Travel
Thursday – a walk around Edinburgh
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10,000 Buddhas of Shatin 沙田
Music: Sanctus. Jools HollandHaving been forced to cancel our skiing holiday, and on semi-lockdown for a couple of months, we took a trip to the 10,000 Buddha temple at Shatin 沙田. At that point Hong Kongers were congratulating themselves, albeit cautiously, on having...
……aaaannnnnddd breathe
Weeks of semi-lockdown and grey skies have given us cabin fever. It's been a gloriously warm, sunny weekend here in Hong Kong and those of us who felt able to get out and about did. We spent yesterday in Hong Kong Park in the centre of town. The aviary was closed...
God and Mammon
St John's Cathedral with the Bank of China building in the background.
Tea house theatre experience
You can see the striking XiQu 西區 theatre building from the ferry in and out of town. It's part of the West Kowloon Cultural project of arts spaces that's still being built. Someone I know from choir moved from Madrid several years ago to help manage this vast project,...
Preparing for New Year – Stanley Street
Provence 2018
On James's recommendation I'm trying out Google photos, which has presented me with this video of photos of my very favourite place in the world apart from home and, possibly, Ronnie Scott's. This was our trip to Vaucluse and Provence in 2018, to celebrate our silver...
Nine Ladies Dancing
I have raved and raved about the Hong Kong Ballet to anyone who'll listen (and a good few who won't) since I've been here, I know that, but being able to see them is one of the things I truly adore about being in Hong Kong and there really aren't that many, if I'm...