https://bkpk.me Piggy-back ride with A&Z Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traditional-modern-in-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:45:22 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=13821
Hong Kong as an extremely interesting city. It has a very rich cultural history as it was first part of the Chinese empire, then the British, then the Japanese, then again the British, and finally somewhere in the middle (at the moment a special administrative region of China) which they ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/traditional-modern-in-hong-kong/feed/ 4 https://bkpk.me/get-lost-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-lost-in-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/get-lost-in-hong-kong/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:33:34 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=9987
If someone would ask me what my favorite thing to do in Hong Kong is, I’d probably reply “getting lost”. The city is HUGE, but the different districts and neighborhoods are really distinct amongst themselves. You can either find yourself on top of the hill at the fancy Mid-Levels, or ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/get-lost-in-hong-kong/feed/ 3 https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smell-the-flowers https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:03:23 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=9422
One might think that cliches are a basic way of generalizing and even categorizing people. But if cliches exist, it must be for a reason. While traveling, we observe a lot of those cliches that happen to be true: Chinese people tend to travel in big groups and carry great ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/smell-the-flowers/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=only-in-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:41:43 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=8886
While in Hong Kong we took a walk through the night market at Temple Street. The open air flea market at Temple Street is quite interesting. First of all, it’s a night market which makes it quite unusual (aren’t flea markets early morning or afternoon affairs ?). Then, you walk ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/only-in-hong-kong/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/take-me-with-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-me-with-you https://bkpk.me/take-me-with-you/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:50:24 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=8573
We visited the Tian Tan Buddha (Big Buddha) in Hong Kong. When you visit this area on Lantau Island, you can take a walk down the Wisdom Path which has 38 scriptures etched on wood. Hong Kong is a pretty modern city but walking down this path through the forest ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/take-me-with-you/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/hello-kitty-drives-and-flies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hello-kitty-drives-and-flies https://bkpk.me/hello-kitty-drives-and-flies/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:10:03 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=7309
You know you’re in Asia when Hello Kitty dolls are used to brand and decorate pretty much anything. And when I say anything, that’s exactly what I mean: I’ve seen her whiskers printed in toys, stationary, food, soft drinks, clothes & accessories and also home appliances, electric guitars, hygienic pads, dildos and, now, buses! We couldn’t ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/hello-kitty-drives-and-flies/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/tons-of-dim-sum-at-one-dim-sum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tons-of-dim-sum-at-one-dim-sum https://bkpk.me/tons-of-dim-sum-at-one-dim-sum/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:45:19 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=7255
Dim sum (點心), literally means “to touch (your) heart”. With this kind of premise, and knowing that we love to eat dim sum even from before, an evening at One Dim Sum sounded like something what would warm our souls. One Dim Sum, in Hong Kong, is known to be ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/tons-of-dim-sum-at-one-dim-sum/feed/ 8 https://bkpk.me/eating-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eating-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/eating-hong-kong/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:59:10 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=6831
Traveling anywhere around Asia and not dedicating some serious time to the gastronomic side of things is a serious mistake! Mistake that, rest assured, we didn’t want to incur into while in Hong Kong!.. Not only we took a cooking class to make the Chinese cuisine chef that is inside of ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/eating-hong-kong/feed/ 10 https://bkpk.me/asias-world-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asias-world-city https://bkpk.me/asias-world-city/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:59:48 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=7266
Walking around the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong, one almost feels like in the set of a movie, where London meets Asia. As an ex-British colony, some areas of Hong Kong still show influences from the land of the Queen, quite notorious as the trams go by. It might ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/asias-world-city/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/learning-chinese-cuisine-at-homes-cooking-hong-kong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-chinese-cuisine-at-homes-cooking-hong-kong https://bkpk.me/learning-chinese-cuisine-at-homes-cooking-hong-kong/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:07:22 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=7178
Exploring the local cuisine of one given place is one of the most down-to-earth ways to connect with local culture. Some may like museums, others shopping for local products.. some may dig adventure, others relax… but I’m yet to meet someone who doesn’t enjoy eating! It was precisely with that ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/learning-chinese-cuisine-at-homes-cooking-hong-kong/feed/ 8 https://bkpk.me/so-what-would-you-like-to-have/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-what-would-you-like-to-have https://bkpk.me/so-what-would-you-like-to-have/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:09:54 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=6838
Ravenous, we were walking around Central in Hong Kong. The only restaurant in sight was one that specialized in Shenzhen cuisine. Shenzhen is in the south of China and their specialty are dishes with goose. We ducked into the restaurant and were offered goose. Zara decided to play it safe ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/so-what-would-you-like-to-have/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/namaste-in-chinese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=namaste-in-chinese https://bkpk.me/namaste-in-chinese/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:53:11 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=6780
Walking around the wet market in Hong Kong, we met this fruit and vegetables vendor. After asking Ashray where he comes from, he pulled a “Namaste!” and that lead to conversation and smiles. I love it when people make an effort to communicate with someone from abroad and try using ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/namaste-in-chinese/feed/ 2 https://bkpk.me/between-shadow-and-light/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=between-shadow-and-light https://bkpk.me/between-shadow-and-light/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:34:13 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=6664
This is my little tribute to all the people who cook and sell street food around the world, and that have fed my tummy and soul during our travels. Sometimes, there are heroes behind this kind of street food stalls. They present regular costumers with affordable yummy meals during their ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/between-shadow-and-light/feed/ 3 https://bkpk.me/atop-the-mountain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atop-the-mountain https://bkpk.me/atop-the-mountain/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:39:28 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=6532
One of the most iconic sights in Hong Kong is the Buddha on top of the mountain. Surrounded by a quaint monastery and some really hike-worthy national parks, a trip to the Buddha makes for a pretty fantastic excursion. The monastery is relaxing and always has some incense. It’s easy ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/atop-the-mountain/feed/ 1 https://bkpk.me/chinese-symmetry-chi-lin-nunnery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-symmetry-chi-lin-nunnery https://bkpk.me/chinese-symmetry-chi-lin-nunnery/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:34:13 +0000 Ashray http://bkpk.me/?p=6523
The Chi Lin Nunnery in Hong Kong is next to the Nan Lian Garden so if you head there you can see two awesome things at once! The Nan Lian Garden is an amazing Chinese style garden that you walk around, and if an aura of peace could be created ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/chinese-symmetry-chi-lin-nunnery/feed/ 0