At 2:30 PM I realized I had forgotten the tickets. We were just finishing a 7k hike with some friends on Lantau, having a snack at a picnic table. The Phoenix concert was at 7PM at the Asia Expo Center, also on Lantau, near the airport. Now we were going to have to go back... Continue Reading →
When guests come to Hong Kong, they often want to do similar things. You send them to the escalator, to see the peak, to a night market; you eat all the dim sum. Not surprisingly, the Big Buddha with the cable car is usually on the list. I have now gone to Ngong Ping 4... Continue Reading →
My legs hurt. It has been more than 48 hours. I am going to have to do something about it. Possibly go on a long walk or take up yoga. On Sunday morning at 8 AM, P and I started running. The race started in Tung Chung on Lantau, roughly sea level, and the course... Continue Reading →
I live in the middle of a city on the 27th floor in a 450 square foot apartment. I have roof access, so I feel like I have some space, but often I would just like to spread out without a building looming and walls pressing in around me. Hong Kong is not for the... Continue Reading →
A repatriated American, living in Chicago for the first time, occasionally writing about it.
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