Hong Kong
Book reviews
Books
Book review- Ten Cities That Made an Empire
At its peak, the British Empire owned territories around the world on almost every continent from Africa to Asia to Australia. I’m sure most of us have been to countries that made up this empire. At its core were illustrious cities like Bombay, Hong Kong, Cape Town and New Delhi, which provided the industry, commerce, […]
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Hikes
Hong Kong travel
Travel
Hiking Hong Kong’s Lion Rock
As one of Hong Kong’s most well-known mountains, Lion Rock is regarded as a symbol of Hong Kong’s working-class resilience as it developed into a prosperous financial hub in the latter half of the 20th-century. This idea originated from a local 1970s TV show called “Below the Lion Rock” about working-class families living in communities […]
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Travel
Why traveling solo is great
Ever since I started traveling as an adult, I’ve mostly done it solo. By now, it’s like second nature to go on a trip by myself to foreign countries and explore cities, historical sites, or travel around. I enjoy this a lot and I hardly feel lonely or strange. While solo travel seems to have […]
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Cities
Singapore travel
Southeast Asia travel
Travel
Singapore- first impressions
Singapore is one of Asia’s great success stories. Tiny and lacking natural resources, the city state managed to raise itself from an impoverished reject (it was briefly part of Malaysia before being kicked out) in 1965 to become one of the world’s richest nations and major financial hubs. Singapore manages to punch well above its […]
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