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Here is where I record my thoughts and experiences, most of which are from my time abroad and travels. Where I share and exchange insights on off-the-beaten-path destinations and translated literature. Where I discuss photography and societal observations. 

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  • These were taken about six months after I was in in Hong Kong on my own. This time, I was seeing someone and we had gone to Hong Kong for a few days and made a day trip to Guangzhou by train as he was meeting some suppliers for spectacle frames.I had never been to…


  • This Space Invader is not actually mounted within the Passage du Grand Cerf, which I had recently blogged about. Rather, it is located just a few steps from one end of the passage couvert.These images were taken during my first visit to Passage du Grand Cerf when a parade passed through the shopping arcade while…


  • Wednesday, 29 May: I left work in a hurry to catch the 1713 Thalys train from Gare du Midi in Brussels to Paris. Having arrived at the train station 15 minutes before my train was scheduled to leave, I stopped to buy a bar of chocolate. When it was my turn to pay, I realized that my cardholder – which…


  • Cheung Chau, 2004: It was the first time I had visited one of the outlying islands around Hong Kong. And I was hooked and decided that Hong Kong is my favourite city in Asia. Not because I’m a beach person – I’m not and I get sunburnt too readily – but because I appreciate how…


  • These are two of my favourite images that I took in Hong Kong when I was travelling on my own for the first time. I hadn’t dabbled in photography much at that point – almost a decade ago! Back then, I was capturing moments around me with an analog camera (Canon EOS500) and I don’t…