I slipped and fell on adventure

Ok… so starting a few years ago, I was suited and booted and in the evenings enjoying vino and tapas on roof top bars, enjoying  film in a botanic garden and just generally flouncing about wineries of a weekend… Then I was in WA, my weekend consisted of atleast one day test tasting wine and partaking in cheese while watching the sunset over rolling hills, before taking a dip in the ocean at a deserted beach (other than Willow the dog). Fast forward to living in the most polluted city in China, living in a dormitory in a cement by cement school that for half the year is below 1 degree and the other half the year at 70% humidity… No wineries, no bars, no steak, no… well, devoid of a lot of the special things we often take for granted at home. I love my work, I love my school, love my kids and my colleagues, I’m even fond of my apartment… but don’t I miss a good winery or a good cheese platter. I was then sent to Hong Kong, ad longing was replaced by anticipation, antic...

The best way to discover ANYWHERE, assuming its on land, I think is on foot. Especially, if you are unsure of both the bus systems and not inclined toward taxi travel. Having no internet access on my phone unless I was in a wifi spot resulted in a need to, heaven forbid! Consult a map. A paper map. A map… made… of… paper. I am now VERY attached to this map. It looks like its been around the world in eighty days what with the opening and closing and flapping and folding. I’m also exceptionally proud of myself for having been able to (with only 45% of the time starting in the wrong direction) been able to navigate a good amount of Hong Kong using this age old technique! Everyone advised me I needed to go up Victoria Peak to see the skyscape… I tried to explain that seeing a spralling city below me was not really my thing, but I was advised that this would be different and I would be impressed… it was definitely worth it. Eh, maybe I was being ignorant. So this is where we ...