Vacation

One topic that fascinated me throughout this vacation was the transportation within Disney’s administrative district. Forget the lack of rapid public transit between the airport and Disney World – which is a horror in and of itself considering how a majority of the airport’s passengers fly there for Disney – but once on Disney grounds,

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Peter Pan loses his ability to fly when he spends more time planning to pay for a Disney vacation than looking forward to the theme park attractions. Disney Gift Cards The standard “hack” for paying anything Disney is to first acquire the brand’s gift cards on the cheap. Because they can be used on not

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We knew from the start that this Disney World trip would be different from when Hong and I visited back in 2006 and 2007. We had a large group with varying ages and preferences, so coordination and compromises were part of the expectation. Some of our children were quite young and didn’t meet the minimum

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For spring break, we had a family reunion in Orlando, Florida. Hong’s parents made it a road trip from New Jersey, and Vic’s family flew down from New York. The objective was to take the children (Xuan 12, Ting 10, Alex 5, Livia 3) to Disney World, with a side of plenty of pool time.

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I had never been a gambler. Phil, too, had changed quite a bit since the days when he’d drop $20 into a coin pushing machine at a random gas station. So when we sat down at a slot machine in Macau, it was mostly ceremonial. He pressed the buttons a few times, and was ready

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We ate well in Hong Kong and Macau. Not counting egg tarts, most meals fell into three categories. Each had one restaurant that was so good that we visited twice. Here is a summary. Cha Chan Tang Hong Kong is a global city with as many options as can be found anywhere else, but Phil

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Goldfish Street Because we just ate around the corner and needed to walk it off, we took a stroll down the famous Goldfish Street in Mong Kok. While fish did occupy most of the street, people looking for non-aquatic pets could also find plenty of options here. Although we had no business shopping here, it

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People watch is a big part of most travels. Usually it refers to observing local people go about their daily business, but sometimes it can be fun to watch other tourists, too. Social Media like Instagram and Tiktok (or Xiaohongshu and Douyin in this case) have the tendency to send hoards of unrelated travelers to

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Hong Kong has far more skyscrapers than any other city in the world, and is physically adjacent to Shenzhen, which leads the third place by another 30%+. It’s crazy how dense the tall buildings are in this part of the world. Naturally, sightseeing in Hong Kong consisted quite a bit of appreciation for its urban

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A major theme of our trip was visiting houses of worship. We went to the most famous temples in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as some lesser known ones. It was cool to see all walks of people practicing vastly different religious lifestyles. Sikhism – Khalsa Diwan Gurudwara Sahib This 3-story Sikh gurudwara in

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