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As I’ve said before, I’m no expert. I haven’t been everywhere or done everything. But one thing I have done is paid attention to public transit systems, especially the ones I’ve had to deal with on a daily basis. Such as …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Things seen along the way.] As we’ve moved along over this journey, I’ve taken pictures of things for posting to the blog. Some of them didn’t make it, for one reason or …
[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 …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: A side-trip to Macau.] One last thing we needed to do before we leave the Hong Kong area was check out Hong Kong’s forgotten half-sister, Macau. Macau was founded a …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Amy's ready to kill me, I swear....] I complain a lot. Unintentionally, I swear, but I do. (Amy says I like to complain, but I actually hate it. I don’t even realize I’m …
[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. …
[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 …
[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! …
[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 …
[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 …
[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 …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: A little more on Hong Kong.] We haven’t been here long, but there’s already a few interesting things that are, well, interesting. Consider for the moment the fact that …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Messed up Hong Kong money.] So naturally, upon arrival, we needed to get some money out so we could, well, do anything. The bank machine (from the Bank of China) set the …
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Help me, I'm melting!.] Hong Kong is hot. It’s humid. I think I left a trail of melted me behind as we walked around. Oof. We took our final long-distance train from …