Escape to Hong Kong – Botanical Gardens
Decided to take visit the flamingoes in Hong Kong’s amazing Botanical Gardens.
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I want to try Linux, is it best to dual boot? or what?
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Hong Kong Cemetery
Today I took a walk around Hong Kong Cemetery. I then took some snaps around Central and caught the Star Ferry to Kowloon. Kowloon is away interesting especially after dark. Then I caught the bus back to Hong Kong. Its route included Hong Kong’s famous Harbour Tunnel.
It’s war!
Two events this week could herald in the clash of the titans as the two global IT giants, Google & Microsoft slug it out for global internet dominance. Or so one might believe. MS started rolling-out its much-hyped Microsoft Online Services (MOS). The new services are scheduled to be available to customers by mid-July 2009….
Day trip to Macau
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North Wales in MGF
Driving back from Ireland in the little red MGF, via North Wales,through Holyhead and across the Menai Bridge, in the rain.
