Trip: Take 2: action!
There are [199] stories from my trip: Take 2: action!
HONG KONG | Monday, 1 Aug 2016 | Views [422]
We woke today to an email notifying us of our cancelled flight....bummer. They are expecting a typhoon over the next few days, so we think that's why it changed. Mike managed to get us on a flight via Brisbane getting in an hour later on Tuesday morning.... Read more >
HONG KONG | Sunday, 31 Jul 2016 | Views [304]
Happy Birthday Leo and Happy 9th Anniversary to us! It was touch and go there for a while but I'm glad we didn't sufficate each other with pillows as we slept - win win! We had a day of adventure heading to Lantau Island by ferry. Swam in the dirty ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Saturday, 30 Jul 2016 | Views [294]
Checked out of the air bnb place (and good timing as it was getting a little claustrophobic) and arrived at our new stay: The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Thought we'd treat ourselves for the last two days of the total trip - so got a nice room with a great ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Friday, 29 Jul 2016 | Views [294]
Mike walked the inner city, found Hong Kong Park and had a read, then discovered little lane ways and tea shops. I chilled in Winston's Neighbourhood - an expat-run coffee shop with a rather cool name. POD is the playground just outside of the coffee ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Thursday, 28 Jul 2016 | Views [331]
Hit the town - Kowloon Town. We shopped till we dropped...well until we found the MI phone shop, then we bought two. His and hers matching phones...look at us, we've turned into Rob and Gab :) We have been hunting for this brand ever since hearing about ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016 | Views [388] | Comments [1]
Walked up, up, up and up in a pool of sweat to Victoria's Peak. Great outlook over the harbour, so worth the climb. I had my first ever BUBBLE TEA: Passionfruit green tea with mango bubbles - yumbo! Met Mike for kebabs and ice cream.
HONG KONG | Tuesday, 26 Jul 2016 | Views [380]
Explored Honkers today and found we are in a really good localtion on Hong Kong Island side. Queens Road runs through the middle of the main areas and it's a colourful city, a mix of new and old. Hot hot hot so lots of shop hopping and icecream eating.... Read more >
HONG KONG | Monday, 25 Jul 2016 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Monday, 25 Jul 2016 | Views [314]
1am must be the perfect time to move a bulldozer around Shanghai, so thats why it was next door - with a truck and 2 guys yelling while shovelling debris. Then the hammering, excavating and drilling continued for most of the morning. We left early ... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 24 Jul 2016 | Views [278]
They are renovating downstairs so thats fun (NOT!). Walked around for most of today in the scorching sun but borrowed an umbrella today. Xiandi, Old Town, Kids Market. Mike went wining and dining with the Airbnb owner Bill. He was picked up and ... Read more >
CHINA | Saturday, 23 Jul 2016 | Views [256]
Went to China Art Museum - Expo 2010. Walked all the way to the Financial District and went up the Shanghai Tower - 2nd tallest in the world, tallest in Asia - makes Empire State look like a paddle pop stick. Good timing - skyline from dat to night. ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 22 Jul 2016 | Views [320]
Started at a French bakery in the French Concession where we are staying. Think its the party/pub scene. Irish pubs, Deans bottle shop and a heap of cafes. Walked The Bund, the harbour esplanade with the famous Shanghai Skyline across the water. This ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 21 Jul 2016 | Views [337]
The rain stopped this morning letting us check out Beijings 798 Art DIstrict. A large warehouse/office space reused for artists and design agencies. Blocks A-E are spread across a few neighbourhoods and there are sculptures and street art to look at ... Read more >
CHINA | Wednesday, 20 Jul 2016 | Views [301]
More rain today, so much so that we stayed in and watched it for most of the day. Finally went out to the night market. The street was flooded with water and we enjoyed a wet stroll in our touristy ponchos. Most of the cool shops were closed and there ... Read more >
CHINA | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016 | Views [296]
Well we had planned a day exploring the Forbidden City and night market...but it was really overcast, smoggy, foggy and rainy, so we ditched that idea. A slow day consisting of a lot of Internet browsing, journal updating, music, movie watching and a ... Read more >
CHINA | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Monday, 18 Jul 2016 | Views [320]
Woke to the musical sounds of the traffic: car horns and traffic. Good morning Beijing. Music drowns this out as we managed to get onto Spotify and discovered the Chili Peppers have a new album. Mike and I walked around the city for about 6 hours today.... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 17 Jul 2016 | Views [281]
Seeked out our new Airbnb place not far from our last hostel. Nice place, high rise, good view of the city, the traffic and the smog. Plenty of car horns beeping so we're really going to enjoy it here. We always laugh at how excited we get when our clothes ... Read more >
CHINA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2016 | Views [266]
What better way to enjoy our last day on tour than a trip to the Great Wall. We entered a part of it at Jinshanling, not many tourists and very enjoyable. We walked a good 10km, up gigantic steps and running up parts that were like ramps. plus it was ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 15 Jul 2016 | Views [290]
Came through the mountains to Beijing this morning - something nice to wake up to. Yobyn our newest honcho met us at the station and found out we will have to get use to a lot of people staring at us and taking pictures. After a rest and an unpack Yobyn ... Read more >
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