by David | Jul 6, 2007 | eating, travel
It’s about something squarer, greasier, more desirable and more affordable. If you want iPhone news, read it from someone who cares. I’m talking about 蘿蔔糕 or lobag gow or luobo ga-o or lo baak gou or just plain glorious twice fried turnip cake....
by David | Jul 6, 2007 | photo, transportation, travel
I never get tired of this buoy. That’s the Wan Chai convention center to the left, near the hotel where we usually stay. Foggy Sunday morning. The top of IFC2 (88 floors) is just out of the clouds. Last ferry on a dark night. On a cloudy night, the sky and water...
by David | Jul 6, 2007 | culture
I owe somebody somewhere in Asia a big tip. Somebody somewhere in the bowels of a hotel laundry room in Singapore or Hong Kong sewed a button back on to the cuff of one of my shirts. A button that had been crushed or ripped off by my usual local laundry shop months...
by David | Jul 5, 2007 | culture, travel, working
I like internationalism and multiculturalism. I like the breaking down of borders and mixing of cultures. But sometimes, things just clot up together in a really confusing way and it feels like you’ve been pantsed by progress. (More important pants-related news...
by David | Jun 30, 2007 | photo, travel
Sorry I’ve been out of touch since HK, things got pretty crunky in Singapore and I was sick by the time I hit Mexico City. But anyway, the film is back and I’m going to post some more HK harbour shots under various conditions. Also going to update the...
by David | Jun 17, 2007 | eating, travel, working
Those of you who think that business travel is all expense-account glamour are sadly mistaken. But once in a while, we do go someplace nice. Aqua is an Italian-Japanese restaurant in a penthouse-like space in Kowloon, looking South across the harbour at Hong Kong...
by David | Jun 17, 2007 | culture, photo, travel
I’m a big fan of public transportation, and one of my favorite examples is the Star Ferry that links Hong Kong island with the Kowloon Peninsula. For a fare of HK$2.20 (about 20 US cents!) you get fast transportation and amazing views. I take it every chance I...
by David | Jun 17, 2007 | photo, travel
My money’s on the gorilla – he looks like he really wants it.
by David | Jun 15, 2007 | photo, travel
by David | Jun 14, 2007 | culture, economics, travel
I was dozing off while watching CNNi the other day and half-asleep, I caught this headline, “Wangs outnumber countries” on the crawler. Snapping to attention, I learned that the billion-plus mainland chinese are overwhelmingly named one of just 100...
by David | Jun 14, 2007 | photo, travel
even in Hong Kong. This is 4:30am or so, a bit before sunrise.
by David | Jun 13, 2007 | travel
How cool is this? A site that maps out great circle paths across the earth. Disclaimers aside, it gives a good idea of the most direct path from here to there. In other mappy news, this page answers the burning question, “Where is the largest island in a lake on...
