October 25th, 2007
BootsnAll is Having a Party - and You’re Invited
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When you can’t be traveling in exotic destinations, the next best thing is to talk with other travelers about exotic destinations. This is precisely why we at BootsnAll get together each year and invite people to join us - and it’s why we’re inviting you, too!
WHAT: BootsnAll Holiday Party
WHEN: Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 7pm until 11pm
WHERE: Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby St., Portland OR 97209
Our annual holiday party is a great chance to meet up with other like-minded travel enthusiasts to share information and swap stories. It’s also our opportunity to say “thank you” to all the independent travelers who allow us to do what we do! Toward that end, this year we’re going to be giving away some great prizes, including a $500 voucher for an airline ticket. That sounds like a great reason to come to Portland and party with us!
For more information, see our Holiday Party post. We hope to see you there!
September 19th, 2007
Globe Trekker Hong Kong TV Programs On Demand
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What’s the best way to “visit” Hong Kong without actually getting on a plane? The answer is simple - seeing a travel TV show about Hong Kong. You feel like you’re there, and, if you’re planning a trip, it allows you to get a better feel for the place than photographs or guidebooks ever could. And with the new GlobeTrekkerChannel you’ll be able to watch programs about Hong Kong (and lots of other destinations worldwide) at your leisure.
The GlobeTrekkerChannel already offers more than 350 hours of excellent programming, and more is on the way - including a show about Hong Kong and Taiwan and one about shopping in Hong Kong. In the meantime, and especially if your next trip includes any parts of China outside Hong Kong, you can check out the programs on Southern China, Beijing and South West China. Plus, you can satisfy your travel bug with all the programs about other parts of the world, too. And instead of being stuck to a certain schedule, you can download all these shows to your computer and watch them anytime you want. Sounds like the perfect way to make the time pass on a long flight!
Once you register for the GlobeTrekkerChannel service, you’ll be notified of new videos added to the library. And every month you’ll get a free half-hour video with snippets showing some of what’s available for download. Then you can buy credits to download just the programming you want, and watch it on your schedule. Every time you download a video, you’ll have seven days in which to watch it. To find out more visit GlobeTrekkerChannel and watch a free demo video. It’s super easy, and it’s a great way to watch excellent programming on your time!
September 14th, 2007
Hong Kong’s Best Hostels
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When you’re looking for a place to stay in Hong Kong, staying in a hostel is usually the cheapest way to go. And sleeping cheap means you’ll have a little extra money for all that high-powered shopping or fancy dining you’re planning to do while you’re there! After all, this is Hong Kong, city of boutiques and famous restaurants - neither of which require that you spend an arm and a leg on an expensive hotel room.
But how do you know which are the best hostels in Hong Kong? Well, this new list of Hong Kong’s top hostels should help. It’s a collection of a few of the highest-rated hostels the city has to offer, so you can avoid sifting through hundreds of hostels and just focus on the ones that generally get the best reviews. And what’s more, if you’ve stayed in any of the hostels listed, you can rate them yourself with a quick thumbs-up or thumbs-down vote so that other people can learn from your experience, too.
This list of Hong Kong’s best hostels is a great resource for anyone who’s planning a trip, and with the help of people who know these properties and who can rate them, it will only get better over time.
August 23rd, 2006
Food Is All in Hong Kong
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I recently attended the Hong Kong Food Expo at the Convention Center.
My wife, Pam, and I intended to go on Sunday afternoon, thinking it would be a pleasant way of killing a rainy PM, snacking our way around the hundreds of exhibitor booths.
WRONG! The crush to get anywhere near the entrance was such that we decided to hit the nearby Pacific Coffee outlet and have a light lunch.
The next day, which was the last day of the Expo, I decided to see what all the excitement was about. I figured since it was Monday and the last day the crowds would have diminshed considerably.
August 7th, 2006
Lights Out in Hong Kong
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Tonight’s the night for Hong Kong’s lights Out” campaign to focus attention on the deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong.
Not everyone is participating, though. Chief Executive Donald Tsang has opted out because he says it “could give adverse publicity to Hong Kong…” This means the Symphony of Lights will go on as usual at 8:00 PM.
Those participating will turn their lights out for three minutes at 8:00 PM in order to draw attention to the pollution issue in Hong Kong. I’m not sure that just stepping outside and taking a deep breath won’t do the job but activists will be activists and so the campaign has drawn a lot of attention and many more supporters than opponents.
It also gives us a chance to pay attention to something other than the agonies of the Middle East.
August 6th, 2006
Back in Hong Kong: Missed the Chaos
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Hong Kong was visited by a typhoon, Prapiroon, which threw the air traffic situation into total chaos. Hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted. Thousands of people spent the night at the airport.
The Hong Kong Observatory hoisted a number 3 signal instead of a number 8. Their criteria had to do with the wind force at Victoria Harbor. So even though the winds did not reach 100 KMH there they were over 200 KMH at the airport. Times have changed since the current system was installed in 1917. Boats are not the major concern, anymore. In true bureaucratic fashion the Observatory said they acted just as they were supposed to without acknowledging that following the rules to the letter put people’s lives in danger and helped create a mess at Chek Lap Kok Airport.
July 13th, 2006
Good News and Bad News
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Depending on how you look at it, both items could be good news.
In the same spirit that moves Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, the Liu family of Hong Kong announced that they are not going to sell the family 3 hectare garden in Kowloon to a developer as was originally planned but instead will set it up in a trust so that it can be made available to all.
This is good news for all the people of Hong Kong who are concerned at the continued development of both sides of the harbor. There must be some balance between development and livability. This was a definite step in that direction.
The other news, good or bad, is that I will be traveling in Ireland and England for the next three weeks. Postings will therefore be erratic depending on how much stout and Irish whiskey I drink in Ireland and how much bitter and Scotch whiskey I consume in England.
Seriously, though, I will have limited access and time to post every day. Check back from time to time as I will be adding a few postings. You will have to wait until early August for items 9 and 10 of “Ten Things to do in Hong Kong.”
July 9th, 2006
Promenade and Avenue of the Stars Re-opening.
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Last night, while on the way to a Hong Kong Philharmonic performance, we stumbled into a new attraction next to the Cultural Center.
It’s a 10 minute water, light and music show and was truly amazing. One of the effects is to project messages and pictures on to a thin sheet of water so that the message moves and disappears as the water falls. The show we saw was at 7:30 PM. As far as I know the schedule has not been published.
The Cultural Center From Victoria Harbor
July 8th, 2006
Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #8
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Get In or On the Water
It’s easy, in the urban crush, to forget that Hong Kong was, at one time, almost completely made up of small fishing communities. The sea is very much a part of Hong Kong’s history and its present.
Two months ago I posted an item on Hong Kong’s beaches and how much cleaner they were than 20 years ago. I’ve also talked about riding the ferries to see how much of Hong Kong’s commercial life depends on the sea. I’ve mentioned how interesting it is to ride the water taxis in Aberdeen harbor to get a sense of how the thousands of boat people live.
July 4th, 2006
Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #7B
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This is a continuation of Ten Things to do in Hong Kong, #7A:visiting the outer islands.
I wish my wife, Pam, was writing today’s posting since she knows so much more than I do about the outer islands. She’s a hiker so she and her friends have explored many of the smaller inhabited and uninhabited islands.
Peng Chau Island Near the Ferry Terminal
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