Written by Lorna Flanagan (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) China enchants. The moment we arrive in the country we find ourselves caught up in a land of fantasy, where places have romantic-sounding names like the ‘Fragrant Hills’ near Beijing. The Chinese love to invite us to picture the […]
I had visited Hong Kong once before, but that was thirty years ago. I remember skyscrapers towering over seedy street markets, masses of small shops selling cameras and Walkmans, and a general feeling of British authority overlaying a rather suppressed Chinese culture. I also remember arriving at an airport squashed between high-rise blocks of flats […]
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Round the World in 40 Days: Stage 5 – Hong Kong Revisited
After freezing temperatures in Seoul, it was good to arrive in Hong Kong in warm sunshine and then to enjoy a spectacular light show that evening over Victoria Harbour. A great way to return to a vibrant, bustling metropolis. My wife and I had visited Hong Kong three years previously on our Round the World […]