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Our travel adventures outside Italy.
Listed: Nov 18, 2011
Travel Tales ― ∙ Wherever we travel we always make a point of visiting local markets as we find that they can be a fascinating insight into local culture. In many parts of the world the market is still a primary source for the locals requirements and an...
Tags: Markets Of The World, Easter Market, Tywyn Market
LindyLouMac ― 4 weeks 5 days ago
Travel Tales ― Buddha Shops in Bangkok can be found on one of the oldest roads in the city, it used to be an elephant trail. Bamrung Muang Road or Buddha Street as it is commonly known was one of the first roads to be paved within the city at the beginning of ...
Tags: Buddha Shops, Thailand, Bamrung Muang Road, Bangkok
LindyLouMac ― 18 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― Buon Natale - Travel to Italy for some Christmas Music by visiting the Christmas post on my News From Italy Blog. ∙ Buon Natale - Happy Christmas 2012 - Momento Musicale ∙ I look forward to returning in 2013 to share many more ...
Tags: Buon Natale, Momento Musicale., Travel To Italy, Christmas
LindyLouMac ― 21 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― In my last post Siam Ocean World I stated that the aquarium was located within the Siam Paragon, which is a most amazing shopping centre, or shopping mall depending if you use the British term or the American one. Anyway I felt I could not write...
Tags: Siam Paragon, Thailand., Bangkok
LindyLouMac ― 25 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― Today my travel blog post is moving on to a different country, Thailand, as I have at last caught up with our Travel Tales from Hong Kong. As this blog is still a relatively new one, a year in a few days, I am still catching up on travels we have...
Tags: Aquarium, Siam Ocean World, Bangkok
LindyLouMac ― 27 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― There are many accredited markets in Hong Kong and possibly the most famous which was the first to be made official was Ladies Market. It is not my favourite for shopping as it can become rather overcrowded which makes the experience more of a ...
Tags: Hong Kong, Ladies Market
LindyLouMac ― 33 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― Sai Kung town, which now has a population of about 13,000 was a small undeveloped fishing village until the fishing industry declined in the 1970’s and many fishermen moved into other businesses such as fish farming, eco tourism and seafood...
Tags: Hung Kee Seafood Restaurant, Hong Kong, Sai Kung
LindyLouMac ― 34 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― One day during our last visit we took advantage of a beautiful day with glorious blue skies to go and take a trip out to the islands. Our first choice for the trip was Peng Chau but thanks to me making a mistake with the pier number we ended up on...
Tags: Cheung Chau, Lantau Island, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, Peng Chau, Les Copains D'Abord
LindyLouMac ― 35 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― We had been to Stanley on our previous visit to Hong Kong but just a half day visit mainly to shop at the famous Stanley Market, but this trip we decided to go out there for the day as besides the market there are plenty of other places to see....
Tags: Stanley, Hong Kong
LindyLouMac ― 36 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, largely ungoverned settlement in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the Walled City became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. Its population ...
Tags: Hong Kong, Kowloon, Walled City Park
LindyLouMac ― 37 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― During our last trip to Hong Kong we completed our exploration of Hong Kong Tramways by taking the Tram from Western Market to the end of the line in Kennedy Town, so we have now travelled from one end of the line to the other. Travelling by tram ...
Tags: Hong Kong, Trams
LindyLouMac ― 39 weeks ago
Travel Tales ― Western Market courtesy of WikipediaThe Connaught Road and Western Market area of Hong Kong is a district where you will find many authentic local traders and if you have time is worth exploring apart from the Western Market itself, that is ...
Tags: Western Market, Hong Kong, Connaught Road
LindyLouMac ― 40 weeks ago
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