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Monday Oct 6 was one of the most gorgeous days – sunny and the mid-70s – which was perfect for a ferry ride to Tiburon. After walking past the Carnival cruise ship and hopping on the ferry, we crossed the bay past Alcatraz and Angel …
One of the valuable life lessons we have learned on our sabbatical is: If you have a beautiful, sunny day, enjoy it because you never know when the winds will change and bring in the fog! We also learned: “Push Through the Fog to the …
On Tuesday, we moved out of our Hong Kong apartment; and, two days later, we were on a flight to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. While watching the safety briefing on our DragonAir flight to Kota Kinabalu, Asher exclaimed, “Hey, they copied the safety video from Cathay …
Unlike the US in which the currency is issued only by the US Treasury, currency in Hong Kong is issued by three different banks: Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, and HK Shanghai Banking Corp. So, the currency in Hong Kong can look completely different even …
One of the unique charactaristics of Hong Kong is the use of bamboo scaffolding for construction. Bamboo poles are tied together with plastic ties to create a multi-layered flexible scaffolding for the construction of everything from small store fronts to huge sky-scrapers. The most amazing …
Today (April 17) we went to the the New Territories in northern Hong Kong to see the 10,000 Buddhas Monastery–the trip to the monastery turned out to be as “interesting” as the temple….but more on that later. The monastery sits at the top of a …
Can you tell what’s missing in this photo inside the lift of our apartment in Hong Kong? We live on the 39th floor. But, can you figure out which floor we really live on? So, unlike the US in which you rarely find a 13th …
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We were at the Family Day (“Kermesse”) for Asher’s school (Mackay) and when we were ordering some pizza, Asher said to make sure we asked for it “sin ketchup” (without ketchup)! So it turns out that most kids put not just a little but a …
Here is Asher’s view of the big Temblor that we experienced our first month in Chile: This is what it says: “THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE! Hear the story? On the ipad, we were watching YouTube Matty B. The earth started making sounds. We turned up …