Reclamation Street Market

Let it go
It was finally time to visit the other part of town: Kowloon, on the mainland. I took the ferry from downtown that brings you over the Victoria Harbour in less than 10 minutes. The views on Hong Kong are fantastic. If it weren’t for the smog over the harbor and all around. It was hard […] Read More

Yummy Kadiköy

Let it go
On the last day in Istanbul I decided to make it over to Kadiköy on the Asian shore. It’s supposed to have a great market on Tuesdays, although I did not make it there in the end. They have moved the market further from the ferry, so I just strolled through the Balik Pazari, the […] Read More

Old town

Let it go
I feel like we did it all in one day. We walked through Beyoglu and down to a little local fish market, where they sold fresh catch, sometime still alive and wriggling… Sabine had a spicy fish sandwich, and the birds enjoyed a snack, too. Over the bridge, and after the last drops of rain, […] Read More

New Brighton Beach

Let it go
Needed a quick coffee in the morning and headed to the beach in New Brighton – where I have my B&B. It’s a little suburb of Chch, as the locals tend to call their hometown. The little street towards the beach was also struck by the earthquake. Lots of empty spaces, parking spaces, art, park […] Read More

On the Ipanema market

Let it go
Wanted to go downtown again, but ran into the market on Praça General Osório, a semi-green spot in the middle of town, that also holds a sort of Hippie craft market on Sundays, and is the major bus stop. Tons of fresh fruit, too bad I had already had breakfast, I could have had fresh pineapple and tons […] Read More