking in Hong Kong: 24 Hours Exploring Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Hong Kong has endless corners to explore. My recent journeys through this mini country of 8 million people took me to Yau Ma Tei. It’s…
Studying Saturdays: Learning Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong🇭🇰
“Libraries gave us power” – Manic Street Preachers. Saturdays were always my day off as a blogger. I tended to write my Saturday and Sunday stuff during the week and take Saturday off. It’s football day…
Working Wednesdays: Welcome Host for Internations in Hong Kong
It’s been a while since I did a Working Wednesdays feature on here, and while I have dozens more jobs to write about, I’ll be posting a few more of them in due course when…
Backpacking in Hong Kong: My Top 5 Sights
This post has been a long time coming and you probably wonder why I never condensed Hong Kong into a top 5 before. But better late than never – here it is. I like to…