Ferry Day 6 – You may have gathered by now that ‘Chau’ means island, and today took me over to one of the smallest islands so far, Peng Chau, which is just off the coast of Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, where I was on Ferry Day 2. The island is like a miniature dumbbell version […]
Ferry Day 5 – Things were a little compllicated this morning due to problems at several MTR stations, so it was felt that all of the examiners should travel by taxi. As I cycled down to the Kowloon Star Ferry I could see the effect it had already had on traffic, and kept my fingers […]
After my problems on Lamma Island (Ferry Day 4) I took an executive decision to have Saturday off. Susie has Sundays and Mondays free each week, and we had plans for those days, so the result has been a slightly blog-free couple of days. Here’s a quick-ish summary of our land-lubber’s weekend. Saturday Susie’s last […]
Today, some of the ‘challenge’ part of ‘Hong Kong Ferry Challenge’ came right at the start, inside Pier No.4… Today’s Distance (cycling & ferry): 24 miles Time in saddle/pushing bike: 3h 02 Time on Ferries: 1h 10 Max temp (°c): 45° ‘Feels Like’: Could be anything! ° Climb (feet) : 1,504 Calories used: 1,561 (in this […]
A long and very picture-heavy blog today, so settle back. First, a little housekeeping from yesterday’s blog: I asked if anyone could help with an ID of the Late Neolithic Celebrity I met on Park Island, and my brother Seb came to the rescue. Here’s a reminder of the gentleman in question: And the answer […]
Hong Kong Ferry Day 1 – OK, we’re off! This bike adventure is finally up and running. This morning, after saying goodbye to Susie who was off for her first day of examining, I carried my bike downstairs, unfolded it outside the hotel as arranged with Joyce, and handed the bag over to King at […]
We had two days before Susie began her busy examining schedule and I began island-hunting, two days to shrug off the jet-lag and explore our surroundings a little. I have visited Hong Kong several times before on orchestral tours but for Susie it was not only her fist time here but her first trip to […]
Our journey began with a slight problem at the airport: we discovered that we did not have three cases of 23 kilos available for our combined flights on Cathay Pacific (Susie) and SAS (me), but one of 30 kilos and one of 23. The man from Cathay Pacific told us that there would be an […]
Hotel finally confirmed I’m glad to say that we now know where we’re staying, and the hotel is right on the harbour front on the Kowloon side in Tsim Sha Tsui East, and very nice too. I had a close look and it seems to be perfectly placed for all of Susie’s daily trips out […]
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