Yes, Honkers can be pretty

Well, I think so…especially if it’s right outside your apartment window.

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Hua Hin, Thailand

So we’re back in Honkers after a lovely relaxing 7 nights in Hua Hin.
We got a package deal with Cathay Holidays which saw us stay at The Hilton. They were  nice enough to upgrade us to their club room when we arrived. Good start!

The Hilton could not be placed better. In the middle of a [...]

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Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

$532.40HKD = 48.42Euros = $68.70USD
We popped along to City Plaza in Taikoo Shing on Friday to pick up our tickets from Cathay Holidays to Hua Hin, Thailand. While there we decided to kill three birds with two stones or three birds with one stone; whatever analogy works.
First off dinner. We saw a restaurant advertising American [...]

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For those about to rock..

I had heard that Bulldogs Bar in Wan Chai had closed but I was rather surprised to see another bar in it’s place already. And one right up my alley to  boot!
It’s called, rather mildly, Rockschool and they have live rock music on every night. I had a nice little chat with the owner Gregory [...]

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Going, going, Goni!

Woop, woop, woop, woop!
Batten down your hatches, strap down your children and staple your pets to the floor because Severe Tropical Storm Goni has just scared the crap enough out of the Hong Kong Observatory to set a Number 8 Storm Signal at 9:40pm tonight.
I have leaned out of my 11th story building to tape [...]

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