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🇭🇰Hong Kong: Lamma Island
Sunny, slow and very relaxed walk over Lamma Island
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🇨🇳 Suzhou: Lili Old Town
After meeting up with wife and friends, spend the afternoon in this charming old town.
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May 23, 2026
After we met (wife and friends arrived by car, I had cycled from Shanghai) we went for a stroll through this small but charming old watertown. Enjoyed lunch, a small gallery, a museum, some coffee, and just the sights and casual vibes. And this bike + drive arrangement really works well. We will probably do more of these :-)
🇨🇳 Shanghai: Couples Ride
Wife invited herself to a ride 🤭
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April 5, 2026
Had a ride planned for this morning. Wanted to leave early ... then my wife announced that she is ready to ride again 🤗. How could I possibly say no.
Dusted off her bike, cleaned the sticky chain, checked the brakes. Did an easy ride along Suzhou Creek, when it struck me again that my wife views cycling
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🇨🇳 Shanghai: The Shanghai Museum
Almost 15 years in Shanghai, and finally my first visit to the Shanghai Museum.
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🇹🇭 Bangkok: Erawan Museum
Private collection of historical artefacts and religious art.
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March 26, 2026
Todays morning plan: the Erawan Museum. Easy going by BTS, two stations in a 15 minute walking distance ... but already well above 30°C before noon and need to walk along a busy major highway. No joy at all.
But the museum is magnificent. It is a private collection. The most obvious feature is the pink
🇹🇭 Bangkok: Wat Paknam Temple and Large Buddha
Soooo hot. But a morning well spent.
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March 20, 2026
a little fun ... going up to Xiangshan Park on the cableway, spending a little time at the top, and then riding down on the coaster built onto the mountainside.
🇨🇳 Jiangmen: Chikan Old Town
Feels like a mix of film prop, open air museum and entertainment park… but once was a wealthy city due to the business entrepreneurial spirit of its residents that went abroad to make money.
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March 19, 2026
This is a nice, but also odd, and also interesting one ... at least in my opinion: Chikan Old Town.
It is a real old town. With a real history. Becoming wealthy with many residents going overseas to work and send the money back home. And then it was turned into a tourist scenic area, completely void of
🇨🇳 Jiangmen: Kaiping Towers at Zili Village
Another UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Kaiping Towers, blending Chinese and Western Architecture with Overseas Chinese History.
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March 19, 2026
Visited Zili Village today. It hosts a cluster of the Kaiping Towers that are a UNESCO World Heritage since 2007. In the greater area of Jiangmen in the south of China are over 3000 of these towers.
The towers originate from the 19th and early 20th century. They were built as residential homes, but with
🇨🇳 Zhuhai: Shishan Manbu & Wanshatan
Followed Xiaohongshu recommendation to ‘instagramable’ neighborhood.
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March 18, 2026
Shishan Manbu (狮山漫步), where manbu translates to ‘to wander’, or ‘at a slow pace’, is a neighborhood in Zhuhai that has been embellished with some murals and other decoration that make it very ‘instagramable’. A few restaurants, cafes and boutiques also made it here, more probably to come.
Spent some
Shanghai: Astronomy Museum
Suggested by my stepdaughter: it wasn't just good, it is a really great museum. And it has all displays in English too!
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March 16, 2026
This museum is great! Interesting, informative, captivating. The entire exhibition and all displays in Chinese and English. Only the movie and the planetarium show are in Chinese only.
This Sunday trip was suggested by my stepdaughter. We went together. I was a bit skeptical, but now no more. Spent over
🇨🇳 Suzhou: Tiger Hill & Shantang Street
A day trip to Tiger Hill in Suzhou.
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March 13, 2026
Today a day trip to Suzhou ... but not the gardens that Suzhou is famous for, but instead a visit to Tiger Hill with its leaning pagoda.
And then a long walk along Shantang Street ... first a part that is mostly void of people and buildings that are in the process of restoration and renovation. But as
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March 8, 2026
Just wanted to visit Longhua Temple, but decided to also visit the adjacent Martyrs Memorial Park. I have been there maybe 15 years ago when i first arrived in Shanghai - and my wife admitted that she had never been, didn't even know of the park.
When I first went the park and the temple were direclty
🇨🇳 Jiashan: Xitang Old Town
Birthday outing to Xitang. Even the sun came out.
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March 7, 2026
I arrived by bike. Wife and friends by car. Visited the historic water town together :-)
5 days ago
A weekend in Hong Kong. Trying something off the beaten tracks: Lamma Island.
Starting from Ferry Pier #4 in Central we took the ferry to Yung Shue Wan. It is a small village in the north west of the island, and offers plenty of cafes and restaurants to spend some time before (or after ) the hike. Walking