Travel
Quarantine diary – day 5
Today, for the first time, the day stretches out ahead of me and, despite the soft roar of the airconditioner, it seems uncomfortably quiet.Today's main event will be my Day 5 PCR test. This one is not self-adminstered. Some people from the Health Department will...
Quarantine diary – Day 4
A giant pumpkin has arrived across the Bay in Wanchai. Halloween is upon us, it seems.I begin the day overwhelmed by kindness of someone I only know from Twitter, who did this quarantine herself a few months ago. She's offered to bring me necessities like a corkscrew...
Quarantine diary – day 3
I'm starting to settle into the new quarantine regime. It helps that I have food deliveries to look forward to.The normal East to West jet lag routine has set in, it seems: I'm so tired the first night after travelling that I fall asleep immediately, having nodded all...
Quarantine diary – Day 2
A new day and I start to settle into my quarantine.It seems like a good idea to establish a routine. I've decided to use Post-its to mark my days on then window, just in case anyone happens to look up to the 27th floor and cares about me. It's a bit of a HK gweilo...
Quarantine diary – Day 1
Having spent six weeks at home in Beckenham and another three on my washout in Canada, I finally arrived back in Hong KongThe journey and its overture of trying to find a PCR testing clinic in Vancouver that would provide me with a certificate of ISO 15189...
Days 52 to 56 The Canadian
I've wanted to do this train journey across Canada for ages. Why not spend some of my Canadian washout days doing this?The Canadian Day 1 - Sunday 10th October 2021 I go to bed quite late the night before, having spent ages organising my luggage. I drag myself out of...
Days 48 to 51 Toronto
[wpgmza id="2"]Sadly I didn't have as much time in Toronto as I'd originally planned because my original Canadian train booking was cancelled. Still, I managed to do the two most important things on my itinerary, visiting the CN Tower and meeting up with...
Days 49 to 50 Niagara Falls
[wpgmza id="2"]I'd wanted to visit Niagara Falls since reading about them in my first handed-down Tell Me Why book at the age of 7. I read the page over and over again, fascinated by this natural wonder of the world. This week I finally travelled to see them. I mean,...