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1] Hungary (probably Mid November 2009) 2] Malaysia (if my gals will still want to go Mid December 2009) 3] Hadrian's Wall, England (June 2010) 4] Istanbul (revisit October/November 2010) |
| old Hong Kong 150 years ago |
|  | past trips Taipei (April 1999, January 2001, April 2002, November 2003, June 2006, February 2008) Israel (July 2000) Turkey (July ~ August 2000) Greece (August 2000) Singapore (October 2002) Macau (several times since childhood, latest in February 2007) Bangkok, Thailand (March 2006) Tokyo (November 2007)
footprints in England/Scotland 2004-05: Berwick-up-Tweed (Bamburgh) (26 July -27 August 2004) Durham (20-22 August 2004) Alniwick (26 August 2004) Edinburgh (11-14 August, 27 August - 2 September 2004) Stirling (2-4 September 2004) Aberdeen (4-7 September 2004) Inverness (7-9 September 2004) Glasgow (9-16 September 2004) Manchester (16-22 September 2004) London Oxford (23 October 2004, 3-4 February 2005) Salisbury (23 August, 2005) Windsor (24 August, 2005) Bristol (4-6 September, 2005) Bath (6-9 September, 2005) Devon + Cornwall (9-12 September, 2005) Birmingman (24 September, 2005) Cambridge (25 September, 2005) Liverpool (26-28 September, 2005) York (28 September - 1 October, 2005)
footprints in Europe 2005: St. Malo, France (30-31 May) Prague, Czech (6-9 June) Berlin, Germany (15-18 September) Prague, Czech (18-22 September)
footprints in England 2006: London, Leicester, Portsmouth (16-25 November)
footprints in England 2008: London, Leicester, Portsmouth (27 May - 6 June)
footprints in England 2009: London, Portsmouth (26 February - 5 March) |
planning in 2008 200801 5th essay (completed) 20080217 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 10k run (coming) 20080219-22 6th Taipei trip 2008 spring finish the collection of past museum visits (on-going) 20080528-0606 summer school in Leicester 200807 reduce 20 pounds of weight (huh?!) 200811 be a pretty bride-maid |  | |
|  | hobbies 1] visiting museums, great architectures, archaeological sites 2] photography on still, foral, architecures, animals 3] traveling/backpacking 4] reading on archaeology, architecture, novel, prose, furniture, history 5] collecting stamps, wine corks, museum tshirt + badget, books 6] cooking, dining & wine 7] sports: basketball, fitness workout, boxing, badminton, tennis, jogging 8] favourite magazines: National Geography, Museums Journal, City Magazine, architecture and interior design |
museums visited Britain:
The British Museum (London) Victoria & Albert Museum (London) National Gallery (London) National Portrait Gallery (London) Natural Science Museum (London) Imperial War Museum (London) Tate Britain (London) Tate Modern (London) London Transport Museum (London) Theatre Museum (London) Museum of London (London) Natural Science Museum (Oxford) Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) Tate Liverpool (Liverpool) Tate St. Ives (St. Lves) National Maritime Museum (London) Historic Dockyard + Maritime Museum (Portsmouth) New Walk Museum (Leicester) Castle Museum (York)
Taiwan: Taipei Fine Art Museum MOCA Taipei Miniature Museum National Museum of Natural Science
Singapore: National Museum Postal Museum Black Spot
Israel:
Greece:
Turkey:
Germany:
Czech: |  | |
|  | languages cantonese (native) english (good) putonghua/mandarin (ok) spanish (just beginner) |
other useful URLs (multi-info) agents www.zuji.com.hk www.travelocity.com/ www.eurotrip.com/ www.planetrider.com/ www.travel.com/ www.thebackpacker.net/
official web sites www.discoverhongkong.com (Hong Kong) www.franceguide.com.hk (France)
other useful URLs (hotels) www.hotelsetc.com www.hostels.com www.orangewings.com (Austra)
other useful URLs (transports) airlines: www.airtreks.com www.roundtheworldflights.com www.priceline.com www.csa.cz/ (Czech Airlines) www.aerohkg.com (Aero Int'l) www.easyjet.com www.ryanair.com www.zuni.com www.bmi.com www.smartwings.com www.oasishongkong.com (HK budget airline) www.cathaypacific.com
trains: www.tgv.com www.voyages-sncf.com www.virgintrain.com (uk) www.trainline.com (uk)
bus: www.megabus.com (uk) www.nationalexpress.com (uk) |  | |
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leics Fri Jul 10, 2009 07:14 UTC Happy (early) birthday wishes! Best, J | jrs1234 Sat Jul 12, 2008 19:31 UTC Hope you had a great birthday - best wishes. | Etoile2B Fri Jul 11, 2008 22:07 UTC Happy Birthday from sunny California! Here's to many more wonderful years! | Alisonchilla Fri Jul 11, 2008 04:10 UTC I've always loved that this community wishes each other a happy birthday. Pass the love on! Happy Travels and Happy Birthday!!! |
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