There’s a saying about how the journey, not the destination, is the most valuable part of the experience. It makes sense in some cases more than others: nobody enjoys sitting in a cramped aeroplane seat for 12 hours. In this case, the journey was entirely the point. I had intended to do the walk in reverse - Mui Wo to Discovery Bay – but the ferry to the latter was leaving earlier, so I started there instead.  From the moment you see the pier at Central with its own 7/11 and

I was looking for an urban location I hadn’t visited before and settled on Tai Po. For those of you who are unaware or don’t remember, there was a tragic fire at a residential building a few months ago. More than a hundred people died, from the very young to the very old. One of my dance partners who lives in Tai Po had an exhausting week volunteering to help those affected. She broke into tears during a rehearsal after receiving a message, although I didn’t pry further to fi

It is rare for me to go too far from the route between my work in Causeway Bay and my home in Sheung Wan. Even rarer is it for me to leave Hong Kong Island. And it is almost countable on one hand the amount of time I have gone into the New Territories. This isn’t for any particular reason, mind you. It’s just for me to be in the New Territories without good reason. 29 th December, I had a good reason.  I chose to visit the Hong Kong Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai because I tho