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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…
