Every time we told someone how long we were planning to travel in Hong Kong, the response was always the same. What are you going to do for a whole month? We figured we’d like the city. We suspected we’d have plenty to do. And we were right. In fact, as March 21 loomed nearer,… Continue reading “Goodbye, Hong Kong”
If you read my post on cooking in a tiny Hong Kong kitchen, then this hostel kitchen probably looks like a dream. And it was … to a point. It was definitely the most spacious kitchen we’ve used here. But it also had the most cooks wanting to use it. So instead of space, our… Continue reading “Making the Most of Our Hostel Kitchen”
We spent a month in Hong Kong. I’m sad to say I made it to only one farmers market during that time. But it wasn’t for lack of trying. While wet markets hover around 100, there are less than ten Hong Kong farmers markets. This was a surprise since my own city of Seattle has… Continue reading “Where Are All the Hong Kong Farmers Markets?”
In most people’s minds, hiking does not top the list of activities for Hong Kong. I was no different; it didn’t even occur to me to look up hiking trails. But soon after I began planning, I found a government site devoted to this popular pastime. That’s when I first learned about the four long… Continue reading “Hiking Trails in Hong Kong”
We are habitual coffee drinkers. Not quite addicts—I’m never desperate enough to drink Starbucks. But if hipster cafes exist, we will go out of our way to find them. A month in the city gave us plenty of time to sample a few Hong Kong cafes. They congregate in the Sheung Wan and PoHo neighborhoods;… Continue reading “Our Favorite Hong Kong Cafes”
