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The Star Ferry Of Hong Kong

October 3, 2019 – 7:57 pm

The Star Ferry has traversed the harbor between Kowloon and Hong Kong for well over a hundred years. The owner took the name from Tennyson’s CROSSING THE BAR, “Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me!” Two weeks I stood on the decks of the Celestial Star, the oldest ship in the fleet. […]

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To The East

September 23, 2017 – 6:05 am

Last week I flew fifteen hours to the Orient to deliver a very expensive handbag to a Hong Kong billionaire. After checking into my reserved Kowloon hotel room a little before dawn I searched Moby Road for an open restaurant. Everything was closed, except for a 7/11. I bought a big can of beer and […]

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The Myth of Monkey Brains

September 22, 2017 – 12:43 pm

Siiting in a Hong Kong dim sum cafe, I reflected on the strange ‘delicacies’ eaten on my travels; snails in France, dog in Indonesia, fried rats and insects in Thailand, alligator in Florida, and sausage pies in the UK, but whenever the discussions comes around the table to the most revolting meal in the world […]

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