31 Dec
I’d like to end the year with a very personal story of my Christmas experience in Guangzhou/China. I had wanted to escape Christmas at home, the celebrations, the cold weather, all the food – that was one of the reasons I travelled to Hong Kong, I wanted to spend time with MRN, my host, Read more…
26 Dec
Hello all again – Just back from fantastic 2 days in Guangzhou and enjoying a bottle of 1988 Veuve Clicquot right now with my most generous host, MRN at his home like all these days. This is the most memorable trip I”ve taken in a long memory, believe me. Incredible in all aspects …. More Read more…
22 Dec
Ha, so most of you would think that after 35 years of flying I would be used to jetlag, right ? Wrong – hits me in the face like all of you as well. Mostly in the middle of the night … Slept 3 hours from 02 to 05 am, woke up, no wonder Read more…
21 Dec
Only a few hrs of sleep, good breakfast, off to the Chinese consulate in Central to get my visa for Guangzhou, not possible there, off to Mongkok and China Travel services there, no problem, visa ready this afternoon. All set to leave for China next Monday. Until then it’s great Chinese food and vintage cigars Read more…
20 Dec
Hi all, arrived today late afternoon in HK, lovely weather, bit overcast but miiiild at 20 C. Had a very nice evening with friends, great abalone and chicken and many more good stuff dinner followed by Epicures Nr 2 from the 80’s from a Fox cabinet, excellent ’96 champagne and a very tannic and lovely ’96 Read more…
