Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Bargaining in Kowloon

Posted on 03/05/2014 by freelander

All my shopping has already been done in Kowloon. For those of you who don’t know, Kowloon is one of the most popular shopping districts in Hong Kong and, though you can find there pretty almost anything, it’s mostly famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumer, Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

How I managed to cross to China

Posted on 21/04/2014 by freelander

This is a story with a happy ending, reader. Or, well, sort of. Happy if we don’t consider the irreversible emotional damage caused by the loss of the first visa, the failure to get a second one, and the vanishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The 24 hours I lived dangerously

Posted on 20/04/2014 by freelander

The situation was this: by accident, Willow had stalled in one of the metro stations while I kept riding a train towards Causeway Bay. We could not communicate. We didn’t know which would be each other’s next move, but we … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The stupidest 24 hours of my life

Posted on 18/04/2014 by freelander

(Comes from chapter one: “The stupidest tour of my life“) So there we stood, Willow and I, looking at each other with bewilderment drawn on our expressions, thinking like ‘What?’ For a while, we couldn’t even utter a word, until … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The stupidest tour of my life

Posted on 17/04/2014 by freelander

Had it not been so distressing, this day could have even passed for funny; and I actually hope that later on, looking back, I’ll be able to laugh at it. But, for the moment being, I can only feel the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments