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Escape from the city, take a trip to Tai Po Kau and experience the beautiful scenery. Green trees, running stream, beautiful butterflies, attractive flowers and more ....

Australia Tour 2006 2006/10/ 18 Day 2 – Adelaide Arrived Adelaide in the early morning. Adeliade International Airport was located just six kilometers due west of the Central Business District (CBD). It took about 40 minutes for us to travel to CBD by ordinary bus. Bus fare was cheap (@A3.1). We arrived Adelaide Central YHA at about 10 am. It was a budget 2 storey hostel located at CBD with walking distance to Adelaide Central Markets , Shopping malls and Central Bus Station. It was well equipped with a large kitchen and community areas. After check-in and a small rest, we went to Light Square which was named after the city's planner, Colonel William Light . Light was buried beneath a monument in Light Square comprising a red granite monolith topped with a surveyor's theodolite. Also in the square were a bronze statue of Catherine Helen Spence and two artistic structures honours her achievements. Spence was placed on one side of Australia's 20

Australia Tour 2006 2006/10/17 Day 1 – Hong Kong ->Singapore->Adelaide Took Singapore Airlines Flight SQ865 departed from Hong Kong at 18:30. Arrived Singpapore Changi Airport at 22:10. Transferred to Flight SQ 229 onwards to Adeliade.

My first visit to was about 10 years ago when I was on a business trip to Melbourne for about 2 weeks. During my stay, I joined several local tours at my leisure time to explore the nearby areas and was really enjoyed the scenery. Last year when I packed up some of the old materials that I collected from my last trip, I discovered that one of the leaflets describing the journey across the Nullarbor Plain drew my attention. After collecting relevant information, I began to plan my journey. My initial plan was take a flight to Melbourne. It was always a good idea to start the journey where I was familiar with. After one week of residence in Melbourne, I would go to Adelaide by bus and stayed there for about one week. Then I should joined a bus tour to Perth. My last stop would be in Perth where I planned to stay for another week before I returned to Hong Kong. It was expected that the whole journey would take about 35-40 days. Due to operation need, I could not take a leave more than o

Today is the 15th day of the Year of Pig - the Lantern Festival. Have you been visit the Spectacular Lantern Displays orgainsed by the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department? If not, I am sure that you will miss it. Here is some photographs that I took during my visit to the New Territories East Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival held on 3 March 2007 at Fanling Recreation Ground. The Spectacular Lantern Displays : Rendezvous in Glittering Metropolis is still on show up to 18.3.2007 (Sun) at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Just go to there to enjoy a walk !

Up to February 2007, there are 81 declared historical monuments in Hong Kong. One of them is Cheung Shan Monastery (Cheung Shan Kwu Tsz 長 山 古 寺) which is located at the southern hill side of Wo Keng Shan (297m) facing Cheung Shan (167m) in the east of Fanling/Sheung Shui New Town, New Territories. Its in proximity to Cheung Shan may explain why the name Cheung Shan Monastery come from. It is not sure that when the temple was first established. An bronze bell hang in the temple was cast in the year of Qianglong reign (1789) donated by the villagers revealed that the building was formerly called Cheung Sang Nunnery. Cheung Sang Nunnery was demolished and Cheung Shan Monastery was rebuilt on the same site in 1868. During a fire in 1920, part of the roof and fittings were destroyed. Restoration work funded by a 4.2 million donation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, was carried out in 1997. The temple was declared a monument in 1998 under the protection of the Antiquit

Air Pollution is one of the concern for people of Hong Kong. It seems that it is a big topic to discuss here. But as a citizen, to aware of the current air pollution condition may be a good point to start. Below are some of the links you may be interested : Hong Kong Air Pollution Index RSS feed http://www.epd-asg.gov.hk/out/api_rss.xml Pearl River Delta (PRD) Regional Air Quality Index (RAQI) http://serve.gdepb.gov.cn/raqi/QEng.aspx Macau Air Pollution Index http://www.smg.gov.mo/ccaa/iqa/daily/fe_iqa_index_latest.htm