What do you know about Albert Einstein and his genius scientific contribution? The Hong Kong Science Museum has repeatedly succeeded in putting up terrific exhibitions about very popular science related topics that we somehow know very little about. Previous one
Sai Kung Peninsula
On a gorgeous sunny blue skies day I took out my newly bought Sony Alpha55 camera for a spin to try and capture the true beauty of the Sai Kung Peninsula surrounding my university. I went up to the highest
Flying Gliders on Wilson Trail Stage 4
On a gloomy hot Sunday in Hong Kong we set off to do the Wilson Trail stage 4 backwards from the Sha Tin Pass all the way east down hill towards Sai Kung. This trail shares a section with MacLehose
HK Problems (Twitter) + Complaints Choir of Hong Kong
#HKProblems trend started by @HKProblems is freaking fantastic. Every time I read one of those tweets I can’t help but smile and hope someone’s documenting those pearls of wisdom. Searching back in the last week, here are some of
Happy Valley : Shenzhen
I’ll try and make this simple for you. If you’re looking for an amusement park from a bad 70s b-movie then Shenzhen has just the thing for you. Happy Valley, which some claim can compete with Hong Kong’s Ocean Park
Kratovo : Macedonia
About a 100km from Macedonia’s capital Skopje is a quiet little town that really takes you back in time into a different century. It’s one of the oldest towns in Macedonia and till now it preserves much of its simplicity
New York Jew in China : Exploring Chinese society
A Yiddish speaking New York Jew reporter Ross (Shmuel) Perlin covers China in a series of terrific videos discussing China and Chinese culture. With his relative fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Perlin goes around China taking a look at some very
National Botanic Gardens : Washington DC
It’s been almost 10 years since I last visited Washington DC during my Sep 2001 trip to the US. It was just following the national tragedy so the atmosphere was that of mourning and shock and I naturally joined the
HK International Travel Expo 2011
The Hong Kong International Travel Expo 2011 was held a few weeks ago in the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition center and I decided to go have a look and see what I can learn about travel opportunities here in
Monastery of St Joakim Osogovski : Macedonia
One of the first stops in my Balkans tour was the lovely monastery of Saint Joakim Osogovski set in a valley just off from Kriva Palanka in Macedonia and not too far away from the capital – Skopje . It’s