Month: February 2011
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From Hong Kong to Macau
Our itinerary in Hong Kong included a four-day trip to Macau. We left Hong Kong from one of Ocean Terminal’s pier on a Cotaijet 金光飛航 – a high-speed catamaran which made the crossing of Pearl River to Macau in an hour. In this picture taken from the departure lounge, the tall gray building on the…
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Flower Market part 2: Street Food 年宵花市之小食篇
Market + around New Year + lots of people + night time + winter + in a park + Hong Kong = ? Of course, it is street food. Not as much as I expected but they were there. Since no two stalls sold the same kind of food, I suspect they were tightly regulated…
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Lunar New Year Flower Market: part 1 年宵花市
We visited the Chinese New Year evening flower market at Victoria Park 维园年宵花市 in Hong Kong. This type of market or fair is an annual tradition in Southern China – 行年宵. I remember lugging a peach blossom tree home with my Dad many years ago at such a market. The practice is similar to the…
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Nahm @ Elements, Hong Kong
Nahm is the first restaurant we went to on this trip to Hong Kong. My sis took us there, it was convenient and the line was not too long. Indeed, our trip started on a high note, this restaurant is highly recommendable. I regretted not taking my camera with me since the food was not…
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Night views over Hong Kong
I just spent a 2-week vacation in Hong Kong (four days were actually spent in neighboring Macau). It has been a long while since I had 2 weeks off. More remarkable is the fact that I spent Chinese New Year there – I cannot remember when was my last CNY in HK. The highlights of…