Comments on: Book excerpt: The Heritage Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:39:13 +0000

In reply to Jeffrey Birr. Thanks very much, Jeffrey. I wish I had seen Hong Kong then! Hope you have a great return trip.

By: Jeffrey Birr

Jeffrey Birr — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:26:28 +0000

In 1957 I arrived in Hong Kong on the SS President Wilson – I clearly recall peering through a porthole and watching a large chinese junk with a beautiful red sail glide by. I was at the time 18 months old and this became my very first memory. I also remember the spanking I received for leaning too close to that same porthole.

My parents had traveled through and to Hong Kong many times from the late 1940’s and throughout the 50’s. Our house growing up was filled with Chinese and Japanese and indonesian and Phillipine art and artifacts. Today I have a Dong Kingman of Kowloon in my living room that was my fathers.

My point being of course that Hong Kong looms large in my life and has caused me to return once a decade approximately.

Today, in my 60’s, I walk about 6-10 miles a day – therefore my next visit will be to do the entire heritage track. I look forward to planning the adventure. Thank you!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:43:22 +0000

Thanks Susan, you have a great blog and I think a lot of Hong Kong residents will find it interesting!

By: Susan Blumberg-Kason

Susan Blumberg-Kason — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:12:10 +0000

Thanks so much for the blog mention! I was just talking about your book today with some friends who had lived at Pok Fu Lam and are back in the US now. I think I’ve only been to Pok Fu Lam once, and that was to meet a student I taught English to on the weekend. Now with your book, I have a ton of new places to see in Hong Kong!