Becky on Le Tour's singletrack
It had all looked good in the pictures. Scenes of mountain bikers working their way along rocky single-track with snowy alpine peaks in the (more…)
February 25, 2011
February 24, 2011
France: Chamonix, Chemin de fer du Montenvers
Chemin de fer du Montenvers or the Montenvers Railway near Hotel de Montenvers
Téléphériques are not the only way up into Chamonix’s famous mountains. Another mode of transport is the Chemin de fer du Montenvers or the Montenvers Railway. This (more…)
February 21, 2011
France: Chamonix and Aiguille du Midi
The téléphérique heads to Aiguille du Midi
We were 8,000 feet below the surface of the Earth when our Kangoo returned to France for the last time. The border crossing was deep in the Mont Blanc (more…)
February 17, 2011
China: Kowloon
February 16, 2011
China: Hong Kong and Macau, Our Top Ten Food Experiences
Century Eggs, shown here on sale at a market, were our least favorite South China food experience
We don’t rank these. Do you rank your children? (more…)
February 12, 2011
China: Lantau Island, a BIG Buddha
The Po Lin Monastery
From Kowloon it is a short trip by Hong Kong’s efficient Mass Transit Railway or MTR to Lantau Island. Lantau Island is near (more…)
February 6, 2011
Switzerland to France: Tasch to Chamonix
Our turbo tour of Switzerland’s Alps ended too soon. From Tasch near Zermatt we’d head to Chamonix France. On the way out of Switzerland, (more…)
February 5, 2011
China: Hong Kong and Kowloon, On the Hunt for Spicy Crab
Dinner
In general the Cantonese food in Hong Kong is mild. It is fresh and astonishingly good, for sure, but after a while we started to crave a spicy (more…)
February 3, 2011
China: Kowloon, Tim Ho Wan
Steamed dumplings with spinach and garlic at Tim Ho Wan
Tim Ho Wan, 5 Kwong Wa St., Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, open 10 am to 10 pm.
