Big Buddha blesses everyone by “WAVING HELLO”?

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Big Buddha’s waving right hand is actually a blessing   Lantau Island’s Big Buddha always waves his right hand to “say hello” to the travelers. Actually Big Buddha’s waving right hand has a deep meaning. It is Buddha’s blessing to the world. The blessing is important amid the global Covid-19 outbreak. Big Buddha’s right hand…

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Plan your future cruise and shore excursion through reading

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Read books and web pages to plan your future cruise and shore excursion   When you are waiting for the cruise companies to resume service, you can still plan your future cruise and shore excursion through reading books and web pages. Cruise Hive’s 9 well-chosen books for your cruise planning   Cruise Hive chooses 9…

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See the real world through your trips, not through news

I cannot see even the highest quality news outlets conveying a neutral and nondramatic representative picture of the world.

Abandon newspaper and travel more to understand the world   Dr. Hans Rosling wrote this in his book, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World– and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, which is interesting and useful. (Amazon link for the book is here even Frank gets no commission!)   You cannot just…

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Tsing Ma Bridge and Frank’s private car tour always welcome travelers

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Tsing Ma Bridge and Frank the tour guide’s private car tour serve travelers yesterday, today and tomorrow The construction for Hong Kong’s icon, Tsing Ma Bridge, was finished in May 1997, just before the historic handover back to People’s Republic of China in July 1997.   The 2.2km long cable-suspension bridge with two stories is…

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