Tokyo!
So finally in Tokyo - this was the place the one that motivated me to go on this entire trip to tell you the truth… well, this and going to Portugal and Barcelona to visit my friends and cousin. Wok...
Internet Speed in Japan
Wow… had read about how fast the average broadband speed in Japan is the highest in the world… check this out: As a comparison, in NY my download is around 5 megabits and upload is 800 kilobits. ...
Beijing Summary
Wow… lots to say here since my last entry… First of all here are some pictures of the Forbidden City. Just getting there was tough - I had to know the name of it in Chinese so that people would kn...
Beijing
Now in Beijing - crazy city - full of smog, people, cars, and bycicles. I decided not to unpack my bike once again because it is just too crazy and if I get lost there would be no way to ask for direc...
Fireworks
Went to Kowloon again to watch the fireworks celebrating the 10 years of the handover to China. It was absolutely packed… so many people. Went with Thomas and his kid Alexis - very cute and smart ki...
Interesting Details
The taxi doors open by themselves - the drives controls them. Every building has plastic bags to wrap your umbrellas in not to wet the floors inside. It’s clean - very clean - I did not see one sing...
Hong Kong - Kowloon
Besides being humid (90% humidity) it has been raining all day long for the past two days. Took a “day off” on Friday and on Saturday was “forced” to stay in because the rain was relentless…...
Quick video
Here’s a quick video of the Kowloon Walled City Garden and the show inside the shopping mall I mentioned earlier… Legacy links from the original WordPress post ...
Lama Island
Trying to catch up on my posts here… After touring the bay in Hong Kong as I mentioned, I took a random ferry and ended up in Lama Island. Basically a fishing community + a power plant and a single ...
Macau
Bizar to see all the signs in Portuguese and in Chinese. Like Hong Kong, Macau was handed over back to China about 10 years ago but it is still under Portuguese law (hence a huge number of lawyers in ...