16 February 2018
Chinese New Year parade in Hong Kong
15 February 2018
Alaskan crab in Hong Kong
Easy day of relaxing at the W hotel pool overlooking the city and some walking around.
Dinner at the Star Seafood restaurant on busy Nathan Road, there are only locals, obviously not yet discovered by the big guidebook publishers. I was here a few years ago by myself and tried to order their signature Alaskan crab, but they refused to serve me because it was too big!
We can not choose our own crab from large tanks which are prominently located at the ground level by the sidewalk. Each crab has a price tag attached to one of its claws.
A waiter grabs one for us and takes it to the table where he holds it up high for our final approval before dispatching it to the kitchen.It comes back a while later on a large serving dish, piping hot and with all the shell and claws cracked open for us to enjoy the delicate meat inside.
It is a noisy restaurant, not really ideal for a romantic dinner with my wife but the crab is amazing and the price does not break the bank.
The head waiter advises us not to order anything else as this large animal (well over 1kg with the shell ) will be more than enough to sate our appetite. he was right.
When we ask for the bill he points out to my wife that it's CNY and so he expects a red packet from us, ie a significant tip!
14 February 2018
Hong Kong New Year preparations and flower market on Valentine's Day
Visit a new year market with lots of flowers, food and a couple of musical shows. Huge crowds! The flow of the masses of people is channeled so that everyone is going in a one-way direction around the portion of Victoria's Garden at Causeway bay which is dedicated to the fair. It would be impossible to have everyone move at random, freely, there are just too many of us. Those in the middle of the human river can't even see stands on either side!
Very dense crowd!
25 December 2017
My book on the Maldives is available in English! "Journeys through the Maldives" by Marco Carnovale
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Typical Maldivan boat |
But the islands are facing rapid changes and serious problems, and they are not always the paradise they seem. The Maldives are at a turning point, with political, economic and environmental changes that pose difficult challenges to the government and to the nation.
The book is completed by an analytical index, a chronology of the Maldivian history, a bibliography and some black and white photographs.
Available on all Amazon websites.
In the UK buy it here
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In the US buy it here
In Canada buy it here