Tag: China

Happy 2009 from Hong Kong!

If you find this video a little lacking consider also that it cost me about four thousand bucks to shoot! It’s my own fault, really… I should have secured myself a better viewing spot for the famous Hong Kong Harbour fireworks show much earlier in the evening. As it happened, I walked out of my…

December 31, 2008
Shanghai Rewind: Day Eight

(A recap of my China adventures from Monday, August 28th…) The photo above (courtesy of Jian Shuo Wang) shows one of Shanghai’s many cheap and cheerful taxis, instrumental in getting LinLyn and I through the crucial last mile (more like last block) from the People’s Square subway station to our hotel on the day of…

September 21, 2006
Shanghai Rewind: Day Seven

(A recap of my China adventures from Sunday, August 27th…) It seemed like the very patient housekeeping staff at our hotel were consistently kept waiting for us to get up and out of our room, but on this, out last full day in Shanghai, LinLyn and I were actually ready to eat about an hour…

September 14, 2006
Shanghai Rewind: Day Six

(A recap of my China adventures from Saturday, August 26th…) You can’t really spend a Saturday in China without trying some local dim sum, and the locally-famous Crystal Jade didn’t disappoint. We arrived without a reservation and were seated at a long table with other diners in the swanky eatery, which was done up even…

September 13, 2006
Shanghai Rewind: Day Five

(A recap of our China adventures on Friday, August 25th…) Having denied ourselves any napping the day before we were able to get an early start and make the breakfast buffet at the J.W. Marriott. The western-style grub was great and wonderfully presented; can’t say the same for the western-style hotel guests, though. Their attire…

September 8, 2006