Hong Kong 2024
Yes, it's back to Hong Kong for the second year in a row. This time, the timing was related to the Dragon Boat Festival, which I have been trying to attend for decades.
The only downside of visiting in June is the weather gods, who are usually active and make it the wettest month. Oh well, it's more and more likely this will end up being the blog of "Hong Kong in the rain" rather than what I had planned.
Check out the above photo, taken early on this trip from the Kowloon waterfront, which shows the Hong Kong island skyline in the middle of one of the very frequent rain storms.
Shock horror, it's finally stopped raining long enough for me to make it out to the Chi Lin Nunnery and the attached Nan Lian Gardens. And yes, the tale of this visit is finally available.
So far, the only additions are for the Dragon Boats, Chi Lin Nunnery, and the Kowloon Waterfront Walk but more will be added when time allows.
Taronga Zoo. Another new gallery, this time, I visited Taronga Zoo on Sydney's lower north shore, so after adding a new lens to my camera collection, the time was right to visit the zoo and take advantage of the location to take some shots with the new lens, the results are stunning. [view].
GPS for Nikon D850. I have always wanted to add geotags to every photo I take, so when getting my old D700 I rushed to get the old Nikon GPS, however, this is not good for many reasons so needed to be replaced as soon as I upgraded to the D850. [read].
Wild Weather. This new gallery came about after my August 2023 visit to Hong Kong, which almost turned into Hong Kong in the Rain, which followed Christmas in Singapore in the middle of the monsoon, just think how wet that was. [view]
Hong Kong June 2024. For many years, I have been trying to arrange to visit HK during the June Dragon Boat Festival, and this year, everything aligned to make that happen. Other than that, the plan is to visit the mainland to see how Shenzen has changed since my last visit. [read]
Christmas in Singapore. I have wanted to do this for many years: spend the Christmas holidays in sunny Singapore and experience how different it is compared to Sydney; in 2023, it finally happened. And maybe I will do the same for Hong Kong in the next few years. [read].
Hong Kong 2023. After China finally opened up after the COVID nightmare, my finances allowed it, and various other things aligned, the time to go back to Hong Kong has finally arrived after way too many years. Just think of all the changes over the past 30+ years since my first visit. [read]
Orchid Gallery. On my latest Singapore trip back in April 2023, on a stormy day I visited the Botanical Gardens, which is also home to the National Orchids Gardens, the result is this very colourful gallery. And yes, I will add Australian Orchids when time allows. [view]