by Tom | Jun 17, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Leaving HK in style. Especially impressive given Caroline’s dislike of heights and noisy bumpy flying. The slightly confusing question “did you see anything in your helicopter today” might have given the game away a little as we got on the MTR. FYI...
by Tom | Jun 17, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Hong Kong – Greatest Cities of the World. Thanks to Rosie for the link. Griff Rhys Jones takes a fascinating and accurate (IMHO) look at HK (a few years ago now; they were still building the ICC).
by Tom | Jun 13, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Public Diplomacy Fail: In Which I Visit The Repellent U.S. Embassy In Beijing, Have Words With a State Department Employee and Learn A Possible Way To Short-Circuit The Onerous New Passport Form paints a depressing picture of modern authoritarian infrastructure. Who...
by Tom | Jun 11, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Asia-Pacific barbarians vs a world XV (Lewsey, Bastauread, Gollings etc). Not bad free entertainment for a Saturday. And the Dragon Boat Pool Party to follow.
by Tom | Jun 6, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Both teams in the gold cup final at Stanley International and we won it. And my team came tenth (out of 144). Respect! Now boozing on a yacht. Lovely.
by Tom | Jun 6, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Stanley main races, Tuen Ng festival and the Queen’s official birthday. What’s not to like about today. Incidentally, I love that this festival reputedly celebrates the suicide of a poet and has been transformed into eating, drinking and paddling....
