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Going into hibernation…

# 2013-04-09 03:30:07, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
You may have noticed a lack of posts recently and the reason is that this blog has started to become a real chore for me. It’s lasted much longer than I thought it would and has opened up some interesting opportunities over the past two years (since it started to attract more visitors, although it […]

Lung Cheung Road Lookout, nr Beacon Hill

# 2013-04-01 16:08:05, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Well, I’ve been in the area for quite some time now (about 8 months) and still haven’t actually made a proper effort to see the places that are in my immediate vicinity. So, with a few spare minutes today (I don’t get many occasions when I have the time, will and energy together in one […]

A Quickfire Bruce Lee Tour of the North NT

# 2013-03-27 05:05:21, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
I recently had the pleasure of meeting up with a mad crazy German Bruce Lee fan (who shall remain nameless to protect his shy nature – although he did blame me for the bombing of Dresden…I didn’t really feel I could let him know that my home town was Coventry) and we headed up into […]

Hong Kong Air Pollution

# 2013-03-04 20:46:47, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Well, the weather is on the up (or perhaps I’ve spoken too soon?) and the grey fuggy pollution haze that descends on HK during the so-called ‘winter’ seems to be gradually easing. I see a lot of recommendations on the web whereby people recommend the best time to visit HK is during the cooler winter […]

Wai Kee Coffee & Noodles Shophouse, Sham Shui Po

# 2013-03-04 03:41:56, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
My Xmas read this past holiday was “Kowloon: Unknown Territory” by Nicole Chabot and Ira Chaplain. It’s a nice combination of Ira’s eye-catching photographs and Nicole’s thoroughly researched essays that bring some of the lesser-known aspects of Kowloon into the spotlight. It was certainly...

Starfish Bay (海星灣), Lok Wo Sha

# 2013-02-07 00:38:39, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
As regular readers may know one of my big interests is seeking out HK film locations. Okay, it may be heading towards the sad end of the nerdy spectrum but it is a great way to explore the area and has taken me to some quite obscure places around the territory. Today’s excursion was essentially [�...

High Rock, Shatin

# 2013-02-05 20:07:39, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
High Rock is one of those places I originally found out about via the much missed “Things to Do Along the KCR Line booklet. The booklet went missing a few years ago, never to be found again, but in its short time in my possession it introduced me to many of the out-of-the-way sights that […]

Remembering the Osprey

# 2013-01-30 03:44:08, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Not so long ago someone started posting pictures on Gwulo.com of the after effects of Typhoon Ellen in 1983. Out of this interesting discussion came the mention of a boat that became an unfortunate victim of the typhoon when it sank several miles south of the territory. A link to a photograph of the boat […]

1936 Building along Ting Kok Road, Tai Po

# 2013-01-17 20:56:51, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Speaking of 1936, as we just were in this post where I mentioned the great (but not as great as 1937) typhoon of 1936, not far away from Sam Kung temple is a very old building sitting right next to Ting Kok Road at the edge of Po Sam Pai village. We know it’s old […]

Sam Kung Temple, Tai Po

# 2013-01-14 01:46:04, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Another little side excursion from Ting Kok Road that isn’t too far from the formerly mentioned Kwun Yam statue is the recently rebuilt Sam Kung (three palace) Temple of Shuen Wan. Shuen Wan is of course the proper Chinese name for the area known as “Plover Cove” which includes the area west of the Sam […]

The World’s Tallest Kwan Yam, Tung Tsz Monastery

# 2013-01-10 03:06:47, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Or, to paraphrase The Hollies – She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Buddha. Yes indeedy, the north Tai Po treeline has recently acquired a new addition in the form of a rather large Kwan Yam statue. If you are wondering who I am talking about you may know her better as Guan Yin/Quan Yin or even [...]

Mobile Post Office, Tai Po

# 2013-01-09 05:33:32, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
I had no idea these even existed until I walked past one the other day in a village in the more northern part of Tai Po District (i.e. along Ting Kok Road – more on that later). So here we are, for those people who can’t be bothered to make the trip into the town [...]

St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Shek Kip Mei

# 2013-01-02 16:36:59, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
To start off the year I am lacking a bit of inspiration and motivation to write about much (just seem to be getting one cold after another at the mo) but until I am back and fully fit here is a quickie from down the road. It’s a rather well-known local religious school that is [...]

# 30 Po Shan Road – another one bites the dust

# 2012-09-05 18:19:00, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
Or at least gets turned into dust I was doing a bit of looking around the other day for my other film location-related blog – after watching Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution – and decided to see whether or not # 30 had found some new owners/tenants. Sadly it looks as though it does have new [...]

Boundary Street, New Kowloon and the New Territories

# 2012-08-26 04:22:24, Hong Kong (& Macau) Stuff
A few people have noticed that this blog went silent for longer than usual – much appreciated for those who sent messages inquiring after my whereabouts, nothing nefarious to report other than a move to a new apartment, in a new part of HK and the subsequent shed-load of work involved (packing, un...