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Hong Kong …..An Island of Wonders Hong Kong, with nearly 180 miles of hiking trails excluding the iconic subway arteries, walkways, escalators, connectors and steps (Po Lin monastery, Lantau) has a secret ingredient…’distance shortener’ the stunning countryside views that makes one forget to count the steps whether it is Aberdeen, Tai Tam and Shek O parks, the… Read more
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THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Moving on to fabulous, fragrant (and fatiguing!) Hong Kong At the moment when women all over the world are demanding a right to be heard, columnist Indra Chopra is here to remind us that an expat spouse is a person in her own right, with her own voice. Something else that makes her… Read more
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(Published in Tripatini.com) The spritely deer, nosing their way around on Miyajima Island, 10 miles from Hiroshima in the Seto Inland Sea and a sacred Shinto and Buddhist site, remind me of Sarnath (Varanasi), in the hot, dusty plains of North India. It was in Sarnath, called ‘Mrigadava’ or deer park, that Buddha gave his first… Read more
Movement is the key
