Frank the tour guide has been fully vaccinated in April Frank the tour guide and his mother received the second jap of Covid-19 vaccine in the private clinic on 2 April 2021. Frank and mom did not feel any side effect. The antibodies should provide protection against Covid-19 infection now. The Covid-19 vaccines are beneficial…
Frank the tour guide’s blog gets first guest post Frank the tour guide gets a helper for blogging in March 2021. Recent graduate, marketing intern, passionate blogger and frequent traveler, Eliza Brooks, contributes the first guest post at Frank’s Easy Hong Kong Private Tour blog. Frank thanks Eliza’s contribution, which lightens Frank’s workload. If other…
Differences between dragon, lion, unicorn & pixiu The special stamps for “Intangible Cultural Heritage – Dragon & Lion Dance” of Hong Kong Post show four Chinese mascots, lion, dragon, unicorn and pixiu. As they look so much alike, a lot of Western visitors cannot tell them apart. Frank the tour guide is going to show…
汽hei3水seo2油jau4多do1蛋daan2治zi6 can imply petrol bomb A lot of visitors want to enjoy local delicacies at Hong Kong’s fast food shops and tea cafés to experience the local dining culture. The main difficulty for visitors to do so is they don’t know how to call the food names in Cantonese. Frank the tour guide is going…
Hong Kong vaccination campaign accelerates to cover most of the population Hong Kong SAR’s Covid-19 vaccination programme has begun on 26 Feb 2021. The cumulative number of persons who have received their first jabs of vaccine has exceeded 200,000 on 15 March 2021 (You may check the most updated date here). This encouraging result…
After Spring Equinox, travelers have longer daytime for sightseeing in Hong Kong Spring Equinox is on 20 March 2021. On the day of this solar term, day and night have approximately the same length. Actually Hong Kong has the day and night with the same length on 15 March 2021. From 16 March 2021 onwards,…
Collection of Frank the tour guide’s social media posts about tram and birthday wish Frank the tour guide has five posts in his social media this week. The posts are about Hong Kong’s double decker tram (ding ding) and his birthday wish. You may follow Frank the tour guide’s social media… Apart…
Will China and US diplomats discuss vaccine passport in Alaska? Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Blinken will have a meeting in Anchorage Alaska on the coming Thursday (18 March 2021). As the diplomats, Wang Yi and the China delegation do not need to use the new Chinese version of…
Hong Kong’s decrease in foggy days gladdens visitors Data shows that Hong Kong’s foggy days decrease. This is a good news for visitors, who are eager to see Hong Kong’s skyline and enjoy the great view of Victoria Harbor at Victoria Peak. Frank the tour guide is going to show readers the details of…
Tai O’s disappeared scenes Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island has a long history. It was once one of the four largest fishing villages in Hong Kong. A local Chinese guidebook of the 1930s, “The Grand Sights of the New Territories” recorded the condition of Tai O in detail. Today Tai O…
