VIDEO // Chinese New Year Flower Market

New Year Flower Market in Hong Kong from Chris Bone on Vimeo.

VIDEO // Rubik's Cube in 34s

Rubik's Cube in 34s from Chris Bone on Vimeo.

One of my students solving a Rubik's Cube in 34s WITH ONE HAND. He makes it look so simple. Some people got all the skillz.

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PICTURE // Temple Statue in Shadow @ Shau Kei Wan

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HOW TO WASH IN A HONG KONG BATHROOM // When Your Boiler Breaks

Our water heater has broken. I’ve been too distracted with simultaneously boiling kettles and water pans to feel really angry about it. I returned from a trip away to find the electrics in the switch burnt out and as I’m still working on the best way to communicate this to my landlord through arm movements I’ve had to come up with an ingenius way of washing. Here it is...

PHASE A: Preparation

PICTURE // Subway

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PICTURE // Winnie The Pooh in Hong Kong

PICTURES // Bubbles @ Tai Po

HONG KONG HIGHLIGHTS #5 // Café Loisl

Having spent a lot of time (and money) trying to find some good coffee in Hong Kong, I’ve finally hit the jackpot... Café Loisl!

HONG KONG HIGHLIGHTS #4 // Street Music @ Hong Kong Arts Centre

If you are ever in Hong Kong on the third Friday of a month you're in for a musical treat with Hong Kong Arts Centre's Street Music Series.

HONG KONG HIGHLIGHTS #3 // BC Cinematheque on Nathan Rd.

Affordable, comfortable and unique, Broadway Circuit’s Cinematheque branch off Nathan Rd. is the best cinema in Hong Kong. Fact. Here’s why…

PICTURES // Graffiti @ Sheung Wan

Three graffiti shots from one of my favourite regions of Hong Kong, Sheung Wan, taken on a weekend stroll...

HONG KONG HIGHLIGHTS #1 // Surfing in Sai Kung

When your centre of gravity is somewhere between your nipples, you're never going to be the world's best surfer. Did that stop me trying last weekend? No.

WHY DOES THE CAGED BIRD SING?

My trip to Hong Kong' Bird Market coincided with reading a passage of Yann Martel's Life of Pi that challenged my take on animals in cages.

PICTURES // Sunset on Lamma Island

A BIG PROBLEM (part 2) // Being Tall in Hong Kong

Pass me a knife and fork; it’s time to eat my words.

Before I arrived in Hong Kong I wrote about how hard it is being tall in the UK. Oh, the naiivety. Built on a scale of height somewhere between my waist and collarbone, Hong Kong makes the UK look like a tall person’s paradise. For example:

PICTURES // Mid-Autumn Festival @ Victoria Park

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