Last weekend, I had the opportunity to go with a group of HKU students to the Nam Chun Ecovillage up near the Startling Inlet and the border to Shenzhen. This surrounding area actually has 55 local villages, with all but one settled by the local indigenous Hakka peoples. Similar to the last blog post’s theme […]

Hong Kong is a subtropical climate, which means that from May to September, the climate is super humid and rainy and hot. Right now though, we are still in the winter period, which is comparatively mild and dry. However, with climate change, the cold fronts have broken new records in temperature, and the severity and […]

It has been my third week here in Hong Kong, and I can’t help but think of how fortunate I am. I have been thinking a lot about this, because we are just about to finish lunar new years celebrations! I have never seen so many dragon and lion parades in my life, and although […]