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  • Sai Kung Sunday

    Buying seafood direct from the fishermen is a weekend ritual in Sai Kung, an idyllic peninsula in the eastern part of the New Territories. If you want fresh seafood say shellfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, sea cucumbers or fish, just place your money in the plastic pail and lower it to the boat waiting on the…

  • A China Conversation

    Naseem: It’s good to be back in Hong Kong after nine eventful days in populous China. Our hosts in Beijing University, Shandong University in Jinan and Nankai University in Tianjin were so hospitable, generous, and ever so respectful. I know you’ll find this embarrassing but I just have to say this because it was something…

  • The Great Wall of China – Badaling

    Standing on the ramparts of the Great Wall and watching it snake along the tops of distant hills as far as the eye can see must surely count as a highlight in any traveler’s journey. And it was our experience too. We visited the Badaling section of the Wall that is close to Beijing and…

  • In the Footsteps of Emperors – Beijing 2010

  • Zhuhai Run

    We actually celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary by presenting a joint lecture to university students in Zhuhai –a coastal city about an hour from Hong Kong by ferry. This was our first trip to mainland China and it was only for one day, as part of the Fulbright Lecture Series on American Identities. Our topic…

  • Singapore Swing

    Five days in Singapore to catch up with family and old friends and long enough for Bob to present a paper at the National University of Singapore in late March. Although this was a very short stint, we noticed some major changes, namely that one in six persons in Singapore is a foreign worker. I’ve…

  • Singapore Botanical Gardens

  • Tree Stories: The Red Kapok and “Feng Shui” Camphor

    Just outside our apartment building grows a lovely (and to us) a most unusual tree. When we first arrived, it had what looked to us to be small hard fruit and very few leaves. In mid February, what we thought was fruit turned out to be woody flower buds and they started blooming – a…

  • Views

    View from Mt. Lantau Posts with verses from the heart sutra

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