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5 October 2008
My hoss, Ron and Tien worked hard to entertain me. Being the weekend, we drove to Ocean City which has a nice boardwalk, some amusement rides and plenty of eateries … not to mention all the shop selling souvenirs and things that nobody needs. It was a gorgeous sunny day.
4 October 2008
Today I caught the bus from New York to Philadelphia. The two hour journey with Apex Bus, departing at 1000, cost me USD1 booked through Buszoo.com!! Yes, that’s one dollar … no typo. The trip was operated by one of many Chinese bus companies centered in Chinatown. It was like a scene from rural China […]
3 October 2008
I took a ferry to Staten Island this morning. Return ferry services are free for everyone, can you believe it? I didn’t feel the urge to climb up the Statue of Liberty so I decided this would be better value than the any other harbour cruise considering the sad grey skies. In the […]
2 October 2008
I began my exploration of the Big Apple by going up its most famous landmark, arguably. I went up the Empire State Building … funny name considering this country had not Empire, Emperor or Empress! Text continues after this gallery. I then continued walking around the skyscrapers and landmarks of Lower Manhattan, then […]
1 October 2008
It was my first time in New York, the Big Apple. My Emirates flight arrived around 1415 into JFK airport. I’m Couchsurfing with a lady by the name of Anne-France, who is actually from France. Located in lower/mid Manhattan, I take the AirTrain to a station called Jamaica before changing to the subway. She had […]
1 October 2008
My journey on Emirates from Hong Kong to New York involved a 3h55 connection in Dubai, from 0435 to 0830. While on transit in Dubai I overheard an African man talking to the airline clerk about his luggage … he had happily paid excess baggage for 10 pieces totalling 300kg from Beijing to Dubai to […]
1 October 2008
I depart Hong Kong to Dubai at 0035, with a connection to New York JFK. This trip started off small with seven flights on AirAsia around East and South-East Asia. But one thing led to another and I’m off to a different corner of the world. What do I mean by “one thing led to […]
1 October 2008
Macanese cuisine is interesting … has a nice mix of Chinese, SE Asian, Indian and Portuguese influence.Dried pork (bak kua in Hokkien) is every where! So much so that I forgot to take a photo of it. Posted by Alex Chan on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
29 September 2008
I had hoped to do something a little different this time in Hong Kong. Often with my overnights, there’s not much I can do at all. So this time I chose to visit the Big Buddha on Lantau Island, which is by-and-large a relatively untouched part of the territory. After consulting Paul, my host, I […]
28 September 2008
Kimball and I took the ferry to Hong Kong today. We had enough time to fit in a yumcha before he went to work, winging home to New Zealand. I taxied up the hill to stay with my Couchsurfing host, Paul. To my surprise, he was a mature gentleman a little older than me. Quite […]