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Eating Out in Hong Kong

by Peter G Places

  When I last blogged about Hong Kong I wrote about the many eating options available on this vibrant, busy island. Cheap and cheerful, high end dining or yum cha (dim sum)-the options are endless. As I explained before, Kowloon is my favourite part of Hong Kong. It’s busy, “in your face”

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Hong Kong & Yum Cha

by Peter G Places

To call Hong Kong busy would be an understatement. The everyday hustle and bustle of this Asian Metropolis is, in my opinion, best described as manic. If you’re used to the madness of living in a large city you probably won’t mind.  If however you’re a first time

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Quick Visit…Narita, Tokyo

by Peter G Places

Smiling faces everywhere All this travelling has left me no time to post. I’m behind about 6 entries but I’ll get there. I recently had 12 hours transisting in Narita which is Tokyo’s airport hub. Not much time to venture into Tokyo itself (I was so bloody tired!) but enough time to take a few snaps and indulge in some food of course!! These lovely ladies posed for me as [...]

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Food Fest…Singapore

by Peter G Places

Continuing on from yesterday, I wanted to make this post about the food in Singapore. While there are numerous establishments serving everything from local to “mod” interpretations (you know those places…everything has some kind of “foam” in the dish) I’m going to let you in on where I eat when I’m staying in Singapore. Singapore truly has a huge selection of eateries. Too many. (Not that that’s a bad thing [...]

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Singapore…Another perspective

by Peter G Places

Singapore Skyline A lot has been said about Singapore over the years. While many view it as a “stopover” on their way to Europe there is a whole lot more to this city/state than meets the eye. I have been a regular visitor here on and off for 15 years, namely for work. Initially I hated the place. I found there were too many rules for my rebellious nature. There [...]

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