I never expected the little town of Maastricht at the southern tip of the Netherlands to be this lively, but even during the gloomy cold winter time there’s lots going on surrounding the carnival. Maastricht proclaims itself to the the
Machane Yehuda Market Festival – Baal Basta : Jerusalem
The transformation that took place in Machane Yehuda Market in central Jerusalem is remarkable (official site). From an ordinary loud and dirty wet market to a posh shopping areas filled with exotic restaurants, coffee shops, bars, pubs, tons of cool
Mardi Gras : New Orleans
Mardi Gras, or "Fat Tuesday", is a crazy carnival season taking place across the former French colonial cities around the US – New Orleans being the capital of French culture in the states. The festivities go on for nearly a
Lan Kwai Fong Carnival 2011
Lan Kwai Fong, the party center of Hong Kong, keeps coming up with new events to attract people. It seems like there’s always something going on. October was Oktoberfest, so we got a whole month month of German beer parties.
HK’s Mid Autumn Lantern Carnival – Causeway Bay 2010
Hong Kong ran the annual Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival 2010 at Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park and sure enough – I was there, again (see Mid Autumn Lantern Festival @Victoria Park HK from 2009). Debate about all you want about Chinese culture’s
Hong Kong Kung Fu Carnival 2009
As part of the "Hong Kong International Kung Fu Festival 2009" Avenue of Stars hosted a Kung Fu Carnival. Was suppose to be "international", but sometimes the HK tourism bureau likes to overuse that word a bit. Still, we could
