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Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Pictures of Protest

October 14, 2014by Joanna James Leave a comment

When I took these pictures I thought there was a good chance that they would be irrelevant by now. After a temporary news blackout while I took a tour through […]

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China

Drums, Dragons & Beer: Dragon Boat Festival

June 2, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

Happy Dragon Boat Festival! A national holiday across China, Dragon Boat Festival (also known, somewhat unpronounceably, as ‘Tuen Ng Festival’ in Hong Kong) is a day devoted to racing boats, […]

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China
Buns, Cheung Chau

Nice Buns! Cheung Chau Bun Festival

May 8, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

I stand corrected. After four years living on Cheung Chau and almost four years of telling people that it was kind-of-lame and best avoided, I’ve finally done the Cheung Chau […]

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China

The Mysteries of Chinese New Year

February 2, 2014by Joanna James Leave a comment

In 2013 I spent Chinese New Year in Zhaoxing, a tiny village in Guizhou. The resultant food-and-firework-related trauma led me to put together a survival guide to the experience. Happily, […]

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China

Rainclouds and Snowstorms

November 4, 2013by Joanna James 2 Comments

First for the rainclouds… It’s been a wet afternoon here in Hong Kong. Earlier, as I squeezed my way through the forest of head-height umbrellas that lined a crowded section […]

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China, Yakety Yak

5 Photos: Hong Kong and the Sea

October 13, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Treasure for pirates, a bumper catch for fishermen, freedom for refugees and vitamin D for pasty tourists; Hong Kong’s coastline and the warm waters that surround it have long fulfilled […]

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China

Happy Birthday Tin Hau! 1,053 years-old today…

May 2, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Last weekend, Cheung Chau was roamed by lions and mythical beasts in honour of Tin Hau’s birthday. The legend of Tin Hau, the Goddess of the Sea, has built up […]

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People

Five things not to do in Cheung Chau

April 23, 2013by Joanna James 6 Comments

As some of you may have gathered, Little Yak recently moved from Hong Kong Island to Cheung Chau. For the uninitiated, Cheung Chau is a small island about an hour […]

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China

Charity Art Sale in Hong Kong

April 11, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

Hong Kongers! One of my photographs (the ‘Man with Pipe’) will be up for sale at an exhibition in Hong Kong this weekend. The event is being held to raise […]

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China

Learning to Cook & Garlicky Greens

March 7, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

While I’ve been living in China and Hong Kong for almost seven years, I still can’t really cook Chinese food. Earlier this month, while trawling Hong Kong’s supermarkets for pickled […]

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Food

Hong Kong Scenes: A Lion comes to Cheung Chau!

January 26, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

On a recent visit to Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, we were lucky to catch the opening party for a friend’s shop. The friend, Ah Kei, makes papier mâché heads for […]

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Though people say "the world is a classroom", I'm not sure this is what they had in mind... #outdooreducation #cheungchauisland
Sunny morning on the Italian Beach, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong . #beachlife #cheungchau
Finally! A photogenic loaf 😊 And it's only taken six weeks of practice... Despite some expert tuition at #sfbi a few years ago, my homemade bread never worked out until I finally sat down and tried to work out where I was going wrong. Since then I've baked and played with just one recipe, making it every few days. And now it's pretty consistently edible. 😄 Huzzah for low standards! Time for a new recipe, methinks... #bread #boule
Looking through old pics from Bhutan, and what I've been enjoying most is reminders of these sunny messages that I found in odd places - etched on a bone in a Bumthang farm homestay, painted on a signpost in Haa, etc. Feeling inspired to do the same where I live - feel-good guerilla graffiti! #bhutan #mybhutan #littleyak
This is Hong Kong! Near Pui O on Lantau. . Lantauians (?) have mixed feelings about the island's feral cattle and buffaloes - are they a nuisance that needs to be controlled, or a charming part of island life that needs to be protected? . Both, probably. But this guy don't care... . #buffalo #hongkong #lantau #chewingthecud
Locavore fail #486: Bought this lush pak choi from a farmer on the island. Excited enough to take a photo. Washed it in two changes of water and cooked it for dinner. . First bite: CRUNCH. Second bite: CRUNCH. @cheung_chau_sausage manfully ate two before giving up - absolutely FULL of grit/sand/other unmentionable crunchy stuff. :-/ . Lesson: Sometimes twice just ain't enough. . #locavore #localproduce #pakchoi #little_yak

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