Hong Kong - Travel With A Butterfly

Looking for something fun and interesting to do in Hong Kong? Look no further as I present to you 20 Not As Touristy Things To Do right now in Hong Kong.

quick update (as of Oct. 15, 2023): This post was made almost 8 years ago so many things have changed. Some shops you see on Star Street and Ship Street are no longer here. I think the Tai O Infinity Pool is banned from entering now. Bubble Football is no more. If you want a complete list of many more activities to do in Hong Kong, I suggest you check out my travel bucket list page, where I wrote a lot of things to do in Hong Kong. Continue reading Twenty Not As Touristy Things To Do In Hong Kong

South Africa

Cape Town Gorgeous

ByRyan Lee

Hellooooo Cape Town Gorgeous!

Ask me where my favorite place is to drive, and Cape Town will probably be at the top. It’s got one of the more scenic and beautiful views for a city. In fact, Cape Town is probably one of my favorite places I have traveled, ever. Beautiful weather, beautiful food, beautiful environment, beautiful prices, I mean everything was amazing here! This is one of the must go to in your life!

*Note: I went during January, which was their summer time.

Side note: I was able to snatch a return plane ticket to Johannesburg for only HKD 50 (to everyone outside of HK that’s about USD 6.5). Yup, HKD 50!!! Not including tax and fuel surcharges of course, but still that all amounted to less than 20% of what it will usually cost me. Had to thank my colleagues for letting me know about the 1st anniversary of fanfares by Cathay Pacific on the day of. Continue reading Cape Town Gorgeous

Misc.

My Bad Experience With American Airlines

ByRyan Lee

While browsing through plane ticket deals for a round trip from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, I wasn’t able to find anything within my budget. I was late to the game, the flight dates were during summer, and I didn’t want to settle on Korean Airlines. And I had already bought my EDC tickets, so there was no way I was backing off now.

And then I remembered. Luckily I was walking by and remembered that American Airlines was doing a promotion for setting up a route from Hong Kong to United States, some ad I came across. So I went to their official site, did a search, and bam. Cheapest airfare I could find for a reliable airline. It wasn’t going to be a direct route, (Hong Kong -> Fort Worth, Texas -> Los Angeles) which I’m usually OK with. It usually means more mileage for me anyway, plus I haven’t had any bad experiences with transfers… until this trip. Continue reading My Bad Experience With American Airlines

Hong Kong

The Stallery

ByRyan Lee

Random Encounter. I met Ernie (Ernest Chang) through a mutual friend of ours at Tai Lung Fung. After an unexpected drunken night, I was impressed by just how ridiculously smart he was and how passionate he is with photography. So I decided to ask him if he was willing to do an interview with me and thankfully, he agreed. A recovered drug addict with ADD, it seems that I have much more to learn from him than he has from me. Through this interview, he has taught me how to appreciate the medium of photography in an in depth manner, an appreciation which is also applicable to life in general. Ernie considers himself not a photographer, but as an artist in the medium of photography. Enough with the intro, let’s continue on with the interview. Continue reading The Stallery

Interviews

MADArt Strikes New York

ByRyan Lee

Raised in Hong Kong but now based in New York, Santino Lo has always been passionate about the arts disciplinary. His company, Madart Creative, has just officially become a non-profit organization, and he’s excited to be a 25-year old founder of a non-profit organization in a highly competitive industry. I invite him to talk about how he’s changing the face of arts by enhancing the overall experience of both the performers and the audiences themselves. Continue reading MADArt Strikes New York