Built in 1847, it is the main Chinese temple on Hong Kong island. The temple is dedicated to the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai and the martial god Mo Tai. These gods were often honored by scholars and students seeking advancement in their studies and/or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing...
Tai O is a fishing village, located on the north western side of Lantau Island (the same one the HKG airport is on). The village is located partially on the main island and partially on a small island, also named Tai O, with the two parts connected by a drawbridge.
It's not the most fascinating place, and I only recommend...
Ngong Ping is a theme park built on the top of a mountain on Lantau island (the island that hosts the Hong Kong airport). It offers some family friendly amusements in a themed "village" complete with structures made to look like traditional Chinese buildings. The amusements include such things as a virtual reality experience, a dumbed-down introduction to the life...
This is the list I've come up with after my many years of travel. It's been a balance of comfort (having what you need) and light weight (not bringing what you don't need, or can purchase as needed on the way):
Bose headsets. I have a pair of the 1.5’s. I haven’t tested many others, so I don’t know...
So, here I am on a tiny speck of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, half way around the world. It really is beautiful… at least the little part of it I’ve seen. There are over 1,100 islands in the archipelago that makes up the Maldives, and I only visited a couple.
I was on a trip...
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