I find myself awake at 4 in the morning because I am thinking about returning. I have come to Hong Kong as a trailing spouse. It is a common story in this place, and while it is often gendered female, I can think of a number of couples where the trailing partner is male. Indeed, there is even an internet group here called Tai Guy–a pun on the reference to Tai Tai. Tai Tai are the Hong Kong equivalent to ladies who lunch… and shop… and occasionally volunteer…and attend gallery openings on the first Tuesday of the month…and shop…and sometimes start businesses…and shop. Did I mention shopping was part of being a Tai Tai? Although technically the term for wife, it isn’t a complimentary one. It implies being kept. Continue reading
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Escaping poverty through low end globalisation?
This photograph is taken in Guangzhou (the city once known as Canton) at a wholesale clothing market. Most of the people in the market are not from Guangzhou. The market traders are a mix of people from China and from a number of different nations in Africa. The customers are primarily Africans. It is an international place, drawing all toward a common goal: to escape poverty through the international circulation of cell phones and clothing. Continue reading
Tai O Heritage Hotel
Like nowhere else, Tai O is a fascinating village on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Once a fishing village belonging to the Tanka people, the village is almost entirely on stilts. Traditionally the Tanka people built their villages on the water as either boats tied together or as stilt houses. Continue reading
Up, down, all around the town
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There are more than 800 steps up this hill. It is on the MacLehose Trail in Hong Kong. The whole trail is over 1000 km long. You might not expect this of Hong Kong but, there are thousands of kilometers of trails throughout the SAR. Continue reading
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