Gift Idea...

For Christmas last year I turned my adventures of 2011 into a book, a photo book to be more precise. To decide on the size and shape of book, I looked no further than the square photographs of my Diana camera. We'd been on many an adventure together last year and the products of said adventures were included in the book:

• cambodia
• india
• philippines
• hong kong - ofcourse
• la and san fran - where the obsession with Diana started.

I used the blurb website to create mine, it was easy to use and I was able to adapt the layout to what I wanted. Pretty simple really. Once I finished I uploaded it to the website and within a week I had my published book. Exciting! The family loved receiving them too, a great gift for any occasion.
Infact I may even have an idea for my next one...

Collaging, Lomography Style

Happy accidents don't often happen but when they do, boy am I happy!

VM x Mini Diana managed to result in some fun Lomo Collages last week.

If only I knew how it happened...

Kennedy Town Pier

On the road to Kai Tak, Kowloon

Kennedy Town Pier

Kennedy Town Pier

Explanation anyone?
(magical overlapping me thinks)

Island Life...

It has become very apparent to me in my 4 years as expat in HK that even the most outlying of the islands are still near to land. What I didn't expect was that an island where no vehicles were permitted (except emergency)  there would be a Wellcome supermarket. (No 7 Eleven though, too remote for that).
This was a discovery I made when I reached Peng Chau a mere 30minutes or so from Central by ferry. It was just as the boredom of HK Island was getting too much that I decided to jump aboard to Peng Chau with the hopes of an adventure.
Thankfully I wasn't disappointed. The island seemed to be inhabited by mostly the elderly who sat along the shoreline, people watching or playing Mahjong. It was really quite idyllic. The island's main industry had once been in the refining of lime and some ruins of lime kilns still remain. Now, I could've sneaked inside, but the return ferry was due and I didn't want to miss it. Absolutely nothing to do with the howling dogs and creaking trees...

Lime Kiln Building

Lime Kiln Building

One thing did strike me as odd though, there seemed to be quite a few boats on dry land...are they trying to tell us something?

Malau Montain...

Hong Kong is a vibrant and fast paced city. What people don't know is that 70% of Hong Kong is green, open space.
Not so long ago I bought a trusty HK hiking book which gives you knowledge of the open spaces HK has to offer, one such place is Monkey Mountain. After much hiking I thought all was at loss when the supposed monkeys were no where to be found, but fear not the mischievous monkeys were just around the corner...

Going, Going, Goa

VM:HK went VM:GOA at the begining of April.
It was a short trip to catch up with some old friends and to see what had been promised as an amazing place to visit.
Armed with my new CYMK Diana and trusty IPhone I managed to capture the memories I will have of the beautiful places and people of Goa, India.

Spices and teas at the market

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Lime juice by the road...refreshing!

Tarzan

Tomatoes on Market Day

Bangles, bangles, bangles

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Keek!

Grumpy banana selling lady

Bartering...

Please Horn OK...still don't know what this means.

Sleepytime in Panjim

 Its Better in Goa!