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My trip to Hokkaido and Hong Kong. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Feel free to ask for clarification of any post by entering a comment and I will add more detail. I hope you have enjoyed the journey as much as I have. Ah what a good feeling it is to sleep in my own bed again. As promised, here is a gallery of a few interesting trams of Hong Kong.
My trips to Hainan Island and Shanghai, China. Friday, October 28, 2011. But we ended up waiting an hour on the tarmac anyway. Perhaps some connecting flight was delayed. I suspect punctuality suffers on internal Chinese routes. I was happy when we finally took off. We arrived in Hong Kong 35 minutes late. The pilots probably stepped on the pedal a bit, but I think the airline also schedules some leeway for this sector.
My trip to the Balearic Islands in 2012. Sunday, October 14, 2012. Looking back, and ahead. And so, with a last morning stroll along Pinewalk on the foreshore of Port Pollença, my vacation in the Balearic Islands was at an end. What would I have done different? I dislike airports, especially crowded ones.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013. So I had a relaxed breakfast, showered, and took a tuk tuk to the airport at 1100. I would take it easy in the air-con, have lunch, then check in. Thai are so polite; the Wai. I liked the humid climate less, but better than Bangkok.
I spent 10 days in Taiwan, starting from Kaohsiung and ending up in Taipei. Along the way I visited Kenting, Tainan, Taichung, Sun Moon Lake, Hualien, and Taroko Gorge. The flight was at 1500 so I thought it prudent to start early because surprisingly for a world city, Taoyuan Airport. There is a gallery at the airport with very attractive high dynamic range. There were excellent meals and snacks but I find it hard to pick a Taiwanese dish that I find outstanding; t.