Macau is an hour by ferry from its sister SAR Hong Kong, and many visitors to Hong Kong include it on their travel itineraries as a day trip. With a little mor...
Chinese New Year (CNY) also known as Lunar New Year as it is timed according to the lunar calendar, runs from Chinese New Year’s Eve until the 15th day of the n...
I arrived in Hong Kong thinking that I didn’t know a word of the local language – Cantonese. However with English being peppered with loanwords it turns out the...
No visit to Hong Kong would be complete without trying some of the unique local food and drink such as egg waffles, ying-yang (tea-coffee) and dong lai cha (col...
For our first foray into China we joined a group of friends for a weekend in Shanghai. As Australians we required visas. After completing the paperwork, paying ...
The history of the mid-Autumn festival can be traced back to the ancient Chinese text Li-Ji which dictates that the Chinese Emperor should offer sacrifices to t...
