20-day Trip: Part 2 – Lesotho, uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park & Durban May 13 – 18
 Sunrise, Malealea Lodge, Lesotho, May 2016 |
 uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park |
South Africa (3): May 2- 25, 2016
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South Africa (2): May 2- 25, 2016
20-day Trip: Part 1 – Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Oudtshoorn, Garden Route – Addo Elephant National Park May 6 – 12
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 Hiking along Otto’s Trail, Garden Route National Park |
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South Africa (1): May 2- 25, 2016
Cape Town May 2- 5
Despite a tour to Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg in the late 1990s, I hardly know South Africa. Hence I decide to join a 20-day tour that would take me from Cape Town to Johannesburg through the famous Garden Route, many national parks, Lesotho and Swaziland. By sheer luck, I meet up with friends from Hong Kong in Cape Town before joining the tour. Read more
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Maldives April 21 – May 1, 2016
 A Whale Shark on BBQ Island at Sunset |
 My diving mates |
Diving in Male Atoll, Ari Atoll and Vaavu Atoll
I return to the Maldives hoping to discover the world famous low-lying country with 1190 islands before it vanishes as a result of global warming or ruined by over-development and mass tourism. I do it in style by taking an 8-day live-aboard diving trip. Read more
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Nordic Norway April 3-7, 2016
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Nordlys Norway March 27 – April 2, 2016
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Arctic 4 in Northern Norway March 21 – 27, 2016
From Kirkenes to Svolvaer & Lofoten
 2 Nights on board Nordkapp from Kirkenes to Svolvar |
 Hamnoy, Lofoten |
My trip in Norway has two parts: six nights from March 21 to 26 with Arctic 4 from Kirkenes to Hamnøy Lofoten and 12 days from March 27 to April 7 on my own from Borgvåg Lofoten to Oslo. Read more
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Finland Lapland March 17 – 21, 2016
 Ice-fishing and picnic |
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I fall in love with Scandinavia after two most enjoyable trips spending 72 nights in Greenland and Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden last year. Polar lights, beautiful landscape and scenery especially in Lofoten Archipelago, the Scandinavian culture and people are enticing. I therefore decide to return for another Arctic experience and to watch the World Cod Fishing Championships to be held in Svolvær on April 1-2. Read more
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2015: A Record Year
2015 has been a very special year for me as a professional tourist. I made four trips including two round the world journeys. By the end of the year, I only spent 71 nights at home and 294 nights out of Hong Kong. I decide to name 2015 as a Record Year for good reasons. Read more
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Maldives January 7 -10, 2016
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I was in Maldives with my brother Lawrence, my nephew Wai Leuk and my HKU friends in 1997. We stayed in a resort on Paradise Island followed by a short stay in Sri Lanka. This time, Lawrence and I revisited Maldives for three days with Sally, my sister-in-law. Read more
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