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Category Archives: Housekeeping
Back from another Hong Kong visit
It’s been three years since my son first visited Hong Kong, so it’s time for another visit to see the extended family This time around we visited a few places I’ve been to before but wanted to share with the […]
Planning for another trip to Hong Kong
It’s been three years since my last trip to Hong Kong, so it’s time for another visit. You’d think by now I would have run out of new things to see, but I’ve got quite a list places to visit […]
Photos from my 2016 trip to Hong Kong
It has taken me almost 18 months, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2016 trip to Hong Kong. My itinerary. Day 1: arrival Day 2: Kowloon Day 3: Peng Chau and Kowloon Day 4: […]
Photos from my 2013 trip to Hong Kong
It has taken me almost four years, but I have finally finished uploading the photographs I took on my 2013 trip to Hong Kong. My itinerary. Day 1: arrival Day 2: Kowloon Day 3: Big Buddha via Mui Wo Day […]
Yet another visit to Hong Kong
Time flies as you get older, and for me it is no different – I’ve just returned from yet another visit to Hong Kong. This time around my young son was also along for the ride, with twelve days spent visiting family and sightseeing around Hong Kong, plus a short stopover on the way back home from somewhere else.
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