Leaving Hong Kong was great- a 30 minute ferry ride from Shenzhen drops you into the Hong Kong airport! Less than 5 minutes to check in and get boarding pass. Oh, as usual I was the last on the ferry, almost missed the ferry and potentially my flight. Also the last one on the return flight to NYC, but that's typical. I flew a new 777 that Cathay...

I hooked up to a wireless moments ago here at the Hong Kong terminal and went immediately to the news. Guess what headline popped out? "2 Canadians deported from Hong Kong" I guess the story goes that the two flew in from Canada today (the same time I did coincidentally) and they were apprehended by Hong Kong immigration officials for questionin...

Hello everyone, Just catching you up on Shan. She went to the hospital yesterday and they wanted to put her on a drip- but she talked her way out of it. They gave her some tablets for the nausea and she went home to bed. She had a very high temperature and they thought it was a one day virus. We spoke to her late last night and she was feeling b...

DUE TO COMBINED LAZINESS/MAKING MOST OF TRAVEL DAYS 24/7 /LOCATION AND NET ACCESS OFTEN BEING LMITED OR ZERO WHILST TRAVELING IN REMOTE AREAS, I HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN KEEPING UP TO DATE...UNLIKE ME I KNOW LOL.. ANYWAYS, JUST TO INFORM FAITHFUL READERS THAT I WILL BE COMPLETING THIS BLOG SOMETIME IN THE EARLY NEW YEAR COMPLETED WITH PHOTOS..YES...

Journee placee sous le signe de la zenitude a New Kowloon ! On a fait tout ce qu'on a pas pu faire la veille : le temple Sik Sik je-sais-tjrs-pas-la-suite, le Chi Lin Nunnery et ses jardins et maisons en bois, et le Kowloon Walled City Park. Plus de reception a la Bank of China Tower, on peut enfin admirer HK du 43e etage. Et encore une fois, on...

Ah, the spoils of train travel. I was sad to only have had such a short time there, but the train gods dictated another two days in Shanghai. HK seemed so clean, orderly and organized after Shanghai, which may just be a reflection of my upbringing in a former British colony given that I was visiting a former British colony. It was strange not to...

We arrived in HK after a long overnight bus journey from Yangshuo to Shenzen and then caught the train over the border. Very excited to be back in HK, (in case you were wondering Margarida lived here for 13 years..) but not excited about the major hike in prices from everything like accommodation to a beer!!! Our first room in HK was by far our ...

Did you know that Swiss trains are on time 95% of the time, up from 93% last year? I suppose you would expect that from a country that makes clocks... Anyway I have left the land of serene punctuality and have been transplanted into noisy, bustling Hong Kong. I'm fighting the urge to sleep right now, so I thought I'd talk to you... Julie-Anne an...

I had a wake up call for 6AM and we did not realise it at the time, but in Hong Kong it gets bright by 5AM Anyway, I'm too nervous to appreciate anything except to put in some more finishing touches to my presentation. Thank God that the MOTH is here and is following me to my session. Not many people at all at this time! The view from our hotel ...

Day 5 Hong Kong. We had spent yesterday just milling around town, chilling out. Today, Frank wanted to sate his appetite for all things space and science related... I'd have to say I share parts of his excitement for science... so, we headed to the Hong Kong Space Centre by Victoria Harbour. We paid for tickets to watch two shows on their big om...