Ok you'll have to bear with me while a computer-illiterate arts student attempts to learn, laboriously, how to use this freaking thing. The photo (below? above?) of the grass/buildings/fog is the site here and where I'm living! Just to give you a visual. Its on the Gold Coast of HK, opposite schmazzy hotels, which is why you can see some green.
The photos just above are from my visit to Tai-O fishing village on the island of Lantau - constructed, you could tell, as oh-so-lonely-planet-and-off-the-beaten-track, but then again, not for all the fisherman who still live and fish there...the village still seems to survive mainly on dried fish markets, and the smell was INTENSE. Its the one with the lake. There's also a shot from our visit to Sai Kung, a national park near the border of China. It's amazing, you travel for less than 3 hours from the centre of crazy HK, and you're swimming at a beach between mountains and hiking with stunning views of coastline stretching as far as the pollution will allow (so about 100m...at least the smog makes everything a bit more mysterious). This visit was with some friends here - Kazakh Phil, German-Canadian Daniel, NZ Ben and Penny and English Steve...I'm not used to being the only Australian around, it was pretty funny. The moment that most assaulted the senses was when certain members of the group whipped out their uncooked bacon, cheese and marmite sandwiches...need I say more.
8 comments:
Yay Fiz!
You're doing great. It will be really good to use this if you can. The photos are great and the blog looks awesome.
It's nice to see your face in context as well.
Guess what? I'm going to East Timor with Oaktree. Random.
Hello there A!! HOW exciting for you that you're going to East Timor, Random city! They must have thought you looked like Chad Michael Murray and thus would look hot on screen :)
Pls keep me updated!
Surely uncooked bacon is just pig?
Fiz, that is so cool a pad! cool to see the photos, glad you have made use of the magic of the 'internet' as some call it to show us photo's. i cut my hair.
Fiz! There you are! I'm a visual learner and so now it all makes sense seeing you in some photos in HK :-) Great to see your pics. That top picture is amazing.
Keep them coming! Love Bonnor
Fiz!
It is wonderful to hear about your adventure that has only just started. I'm not a seafood fan so I can just imagine the smell!
it sounds like you're having a wonderful time and I love reading the updates and seeing photos. I'm looking forward to the next update.
Love Bec
Hi Fiz
Great to hear from you and nice to see some photos.
Love
Elly and Bob
Hi
My wife and I (we are in our early seventies) visited English Steve as you refer to him earlier this month for his wedding. It was a great time. We stayed in CR at Hong Kong. The song you posted, The Father of the Fatherless, touch our hearts too.
Have a great time
Eric
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