Reclamation Street Market
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
On top of it all
There’s one tourist attraction that every visitor in Hong Kong seems to have to do: take the cable car up the steep hill and enjoy the view over Hong Kong and the harbor from Victoria Peak, or simply: the Peak. I went there on a Sunday, which might have been a bad idea, but as […] Read More
Alicia
After another day at the beach (I’m basically trying to bring my spending down – the beach is the cheapest option) I met up with my friend Alicia from Brussels. She is in town for two days for a conference for work. She’s one of those friends that I simply didn’t get to see enough […] Read More
Waiheke
When I first heard about Waiheke Island I thought they were talking about Hawaii. Many names here, taken over from Māori, have a hawaiian ring to me. I only recently found out that they are indeed all related. Funnily, all those polynesian micro-islands in the pacific have been discovered and settled way before the two main […] Read More
Harbor walk
The weekend was really quiet… I first wanted to go out and party a bit, but in the end… Friday it seems I was too early, all the places I went to were still empty… And I ended up watching Modern Family and eating chips. Bad! Saturday I went up on the tower, and I […] Read More
Sky Tower (Day)
I made it up to the Sky Tower today. At 328 meters, measured to the top of the antenna, it is the highest man-made structure in the Southern hemisphere. Funny how each and every city I have visited has somehow the highest something of the southern hemisphere, be it Santiago, Melbourne or Auckland… I guess […] Read More
Devonport
My host Harvey gave me a number of insider tips for my stroll around Devonport. I took the ferry in the morning, crossing the harbor in less than 15 minutes, and arrived on the opposite site, in Devonport, a small suburb of Auckland, located on the North shore of the harbor, at the southern end of a peninsula. […] Read More
Waitemata sunset
Still feeling a bit beat up by my cold, I did a stroll on Monday evening down to the harbor to some of the small beaches that are located along Waitemata Harbor, Home Bay and Herne Bay reserves. I saw so many people jogging. that seems to be the thing to keep Kiwis fit… Two guys came […] Read More
City of Sails
I did a little walk on Monday, despite feeling a bit under the weather, down to the waterfront and around the Marina. Auckland calls itself the City of Sails, and it’s entirely justified. Built onto the water, the harbor and marina take up an important part of the coastline. As often though, and unfortunately, the […] Read More
Sydney harbor
Just a few pics from the Harbor Bridge and the CBD, day and night. It’s a great sight. Rajiv and I had a little snack and some wine after the opera tour. We finally enjoyed some blue sky view onto the harbor. Changes everything. The bridge is the other Sydney landmark, opposite the Opera. Construction […] Read More