The Vietnam Diaries: Hong Kong to Hanoi

Day 1 – Beginning a Journey My flight to Hanoi was a rather relaxed affair, leaving in the early afternoon meant I could double and triple check I had everything I needed for the month ahead. I had normally taken only the airport express or Ubers to the Airport, but since time wasn’t an issue …

Aerospace Society Aberdeen Test Flight

I was lucky enough last Saturday to be invited for one of the first test flights of the Aberdeen Aerospace Engineering Society. The rain stayed away for the whole day, but the wind battered us throughout testing, leading to some stunning manoeuvres, and red faces There was some frantic discussion about the conditions, but two …

I am still alive!

Hi guys, sorry I’ve not been very active but I’ve been busy with the start of a new academic year. But fret not, I have still been trying to edit and maintain my photography skills so here’s some bangers from the last few months that I’ve edited. I spent a decent amount of time in …

Sai Kung

Sorry it has been a while since my last post but I was on a whistlestop tour of New Zealand and then had to move into my new house (we’re nearly done only a few things left to do now) but let’s jump back several months to that day I jumped off a waterfall in …

Exploring Downtown Hong Kong

One of the many joys of living in Hong Kong is the ability to wander through the city and being astounded by either the architecture, the people, or both. An area where this is particularly effective is Admiralty, you can wander from the Harbours edge to the iconic Hong Kong Park and be constantly wowed. …

Taiwan 2

Day 4: Hot Springs and Junjianyan Day 4 started with a short ride on the MRT towards Beitou Station and Thermal Valley Getting off I was pleasantly surprised by how quite it was, proper suburbia. A quick 20 minute walk later and I had arrived, the smell of sulfur hitting the back of my nose …

Taiwan

I visited Taiwan for a week last February, it’s a country full of temples, amazing landscape and an entirely unique feel to its inner cities Day 1: Chiayi City I started Day 1 at 4:30AM getting picked up to drive to the airport here in Hong Kong. Flying out to Taichung at 7AM. From there …

Victoria Peak Hike II

My Family came to visit me for a week at the end of February and I decided to take them for a walk up to the iconic Victoria Peak and to admire the iconic Hong Kong skyline from the Lugard Road Lookout. Spring has been slowly arriving in Hong Kong so although dry it was …

Macao Trip

A small city much like Hong Kong, Macao is a gamblers paradise, a former portugese colony it is only a short distance from Hong Kong. You can reach Macao by either Ferry or as we did, across the worlds longest sea crossing the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, by Bus. We decided to do this entire thing …