New on Gwulo: 2021, week 41 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

New on Gwulo: 2021, week 41

A look at what's new on the Gwulo website...

 

Quarantine's end
 

This time tomorrow I'll be out of quarantine at last.

If you need to book a quarantine package, I've been happy with my stay here at Four Points by Sheraton in Tung Chung: comfortable room, good service, fast wifi, and no complaints about the food. (I do have one complaint though - the title of the hotel deal: Fun-filled Quarantine Stay Package in Hong Kong. "Fun-filled"??? Whoever wrote that should be forced to spend three weeks in quarantine!)

Hopefully you won't have to spend quite so long in quarantine by the time it is your turn. Local Doctor David Owens asks "Is Hong Kong’s 21-Day Quarantine evidence-based or justified?". Short answer: no.

 

Next on Gwulo
 

Apologies for the recent glut of newsletters, but they've certainly kept me busy and made the last three weeks fly by. We'll go from feast to famine, as once I'm home again I'll get back to work on upgrading the Gwulo website to the new software. It will take several months to finish, and during that time I'll focus on the upgrade so the newsletters will mostly be just the "New on Gwulo:" summaries.

 

General
 


 

Places
 

 


 

People
 


 

Photos
 

Tai Hang
Tai Hang, by hfsiu

 

An example of merging and colorising 19th century photos of Hong Kong:

John Thomson HK Praya
John Thomson HK Praya, by tkjho

 

John Thomson HK Praya pano
John Thomson HK Praya pano, by tkjho

 

John Thomson HK Praya Colorized
John Thomson HK Praya Colorized, by tkjho

 

Tobias and Maud Hunter Wedding sm.jpg
Tobias and Maud Hunter Wedding sm.jpg, by Seemex

 

CEW ad HKT 7:8:1924.png
CEW ad HKT 7:8:1924.png, by Jill

 

Buildings at Centenary Garden
Buildings at Centenary Garden, by m20wc51

 

Nathan Road 1981
Nathan Road 1981, by m20wc51

 

Aberdeen
Aberdeen, by 2ik7ns-AW_

 

Wellington Street
Wellington Street, by Ewart Hunt

 

Kowloon City.jpg
Kowloon City.jpg, by danielwettling

 

HMT NEURALIA 1932-1936a.JPG
HMT NEURALIA 1932-1936a.JPG, by 2ik7ns-AW_

 

Kowloon Whampoa Docks.jpg
Kowloon Whampoa Docks.jpg, by danielwettling

 

山楂.jpg
Hawthorn fruit / 山楂, by simtang

 

The location of these photos has been identified as the flat land where the sports ground in St Stephens at Stanley is today:

EPSON083.JPG
EPSON083.JPG, by 2ik7ns-AW_

 


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