Holy Carpenter Guest House Hong Kong

... to watch a performance. First we got to observe some kids that were in a competition, which was pretty cool. No one was fighting anyone else, it was just the artistic version where people went one at a time and did a routine similar to gymnastics. Then we went in an auditorium and watched older men perform for us. It was really cool, they were really athletic and it was entertaining to watch them break boards, cups, metal, etc. One guy even ate fire a ...

ENTRY BY: Rat

Dennis has to Skype into an L.A. video meeting, so as usual, when I'm not needed, I power down. It's never a safe thing to do in the presence of Dennis and his camera, but at least I wasn't drooling.

We're actually at Celine's apartment (12th floor, great view of Victoria Park), dropping off our luggage ...

... the sheer size of the restaurant there were still a few vacancies at any given time (although since it was the first day of the restaurant's re-opening, perhaps word hadn't spread; one can never be sure). The restaurant also affords amazing views of the harbour area, especially West Kowloon. We meet up with a couple of C's friends who happened to travel to Hong Kong as well - officially they're ...

This morning, soon after waking up, we were got see a Solar Eclipse in Hong Kong!
“The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a
wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday,
luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial ...

... On one side it is a swirl dark grey with yellow highlights, on the opposite wall is a full length mirror that absorbs and reflects the colours of the other side. I’ll let the pictures do the talking but the separate living area featured a huge 50 inch plasma television with carefully placed ...

... so everybody said no to the above...we got off the plane just as a Kenya Airways jet happened to be deplaning. As we were strolling to customs we noticed all the facemasks...if they could have used tongs to handle us they would have. Even got the thermal cameras running...made it thru that gauntlet then get to the customs line......same time as the Kenya Airlines flight. Now this is when both Shauna looks at me with some look of disgust that I let one ...

... unofficial dinner-finisher) and enjoyed the company of Team China before we said our last goodbyes and promised to keep in touch with each other. After dinner, the 8 went out to try and find somewhere to have a drink and maybe continue the party, i wasn't feeling well but i tagged along hoping the fresh air would improve my stomach ache...it did not. We settled in a bar but i left soon after as i was simply feeling too rough to stay. I decided against a taxi back to the hotel as i ...

... s late nighters like to hang, While Knutsford Terrace and Ashley Road (together with some other streets in Tsim sha Tsui) are where Kowloon's hottest nightspots can be found

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... then we proceeded to Hong Kong island for another 7-Eleven street party in the early hours of Sunday. That was the last I saw of Sara on her short trip here, but Kassia, Robyn, Helen and their Swedish friend joined us again on Monday night for the weekly all-you-can-drink campus shitshow at our local pub before they flew back to Thailand on Tuesday morning. I spent the next week catching up in my school work and recovering from a long three weeks of ...

... of Hong Kong, where unsurprisingly it was raining. Just as well we admired the aviaries last time, because now it is all closed due to bird flu. On a brighter note, Hong Kong has gone smoke free both indoors and out - only the traffic fumes now!puzzling out the right ferry, it was back to Lantau and then for another uncomfortable night in the airport before a rather less crowded final 12 hour leg back to the UK. Our tube journey was enlivened by ...