for sale. baby shoes. never worn.

if the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

storms make trees take deeper roots.

it's not what you look at that matters it's what you see.

-- henry david thoreau

every one of a hundred thousand cities around
the world had its own special sunset 

and it was worth going there, just once,
if only to see the sun go down.

-- ryu murakami

travel facts - tian tan buddha: tian tan buddha is the second largest buddha statue in the world at 112 feet, and made of 250 tons of bronze. One must climb 268 steps of stairs to reach the buddha, which serves as a representation of suffering and path to enlightening. It serves as much as a point of pilgrimage for monks and spiritual seekers as well as a destination for thrill seeking tourists looking to enjoy the cable car ride up there and back. 

travel facts - ngong ping 360: ngong ping 360 is a 5.7 km cable car journey connecting the north lantau to the smaller village of ngong ping which gives you a 360 degree view of cityscapes and the evergreen hills of the island. 

travel facts - tai o fishing village: tai o is home to the tanka people, a community of fisher folk who've built her houses on stilts above the tidal flats of lantau island for generations. these unusual structures are interconnected, forming a tightly-knit community that literally lives on water.

if you're really gonna leave

a thousand miles does no good

its so close i can't forget you

yet so far i wish i would