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Our first plane ride in a month

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Our first plane ride in a month.] We left the hotel early this morning — before 7:00 am — to catch a train to the airport. Strangely fitting that our last train would be …

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Ohio, Nippon!

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Ohio, Nippon!.] Last country. Almost home. Being in Japan, actually, is almost like being home. This country is so familiar to me (well, certainly Yotsukaido, Chiba, and …

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The Dim Sum curse lifted

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: he Dim Sum curse lifted.] The Dim Sum curse is lifted, finally! After a few days of trying to figure out where to go, we hit Hong Kong Island to see what we could find. …

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Going uphill to Victoria Peak

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Going uphill to Victoria Peak.] After meeting up with Amy, following our mutual attire sizings (and having a snack in a very Irish bar, oddly sitting amidst a lot of …

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Ode to Hong Kong Trolleys

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Ode to Hong Kong Trolleys.] Trolley headlight burning bright, cart me through this stormy night, Away to the curious city sights And let me view the highest heights! …

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Buying a suit

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Buying a suit.] So one of my missions here in Hong Kong (self-imposed, I should add) is to find a suit. Not just any suit, but the one for my wedding. So needless to …

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Paddles up!

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Paddles up!.] For the record, we didn’t it plan it this way. But like many things on our trip, fortuitious circumstance happened to place us in Hong Kong on the first …

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The Dim Sum curse

[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: The Dim Sum curse.] We’re cursed. It’s the only way to explain it.Since arriving in China, one of the few things we’ve been absolutely obsessed over finding is some …