Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Category: Travel
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Home to the Bun Festival, my visit to Cheung Chau did not even scratch the service of what this island has to offer. Every time I go on family trips, I feel like I’m not as prepared as I would normally be if I was travelling alone. So this was a day trip on a…
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I had always pictured Hong Kong to be a concrete jungle but, it certainly has more to offer. Located on Lantau Island, the fishing village of Tai O is the home of the Tanka people where the iconic traditional stilt houses lie. It was on my list of things to see and also a nice…
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On my most recent trip to Hong Kong, I had a few markets I wanted to have a look at so here they are. First up, there is the Goldfish market located on Tung Choi Street North, Mong Kok. This is not so much a ‘market’ but actual shops (after shop) selling not only goldfish…
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News broke recently of a 50 yr old elephant, Raju, being freed by WIldlife SOS after having spent his entire life chained, starved and beaten to beg for money. Thought to have been poached as a calf, Raju survived on plastic and paper for food. Cases like this are probably more widespread than you think-…
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Winter in Helsinki I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to do some work in Helsinki in 2013 and was there for 3 weeks at the end of their winter. As an Australian that had only seen snow once before this trip, the prospect of arriving in a snow laden city with temperatures below…
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Fairy tales are what people grow up with. So what better way to go and discover all about one of the writers behind them than to visit their home town. Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson is responsible for the stories of The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Princess and the Pea and lived…
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