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Xinnian Kuai Luh
... the powdered version to bulk it out. The lady in question, probably called Doris, was hooked up to a Britney Spiers style microphone headset and would regularly bark orders should anyone stray from the more than clear footpath. She was quite frankly the scariest character since Hannibal Lecter. We also got to make scarecrows and enjoy the barbecue lunch which to our surprise consisted of steamed chicken and potatoes. We have had many ...
L.U.A.U
... a change to dip my toes in water that didn't completely numb them. Guess who found the cake shop amongst it all. Even I succumbed. We had to make this a rather fleeting visit but saw enough to know that if we return to HK, we would consider staying here or one of the other islands for a few days. We headed back and met up with Hugh who led us to yet another area of HK island and somewhere different to eat. That's our last day. We are off to Yangshou ...
What's In A Name
... the whole aim is to just keep on moving. And it kind of works, providing you go with the flow and don't try to fight the system by doing something daft like braking, indicating, stopping or letting someone out which will be treated with total suspicion.
Food is a national obsession, the Taiwanese way of saying hello/greeting someone means "have you eaten?" And they do not believe in wasting an animal, they eat everything! If its got legs and it isn't a table, they eat it! ...
Back to the Homeland- Hong Kong
... that took his fancy. Then we just headed back to the hostel.
Rain was predicted the next day, but luckily for us it turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. We took our chances and got the bus over to Stanley and Repulse Bay. The sun was starting to come out so we went to Repulse Bay beach first to make the most of the sunshine. It was as gorgeous as I remembered it from my last visit. We lay sunbathing for a while, and then had a little paddle in the luke warm ...
Curious Critters Atop Steep Peaks
... or bird flu or something. Still, we decide we'd had enough of Victoria Peak and we mount the tram for the equally vertical trip back down the mountainside.
We stop at an incredible restaurant called Little Siam on our way home for a late lunch, and Eden is our waiter. A peaceful-faced, soft spoken, gentle guy who couldn't have been much older than we were, Eden was the sweetest server we'd had thus far. That, paired with two great entrees (tomato fried rice for Karis and ...



