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Beyond the Highrise

Life in Hong Kong beyond the highrise. By freelance journalist Carolynne Dear

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Recent Posts

  • All at sea in Myanmar
  • Top new Asian resorts to relax with the family in 2019
  • How Hong Konger Tina Atkinson turned a dusty block of land on Koh Samui into a luxury fitness retreat
  • A beginners guide to skiing Japan
  • Where to take a ‘micro-break’ in 2019

Travel features

  • Borneo
  • Malaysia – Legoland
  • Nikoi with the nippers
  • Laos
  • Australia
  • Macau
  • Thailand
  • Hong Kong for locals
  • Copenhagen with kids
  • Miss Saigon
  • Mallorca
  • Hong Kong welcomes The Murray Hotel
  • Fresh air, fun and great pies on Rottnest Island
  • Four Seasons makes waves in Kuala Lumpur

Interviews

  • Everything’s rosy
  • Lonely planet
  • Old hands breathe new life into Sai Kung’s favourite pub
  • How an expat childhood inspired Soho’s New Punjab Club
  • Talking rhymes and writers block with Julia Donaldson
  • Travel writer Isabelle Demenge on putting the fun into family getaways
  • A meditation in education
  • The wonder from Down Under
  • Nurturing young readers with tales of the Chinese zodiac
  • Sketching Hong Kong with artist Lorette Roberts
  • How to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days (and survive to tell the tale)
  • Women’s advocate Dame Barbara Stocking on girls and smashing those glass ceilings
  • Novelist Madeleine Thien talks China and change
  • Nurturing a Hong Kong boutique into a global brand
  • Hong Kong’s first women’s TEDx event is launched
  • Hong Kong film producer Joanna Bowers releases The Helper Documentary
  • Mother love
  • From London to Paris on foot and by bicycle
  • Hong Kong welcomes The Murray Hotel
  • How a Hong Kong couple transformed a remote Cambodian island into an award-winning eco-resort
  • Artist Helen Bronte Boyd tells Carolynne Dear she’s ready for a new challenge after 16 creative years in Sai Kung
  • A parents’ guide to surviving boarding school
  • On top of the world with Hong Kong’s Bond girl
  • Sharing the love with Mrs Hong Kong World

Heritage Hong Kong

  • Time for tea with the grande dame of Midlevels
  • Hospital drama – discovering the real Matilda of The Peak
  • Life as a British expat ‘back in the day’
  • Hong Kong welcomes The Murray Hotel
  • Memories of wartime Hong Kong by Stanley survivor Barbara Anslow

Flailing spouse – a lighter look at expat life

  • October – Food for thought
  • November – Running woman
  • December – Away in a 777
  • January – Communing with the grandparents
  • February – When I’m 45…
  • March – Homework and other issues
  • April – Drama queen
  • May – From the heart
  • June – Turn on, tune in, drop out
  • Wardrobe wars – July 2018
  • August – Hot spots
  • How it all began – or how a suburban family-of-six bagged a party lifestyle in Honkers
  • September – Party pooper
  • November – Cut the cr*p
  • January – On the piste

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Sai Kung brekkie offerings have come a long way over the years. Little Cove serves up one of the best 🥑 ☕️ Thanks for the company @ifathindes ! #hongkongfood #hongkongfoodie #plantbased #hongkongcafes #expatliving
How delicious was VEDA today?! Hong Kong’s first plant-based hotel restaurant is buzzing at lunchtime and definitely worth a look. Aussie chef Hetty McKinnon certainly knows her stuff. I gorged on divine ricotta and spinach momos (dumplings) with a chilli dipping sauce, followed by a sensational mushroom curry with flatbread. All recommended by a very attentive server. Top tip - book in advance! It’s a cosy venue and diners determined to grab a bite had even spilled out into the hotel lobby. Oh, and the playlist! Let’s not forget the playlist - INXS, Human League, Depeche Mode... VEDA is in Ovolo Central, 2 Arbuthnot Road 🌱 #plantbased #greathotels #hongkongfood #hongkongfoodie #80sparty
I’m not sure if posting this will cheer everyone up or depress people even more on another wet Hong Kong day. Fusion Resort Phu Quoc - it’s opening in April and all details are on the link 🔼#phucuoc #luxuryhotels #travelvietnam #travelsoutheastasia #newhotels #travelwriter
I think we all need pepping up on this revoltingly wet and grey Monday 🇭🇰 Popinjays at The Murray is now serving afternoon tea for the first time - with the intriguing promise of scones fambéed tableside. More info by clicking the link 🔼 #afternoontea #scones #happymonday #sparklingtea
Gin & Tonic with a crystal clear, picture perfect view this evening! Fabulous afternoon watching Hong Kong Ballet perform The Great Gatsby, followed by drinks @wooloomoolooprimehk and dinner at Francis. Thank you @lailamarienassar @kimbongiorno @morningt72 @melpauline @amyclad ! #hongkonglife #expatlife #culture #nofilter
Lunch with a view! Thank you @katefarrwrites and @becsimpson ! A great catch up and a fun afternoon. Already looking forward to the next one! #mediaworld #freelancewriter #expatlife #longlunch

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